Oredson-Todd Woods Trails

For our third hike in a row, we tried a new trail - or in this case, a new set of trails.

We drove to Ashland and the Oredson-Todds Woods trailhead on a beautiful sunny Sunday. We started by hiking the main trail, which is only a half mile in length and follows Clay Creek. Various trails branch off from this main trail, but we hiked the half mile to the end to see the Clay Creek waterfall. It was pretty, but had much less water than the picture they show on their website.

Carol and Katie leading the way down the main trail towards Clay Creek Falls

There is set of connecting trails that lead from the Clay Creek area up to the crest and it is known as the Creek-To-Crest trail. We didn’t follow this route, but you can by looking for the Creek-To-Crest Logo on the various trail signs.

The Creek-to-Crest trail marker.

Our main trails up to the crest were the Mike Uhtoff and White Rabbit. The key word here being UP!

We were treated to beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and Ashland as we took our frequent breaks on the upward trek. They were lots of people out today enjoying the sunshine and since these trails are dog friendly, there were many four-legged hikers too. Yes, we did bring Katie.

View from the Mike Uhtoff trail

Typical look of the trails, except most had a more uphill slant.

View of Ashland and surrounding hills

The map we had showed the Hiker-Only trails, so it was somewhat confusing when we came across the multi-use trails that did not show on our map. We managed to ask a few joggers & hikers for guidance on our way back down from the crest to Clay Creek since we wanted to take a different route but still end up in the right place.

All in all we enjoyed the new trails and after we did further research, we may go back and try a longer hike up to the crest and then work our way across the crest towards Lithia Park. That way we could hike the Alice In Wonderland trail, White Rabbit trail, Cheshire Cat trail and the Looking Glass trail all in one day. Hopefully we won’t run into the Queen of Hearts if we do.

Trekking Together

Glenn & Carol