Routes are listed roughly by distance. The Route Search can also be used to identify a suitable trail or route.
58+ miles of dirt road (broadly construed) exist in the Ashland watershed and immediately south of town.
Suggestion: since more people are using the roads, consider staying on the right side (instead of side-by-side) to allow people easy separation.…
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Access to Mt Ashland from Ashland is a mere 40-minutes, but the number of routes back to town are numerous with a vertical drop ranging from 4,000 to 5,000+ feet.…
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– Distance: 2.3 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2215’/2739′
– Elev. gain/loss: 516’/-516′
From Witzend Trailhead parking, head north out Glenview and right up Ashland Loop Rd.…
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– Distance: 4 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2216’/3173′
– Elev. gain/loss: 940’/-940′
From Witzend Trailhead parking, head north out Glenview and right up Ashland Loop Rd.…
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– Distance: 4.4 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2204’/3044′
– Elev. gain/loss: 871’/-871′
– Pedestrian/Mt Bike (uphill-only direction on Wonder)
Starting at the Fairy Ponds TH, head north on Wonder trail, parallel to Ashland Creek.…
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– Distance: 6.5 mi
– Min/max elev.: 2215’/3546′
– Elev. gain/loss: 1438’/-1438′
Head north on Glenview and turn right on Ashland Loop Rd.…
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– Distance: 8.2 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2011’/3547′
– Elev. gain/loss: 1699’/-1699
This is a pedestrian and mt bike route.
From the Fairy Ponds TH, head north on Wonder around the quarry and up to meet…more Wonder.…
– Distance: 9.6 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2011’/4041′
– Elev. gain/loss: 2128’/-2128′
– Pedestrian and Mt Bike
Starting at Fairy Ponds TH, head out FS Rd 2060 for ~4.9 miles.…
– Distance: 10.8 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2011’/4252′
– Elev. gain/loss: 2423’/-2423′
– Pedestrian and Mt Bike
From the Fairy Ponds TH, head south out FS Rd 2060 for ~3.6 miles.…
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– Distance: 11.1 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2217’/6569′
– Elev. gain/loss: 33’/-4385′
Sometimes you want to take the easy way down the mountain and this is one of those routes, probably the most direct and quickest, but also potentially full of hikers, runners and uphill bikers.…
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– Distance: 11.6 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2220’/6570′
– Elev. gain/loss: 441’/-4800′
From the Mt Ashland parking lot, head down the Bull Gap trail (for the first half-mile it is double-track, then single-track).…
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– Distance: 12.3 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2217’/6576′
– Elev. gain/loss: 675’/-5035′
From the Mt Ashland parking lot, head down the Bull Gap trail (for the first half-mile it is double-track, then single-track).…
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– Distance: 11.8 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2217’/6569′
– Elev. gain/loss: 609’/-4961′
This is a mostly downhill ride with a smorgasbord of cross-country riding, technical and steep, and some flowy and bermy.…
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– Distance: 12.3 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2216’/6575′
– Elev. gain/loss: 573’/-4929′
This is a mostly downhill ride with a cross-country flair. From the Mt Ashland parking lot, head down the Bull Gap trail (for the first half-mile it is double-track, then single-track).…
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– Distance: 16.3 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2216’/6575′
– Elev. gain/loss: 963’/-5322′
This is a combination xc country-downhill ride featuring some double-track, narrow single-track and some flow trails.…
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– Distance: 14.5 miles
– Min/max elev.: 2201’/4882′
– Elev. gain/loss: 2785’/-2785′
– Pedestrian and Mt Bike
Starting at Fairy Ponds TH, head out FS Rd 2060 for ~1.7 miles to Wonder.…
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