This was a wonderful hike. It is a bit of a climb but not bad at all. There are numerous areas with boardwalks and they do get slippery when wet. Some of them slope a bit and there are numerous steps along them. There is a vault toilet at the trailhead but no toilet paper. There are also porta potties at all the camping areas (Upper & Lower Ashland Lakes & Beaver Plant Lake). We chose a campsite at Upper Ashland Lake because of reports of wooden tent platforms at Lower Ashland Lake. We day hiked down to Lower Ashland Lake, which is about a 15 minute walk. They do have two large wooden tent platforms but there were other sites where you could put a tent up on the ground. We tried going to Twin Falls but stopped were you have to cross a very large, wet, slippery log to cross a stream. My wife wasn't up for that and that decision probably saved my life. My daughter and I tried fishing in Upper Ashland Lake with no luck. We never even saw one fish rise the whole time we were there. On the hike back, we stopped at Beaver Plant Lake, which in my opinion is the prettiest of the three. We may try to camp there next time. There were a LOT of bugs. Every time we stood still, bugs swarmed around us. We wore a lot of bug spray, which seemed to work. Bugs rarely landed on us.
The road to the trailhead is rough in places but any car can make it if they're careful. We saw someone in a Cooper Mini at the trailhead.
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