Thursday, February 12, 2009

Trail conditions Thursday at noon hour

I have gotten a couple of questions about the condition of the trail now.

I have not been on the trail since Saturday but here's what I found when I stuck my head in at a couple of spots along the trail today.



This is the trail leading from the pool house parking lot.



The tail here was pretty icy and I image any spot on the trail that is exposed to the sun will be in a similar situation.
The trail below the slow down from the pool centre was covered in wet snow and I mean very wet. The weather forecast I've heard for the rest of the week predicted freezing temperatures which could turn this stuff to ice.



This is the red main trail leading down from the parking lot at the gatehouse. The dark spot is mud that had been deposited by dirt from water that had been running off the parking lot in what appeared to have been a heavy stream.
There was a lot of wind in the area overnight and I did not see if any trees were down but would not be surprised if there were.



This was the trail leading back up to the gatehouse parking lot where the run off had cut a stream through the ice on the trail. I can only speculate that the hill leading up to the farm field on Headwaters Trail is going to look much the same.

Overall there's snow, ice, mud and water!

Have fun!

Hoping to get out for a loop on Saturday to see what it's like then for myself.

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