6 Mile Run Conditions
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We only saw 2 people yesterday while doing TM. I think that's a bit of a win 😊
I rode the blue trail at the weekend and white the last couple of days with 3" tires. Blue had seen mostly foot traffic but was OK, white has seen some wheels and is lightly packed with 12"-18" wide tread. I have not been on 27 side.
Thx. Any ice?
No ice.
I was just there this morning, hiking. I can only say don't go. There's a 2" hard crust on everything and many inches of soft snow beneath. I only did a mile, but it was one of the hardest hiking miles I've ever done. Even walking is very difficult if not impossible. There's no tracks (walking, riding or skiing) in most of the park. Most trail entrances are plowed closed. It's probably going to be a month or more before it's passable.
Even the deer tracks I saw looked like a struggle.
Even the deer tracks I saw looked like a struggle.
eastbloc
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I decided to FAFO and it was pretty much as @christryon said. The first mile from the Canal lot had snowshoe track and was at least rideable, albeit technically and physically very challenging. Exactly a mile in, the track abruptly turned to barely trodden, slippery, broken up chunks of ice.
I don't regret going because the mile out and back were actually pretty intense and I enjoyed getting some sun. But yeah, it's snowshoe conditions.
I stopped by the tow path too to see what that was like - totally unrideable, but looks like it could make decent XC skiing. Might be the thing to do tomorrow.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPJDatphvSR_phZWd9EuZKY5r4p1FQTTAh9k0Iu
I don't regret going because the mile out and back were actually pretty intense and I enjoyed getting some sun. But yeah, it's snowshoe conditions.
I stopped by the tow path too to see what that was like - totally unrideable, but looks like it could make decent XC skiing. Might be the thing to do tomorrow.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPJDatphvSR_phZWd9EuZKY5r4p1FQTTAh9k0Iu
Eschmitt85
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Haven’t been on here in a long time but for anyone curious, the snow is currently un rideable at 6MR . I attempted to ride yesterday on studded 26x4.6 tires as low as 3psi and couldn’t get up on top of the surface successfully. The ice crust layer is just thick enough to sporadically support the weight of rider and bike but un-predictably breaks through to dry sugary snow that doesn’t pack at all. I switched to snow shoes and explored the non mtb trail areas (open fields and unmarked side trails in an attempt to leave the mtb trails in touched so they hopefully freeze over into a smooth rideable surface eventually) even in snow shoes the conditions are very difficult to navigate right now.
You actually shoulda snowshoed the mtb trails with half steps to pack it down and make it ridable. The snow we got will not freeze solid to allow a bike to ride on top. It needs to be packed down, then melt a little and refreeze to get a firm riding surface.
we should have gotten that snowdog 15 years ago - the last time it snowed.
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Eschmitt85
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I would’ve absolutely attempted to break in the trail so it would be rideable but this is what the snow looked like after walking on it with snowshoes. Inconsistent jagged ice fractures. Seemed like it would’ve been a worse condition to ride on than just leaving it alone.
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thegock
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But, after 4-5 passes with the snowshoes, it breaks up enuf for the phattie. Which theory we will test in 88 minutes on the trails north of Mountainside.