We suspect that the Lake Isabel trail is what remains of a mining access road. As far as we know the trail does not actually go all the way to the lake so a little hiking may be necessary to reach the lake if you want.  We found this trail to be extremely fun with sections of relatively easy "road" intermingled with some very challenging obstacles. The upper sections of the trail are punctuated with a lot of loose rocky areas that will put even the best equipped trail rig to the test.

Getting There:  From Gold Bar take highway 2 east approximately 2-miles and turn left on Reiter road. Follow Reiter road to Reiter pit an old quarry area that is a popular playground for the local 4-wheeling crowd. Reiter pit is on the left, immediately past Reiter pit is a gravel road to the left. At about .4 miles on the gravel road it will make a hairpin turn to the right, stay straight ahead (there may be junky old travel trailer here) this is the start of the trail. After .6 miles you will come to May Creek. You must enter the creek and turn to the right following the creek up-stream and around a corner until you see the trail on the other side. The crossing is not as bad as it looks. If you want a bigger challenge you can take the alternate crossing further up stream but be warned this is a very difficult crossing, not because of the water but due to the steepness of the hill on the other side. We had to winch both Jeeps up this hill to get through. (picture to right)