On Sun, 2011-10-23 at 09:46 -0700, kevin lindsey wrote: > A question for those few fellow Rivendellers in northern Virginia: > I'm currently commuting from Mount Vernon to Tyson's Corner on the > Mount Vernon and W&OD bike trails. Is it possible to continue doing > so all winter? Do the trails become icy and unmanageable? If so, > when? Are they ever cleared of snow?
The trails are never cleared from snow, other than by Mr. Sunshine. Figure the worst spots can be blocked for as much as a week or even two after a snow storm. While some might have fun riding through the soft powder the day after the snow, after a few days of freeze and thaw cycles those bicycle tracks are going to be come treacherous ice grooves. There are some spots that are chronically worse than others; on the Mt. Vernon Trail heading north to DC, some major trouble spots are the overpasses near National Airport (bridges freeze first, remember?) and the deeply shaded places where the trail goes under the Potomac bridges near 14th St. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
