Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
quit riding thru the mud? ruins the trail.
walk around it. ride around it. work with the trail group who maintains it to cover that part of the trail with some crushed stone or pavers.
really anything but riding thru it over and over would be good.
This is actually the opposite of what you should do.
Do not ride around the mud - that leads to trail widening. Keep singletrack single. Ride through it.
In many areas mud is unavoidable (temperate rainforests like the PNW, higher latitudes, etc.) but is fine to ride through if the loam content is high. Again, the last thing you want to do is ride around it on singletrack.
There is no reason to worry about ruining the "trail" by riding through the mud in many of the previous photos. Those aren't trails, they are roads.