Ashland Lakes — Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021

Gorgeous hike! Got to the trailhead at 11:15am. no cars, and we didn’t cross any other hikers on the trail at all. The road was COVERED in pot holes (filled with water) one puddle filled nearly the entire road, and was quite deep. My stock 2 door wrangler did just fine, but we had to take it pretty slow. The first half of the hike is great with a pretty wide trail, but as the ground moistens, they added wooden foot bridges for what seemed the majority of the 2nd half of the hike. The wood was VERY VERY slick, some frozen. I’m 4.5 months pregnant, and almost ate it a few times. Whenever it was possible, we still hiked through the mud on the side of the footbridge. Towards the end, and where the snow started, they added some traction grates on top of the wood, which helped a lot. Microspikes may have been helpful, but our hiking boots did the trick, just a little nerve racking.