Rock Creek Park Status

More 12/28 conditions

From a jogger:

It's passable, but the worse parts (which are frequent) are a combination of ice, mud, standing water, and debris (small branches/sticks, rocks the size of walnuts, etc). The part from just south of Connecticut bridge is the worst.

Trail 12/28

The trail by Peirce Mill is still full of ice.  I gave up not far after the little footbridge.

And the westbound side (up the hill) of Tilden is a sheet of ice at the bottom.  Cars were literally skidding off the road. 

I won't bother trying to ride again until next week, but if anybody does ride it, let me know.

Thx.

Trail pictures, Sun. 12/27

Page 3 has some pics of the flooding on the trail.

 

Thanks for sending these to me.

 

 

Posted some pix of Rock Creek, between P and Conn Ave - there's a big flooded section, though I managed to ride through it OK.

 

Check out : http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvjantzen/

Trail conditions Dec 21 - ?

I'm  a coward when it comes to riding on ice/snow, so I probably won't even try the trail till the 24th.  If anybody is out there, please let me know what it's like.

Thanks,

Mike

Dec 14th ride in

Lots of puddles, a couple icy patches, and some fog.  I was out early (6:30 AM), so the ice and fog is probably gone by now.

Dec 9th Flooding

I rode south from Cathedral around 7:15 AM.  Usual puddles in the usual places until you reach the flat section just above the footbridge before P Street.  The creek is already coming over the bank in places, and there are 2 large sections of deep standing water.  I'd guess by later this  morning or afternoon the whole section will be flooded all the way to the Parkway itself.

On the bright side, not that cold and not raining that hard.

I'm riding home tonight so I'll post an update tonight.

Thanks