Originally Posted by
backontheroad
The plows used to clear the snow on the trails do not clear down to the pavement and leave about a 1/2 inch of snow. After a few snow falls the trails are quite rudded. Also the road plows throw snow chunks onto the trails.
This is the worst - the paths get cleared, then crap from the road gets thrown onto them, and frozen into place. I had many days last winter when I had to deal with this on certain parts of my ride. Riding in my lowest granny gear, I could just barely power though the crap on my Mtn bike. I don't think I could have done it on a road bike.