January 2017 Road and Trail Conditions

[SarahBee]

Met Branch, Northeast Anacostia, and Northwest Anacostia trails are all clear. A few ice patches on the trail between Decatur and Ch.Armentrout, but nothing major.

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[justasaintz]

Has anyone ridden on Mt. Vernon trail today? Is it rideable between Crystal City and D.C.?

Thanks!

[OneEighth]

@justasaintz 151937 wrote:

Has anyone ridden on Mt. Vernon trail today? Is it rideable between Crystal City and D.C.?

Thanks!

Rode it last night on 23s. Piece of cake.

[deebo7]

@OneEighth 151939 wrote:

Rode it last night on 23s. Piece of cake.

been riding it for a few days, same route. totally clear. maybe one small patch of ice under one of the bridges, but easy to see.

[Steve O]

@Boo Boo 151854 wrote:

The transition from Virginia back to the WOD is a bit hairy – take it slow there. There’s not a significant amount of bare pavement when you turn back onto the trail off of Virginia.

All depending on your level of confidence. I made that transition Sunday night at 20.1 mph according to Strava.

[Greenbelt]

More progress straightening and improving sightlines on the College Park trolley trail today, post teardown of the Berlin wall last week.
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[slowtriguy]

I rode the W&OD between Grove in Falls Church City and Sunrise Valley Drive in Reston between in the early afternoon today, and though it was cold with occasional sleet, I didn’t encounter any ice even on the bridges. Go grab those BAFS17 points!

Happy riding, folks.

[KWL]

What is “JS” and why do they think it is OK to deface the MVT with their spray painted distance markers?

[dbb]

I think it is the DOD Joint Staff marking the MVT for their periodic fitness tests. Seems to me that the GWMP might want to reach out to the services with some suggestions that don’t involve spray paint. I used to use spray chalk, which washed away in a couple of weeks.

[AFHokie]

@KWL 152717 wrote:

What is “JS” and why do they think it is OK to deface the MVT with their spray painted distance markers?

I hope they used spray chalk or professional spray chalk. Depending on the brand, spray chalk may last quite a long time even with weather conditions like we’ve had the past 24hrs. I do hope whomever JS is, they did not use chalky finish paint. That will last quite a long while.

[dbb]

It is ordinary spray paint as it was done several months ago. In past years, the NPS staff has painted over some of these markings with asphalt colored spray paint but that is likely going to wait for spring. Ideally, the NPS could work with the services and possibly install permanent markings along the trail for the fitness test distances, precluding the need for spray anything. That could involve other trail users to avoid potential conflicts (I’ve observed some fitness test run turnarounds at the intersection of the ramp up to the 14th Street Bridge).

I’ll send the GWMP folks a note with some suggestions.

[Judd]

@dbb 152726 wrote:

(I’ve observed some fitness test run turnarounds at the intersection of the ramp up to the 14th Street Bridge).

I’ll send the GWMP folks a note with some suggestions.

They seemed to be doing this A LOT in the summer at the precise time I was commuting. Worst possible location for mass Crazy Ivans. Thanks for contacting the proper folks.

[AFHokie]

@Judd 152731 wrote:

They seemed to be doing this A LOT in the summer at the precise time I was commuting. Worst possible location for mass Crazy Ivans. Thanks for contacting the proper folks.

April/May & September/October are pretty popular months for various Pentagon offices to conduct PT tests along the MVT between Gravelly Pt and the intersection of the trail and the 14th St bridge connection.

[KWL]

A few years ago I counted 184 separate spray paint distance or start/finish markings on the MVT between Gravelly Point and Rosslyn. My favorite was the blue “USAF” painted on both the metal posts and wooden planks of the Trollheim. Drove me nuts. Why back in my day sonny, if my commanding officer had discovered we were out defacing public property during PT testing there would have been all sorts of hell to pay.

[Crickey7]

No downed trees on the CCT. For now.

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