Trail Conditions 2011-01-26

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  • January 26, 2011 at 10:17 pm #909721
    skreaminquadz
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    Today’s commute felt like I was riding through a big slurpee, with someone throwing ice crystals at me as hard as they could while it was pouring rain. Interesting to say the least. I think I’ll be drying out for a few days.

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  • January 26, 2011 at 10:48 pm #924738
    CCrew
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    Mmmmm.. brain freeze :)

    I went in last night and commuted home this morning, so got to watch most of it from the warmth of my office ..

    January 26, 2011 at 11:32 pm #924741
    PrintError
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    I rode home in the worst of it. Left work at 3:30 and got back to Herndon right at 5 frozen like a popsicle. Not bad though from McLean to Herndon! It usually takes me 1:00 on the CXB, about 1:15 in the winter, and 1:30 tonight in the HEAVY snow on my studded tire MTB. Basically right on schedule with a little delay!

    Every road was gridlock in every direction. W&OD was about 4-6″ thick, but it was absolutely dumping snow. Slow going with the hardcore headwind, but otherwise that wasn’t bad.

    I am glad to be home and warm with my feet up though.

    January 26, 2011 at 11:51 pm #924742
    acc
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    I am glad everyone seems ok. You made it home. One of my friends in a car gave up and she pulled off the road with her sister and child but found a hotel room.

    January 27, 2011 at 3:34 pm #924747
    PrintError
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    @acc 2162 wrote:

    I am glad everyone seems ok. You made it home. One of my friends in a car gave up and she pulled off the road with her sister and child but found a hotel room.

    Wow, glad she’s alright. Some of my coworkers had to abandon cars as well, and one slept in her back seat under an overpass.

    January 27, 2011 at 7:35 pm #924755
    Mark Blacknell
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    Twitter sez that the W&OD’s getting plowed, but I’d stick to the roads to get to it. Just checked out the Custis, and it’s snow & ice from Lee Highway (at least) past Fairfax Drive (at least). Won’t melt enough today, and the overnight refreezing’s going to make it unrideable (and unplowable) well through tomorrow AM.

    January 27, 2011 at 7:54 pm #924758
    Dirt
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    I passed three plows that were stuck in the snow on my ride home. :)

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    January 27, 2011 at 7:57 pm #924759
    consularrider
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    At noon, the W&OD from Roosevelt (just be for the Sycamore underpass and mile 5) to Walter Reed has a hit or miss plowing. The section from Bluemont to Glen Carlyn really wasn’t plowed, but there was a single clear track most of the way. The wooden bridges had not been cleared and I had to walk across them. From Walter Reed to Shirlington was not plowed. The plow was on something similar to a golf cart and someone commented that it didn’t have enough weight to plow cleanly. At noon it was parked by the caboose in Bluemont Park, so maybe it was heading east? The bike lanes on McKinley/Ohio, Patrick Henry, and George Mason were not clear as of 1 pm.

    January 27, 2011 at 11:29 pm #924764
    txgoonie
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    Just want to extend a general thank you to all of you who post trail reports. I often rely on you more intrepid folks to help me make my do I/don’t I decisions about riding into work or home. It’s highly appreciated.:)

    January 28, 2011 at 11:35 pm #924772
    PrintError
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    Anyone know if the W&OD is rideable tonight? I’m leaving work in half an hour, and it’s a LOT less stressful than route 7.

    I’m riding Vienna to Herndon.

    Thanks in advance…

    January 29, 2011 at 12:17 pm #924773
    acc
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    I am sorry, I did not see this until now. My definition of what can be ridden is strictly from a pampered indoor pet’s perspective. You battle-hardened commuters brave difficult conditions with ease. I looked at the W&O yesterday around Gallows Road and it seems to be a soggy, snowy, ugly mess. (Meow) However, route 7 is more of a mess on a Friday.

    January 29, 2011 at 2:49 pm #924774
    PrintError
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    Yeah, I took 7. Mostly just gravel mess. I’ll take my trail back now please.

    January 29, 2011 at 3:38 pm #924776
    acc
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    Yikes. I consider Route 7 after 3:00 pm an ulcer-inducing drive in a car. Riding it would scare me out of any leftover 20-something agnostic beliefs. Glad you are safe.

    January 29, 2011 at 7:56 pm #924777
    CCrew
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    @acc 2201 wrote:

    Riding it would scare me out of any leftover 20-something agnostic beliefs..

    I’d ride it just to remember 20 something beliefs… That was sooooo 30 years ago for me!! :P

    January 29, 2011 at 9:19 pm #924778
    acc
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    The 20-somethings can have their thoughts and beliefs, I covet their hearts and lungs. Oh, and their collagen too.

    January 29, 2011 at 9:56 pm #924779
    FFX_Hinterlands
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    Here’s the W&OD Looking west towards the Route 28 Bridge (Loudoun Co).
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