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@Subby 104406 wrote:

Went the same way this evening. 14th street bridge is unacceptably bad. Off ramp down to MVT is icy crap halfway down. MVT is mostly ice but there is a lot of snow covered ground to the left and right on which you can ride (off the trail).

Things looking much better this morning, especially without the bone biting wind. Got the road bike back out and cruised up Long Bridge Rd easily thru PNT N parking lot, lagoon bridge crossing has a wide clear path and the sidewalk to the parking lot is doable tho still icy in spots. The parking lot is clear and dry, the pathway up to Humpback has some icy spots and the bridge was a walk/slow ride affair.
14st Br has some definite softening going on and with a narrow ice free path that makes it doable on slicks.
..looking for a drawer soil-staining-free ride home tonight, tho probably not on MVT.

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@DismalScientist 104384 wrote:

Cross on the southern sidewalk on Memorial Bridge. Go straight through 2 parkway crossings onto Washington Blvd/Route 27 bike path. This icy the 2 block stretch of icy crap. Walk if necessary. Turn left into the Pentagon north parking lot. Take Boundary Channel Drive 1/2 mile through the 395 interchange. Go straight on Clark/Long Bridge Park Drive. Turn right on 12th and left on Eads. Go through Crystal City and past Glebe Road. Turn right on 4 Mile Run trail to Shirlington. This way is suitable for slicks if you walk the Wash Blvd trail.

Good to hear there are some slick-worthy areas out there. Potomac Ave looks clean from Monroe Ave thru CC, so it looks a good/better commute with some humping across Humpback and 14th St Bridges tomorrow.

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@jopamora 78791 wrote:

Ha! That kinda looks like me in the picture. I did pass a rider taking photos on the MVT before Gravelly Point. I think the bike was a Raleigh mtb/hybrid.

Here’s a better one for your winter album..

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here’s a better one for your winter album.

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Fresh powder and no joggers, dog walkers, strollers to worry about….yet.
MVT from FMR to 14th St Bridge pretty smooth going. There is the need to dodge the occasional road crud thrown on the trail from cars and plows but otherwise just barreled thru 2-3 inches of soft snow. The airport overpasses have a layer of sofish, crunchy ice underneath, but the snow gives plenty of traction.
..and just a hint of a breeze (or was that a hurricane?) heading north past Gravelly Pt.

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The afternoon commute looks to be less Shackleton-like with some nice sun and warmth. Potomac Ave behind Potomac Yards was pretty iced up this morning with marginal plowing, but once you hit CC the streets are plowed clear (even into the bike lane- thank you Arlington).
Coulda used some pemmican for the man-hauling adventure from pentagon thru the marina to 14thSt.
14th St bridge had a real skinny clear path this morning about 9a that I’m hoping my wider body and bike will be able to cleanly traverse later today.
Mush!

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