Not on afghan haha. The tight rock squeeze on the yellow out and back, someone filled in the tight squeeze. I half unfilled it.
Water Company Trails Conditions
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See, someone sanitized and the waco gods dropped a fatty right next to it:
Awkward tree to clear but will attempt this weekend
i know something would have fallen with that wind yesterday so rode with saw right off the bat from the gravel road. Took less than 0.1 mile to find the first branch bomb, then another , both easier to clear with a saw. On the pther side of the utility cut i found a 12-16 incher that fell alone the trail, meh, buck up time.
100 yards further, this mess. This vine tangle was nastyz
Ran out of battery and this one could still use some clean up but rides fine.
Over on yellow 5 trees down, all 12” +. One near start of afghan, one on afghan, two on the opposite side of yellow from afghan
and one on the yellow out and back near the stump ride thing
The last pic is the only one to consider keeping.
As expected lots of frozen sitting water and some aggro frost heave from the fastish freeze.
I didnt do red but would surprised is it was clear. The whole place will be a mess above freezing for the foreseeable future.
100 yards further, this mess. This vine tangle was nastyz
Ran out of battery and this one could still use some clean up but rides fine.
Over on yellow 5 trees down, all 12” +. One near start of afghan, one on afghan, two on the opposite side of yellow from afghan
The last pic is the only one to consider keeping.
As expected lots of frozen sitting water and some aggro frost heave from the fastish freeze.
I didnt do red but would surprised is it was clear. The whole place will be a mess above freezing for the foreseeable future.
Yellow and Afghan are clear of big trees, the yellow loop, I think I picked up most of the sticks that matter and there’s may be a few more on the out and back to toss. Blue from 518 just needs some stick pick up, but is clear to ride. Red is the only unknown.
We are now in only ride when frozen time. Happy winter!
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Red is clear and is decent and fully ridable. Similar to yellow there are these sections of leaves/ice/heave that are leg sucking.
Blue to the utility cut has the ice under snow, which is faster than its normal winter heav-ee self, just don’t turn fast. The rock garden on blue between red and yellow is ice between the rocks.
Yellow is clear and fully rideable. The rock garden at the beginning/end of the loop has some ice but I did clean it CCW. Afghan 518 section has ice too.
It all goes to poo on Tuesday so get it today or tomorrow!
Red is clear and is decent and fully ridable. Similar to yellow there are these sections of leaves/ice/heave that are leg sucking.
Blue to the utility cut has the ice under snow, which is faster than its normal winter heav-ee self, just don’t turn fast. The rock garden on blue between red and yellow is ice between the rocks.
Yellow is clear and fully rideable. The rock garden at the beginning/end of the loop has some ice but I did clean it CCW. Afghan 518 section has ice too.
It all goes to poo on Tuesday so get it today or tomorrow!
With the *barely* below freezing temps I checked conditions this morning and came in from the dirt road:
In general, where it would be typically wet, its really wet, lots of walking was had
Blue, along the field it is the wettest ive personally seen, not much you can do here other than a big reroute
Red, the good news is only 4-5 4" trees and one bigger cedar down, however the bigger one is a widow maker. A few brush/ vine messes to address but nothing compared to what Ive seen at other parks. We all know red has sections of wet and its really really wet there. The trail is largely a stream from where the rocks starts coming from Halloween hill to where the rocky up and down is. It is going to be quite awhile until this is dry.
The creek at the end of red is actually flowing water, it was almost a dry creek bed for the last year.
Blue from red to the 4-way is dry aside from a big puddle in the rock garden.
Coming in from 518 to the 4-way is good, minus a bog section where the old 2 x 8 bridge is.
Yellow, couple 4" trees down from the 4-way to the loop and then 1 or two small trees on the loop itself. Yellow and afghan is mostly ok with the exception of Afghan right near the 518 section and the main loop closest to the creek and a couple other spots.
I am just happy there isn't 30 trees down like this time last year.
In general, where it would be typically wet, its really wet, lots of walking was had
Blue, along the field it is the wettest ive personally seen, not much you can do here other than a big reroute
Red, the good news is only 4-5 4" trees and one bigger cedar down, however the bigger one is a widow maker. A few brush/ vine messes to address but nothing compared to what Ive seen at other parks. We all know red has sections of wet and its really really wet there. The trail is largely a stream from where the rocks starts coming from Halloween hill to where the rocky up and down is. It is going to be quite awhile until this is dry.
The creek at the end of red is actually flowing water, it was almost a dry creek bed for the last year.
Blue from red to the 4-way is dry aside from a big puddle in the rock garden.
Coming in from 518 to the 4-way is good, minus a bog section where the old 2 x 8 bridge is.
Yellow, couple 4" trees down from the 4-way to the loop and then 1 or two small trees on the loop itself. Yellow and afghan is mostly ok with the exception of Afghan right near the 518 section and the main loop closest to the creek and a couple other spots.
I am just happy there isn't 30 trees down like this time last year.
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Fire Lord Jim
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This was the double Widowmaker. Forces in multiple directions.
Fire Lord Jim
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I took down the trees and left them in a pile in case you need yet another thing to ride over at Water Company.
Over the last week got all the low hanging stuff and started on the low stuff from red by the field trail to the gravel road
With the weedwacker i try and strip the tread
rode the red loop after trimming and found two smallish trees down close to the field trail connector if anyone feels frisky
With the weedwacker i try and strip the tread
rode the red loop after trimming and found two smallish trees down close to the field trail connector if anyone feels frisky
For real, never ends at this place.
Addressed the one downed tree on red, found one other on the way there and both were easy, few min. each. Decided to ride the remainder of red to find this:
Luckily it mostly fell along the trail and was a relatively easy clear.
If anyone likes mushrooms…
Also, dirt is primo rn
Addressed the one downed tree on red, found one other on the way there and both were easy, few min. each. Decided to ride the remainder of red to find this:
Luckily it mostly fell along the trail and was a relatively easy clear.
If anyone likes mushrooms…
Also, dirt is primo rn