Mark Wigfield
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Mark Wigfield
ParticipantI am a federal employee, and can get an annual pass from Fort Meyers to ride through. I have a colleague who is former military who can ride through.
Mark Wigfield
ParticipantW&OD from S 7th to S. George Mason fine, with one icy patch at 7:45 a.m.
Bike lane on George Mason to Wakefield High covered in some places
Trail on Walter Reed from Dinwiddie to 4 Mile Run Trail fie
4 Mile Run Trail and detour to Mt. Vernon Trail fine, with a small icy patches
Mt. Vernon Trail to 14th St. bridge fine, with one 10-or-so-foot long icy/crusty patch in shade under bridge and frozen water from 14th St. bridge drain
14th St bridge has minor frozen rivulets that pose no problems.Maybe by tonight most of it will be gone? Just watch for icy patches if you’re riding after dark!
Mark Wigfield
Mark Wigfield
Participantapologies but what sections of trail do these acronyms refer to:
CCC
IoD
Trollheim?Mark Wigfield
ParticipantApologies if this is redundant, but I don’t have time to read the earlier posts about conditions
Rode the mountain bike this morning from Columbia Pike/W&OD to 12th & Maine SW via MVT, with a stop at Wakefield High School. The little bit of the W&OD to George Mason I rode was fine, the trail on Walter Reed was OK and 4MR trail from Walter Reed to MVT was good. MVT is another matter. From the airport to the 14th St. bridge there are lots of polished ice ruts and and the best path in some sections is the grass (or the informal cross bike trail). The airport flyover bridges remain tricky, and I had a brief encounter with the concrete wall of the south bridge — but the rubber remained down and no harm. The ramp to the 14th St bridge is still quite snowy but rideable. There is a thin strip of bare concrete across most of the bridge, and still some snow remaining where you can get some grip on the other side.
Anyway, MVT between the airport/14th St bridge remained a fairly challenging ride in many spots this morning in my opinion. There were a couple of other riders on the trail with cross bikes but MTB seems like a better choice since off-trail is easier in some particularly ice-rutted sections.
Mark Wigfield
ParticipantWhat’s the best way to communicate to the NPS about this? Do we know if they read this forum?
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