Originally Posted by
UniChris
I know this is an old thread, but wondering if anyone could comment on current pavement condition and smoothness - did that project to cover the original pavement that apparently had bits of glass embedded as filler and a lot of tree root cracks go through?
Have family in Northampton and so know from walking a short stretch that a tunnel has been built under the active rail line along Woodmont road, but I've never been up there with a wheel to ride.
Starting to wonder if it's in a condition suitable for rolling right along without bouncing over a lot of bad pavement if it might have potential for trying to do a do a single-day distance
PR via a serious of out-and-back legs rotating between the three trail branches that meet there - a little monotonous compared to "going somewhere" but having a base of operations just off the trail means the opportunity to stop in for a bathroom, food, water, fresh clothes, etc and to carry far less in the way of supplies and tools than I normally would need to when riding the trails north of NYC in Westchester.
Are you asking about the Norwottuck RT? If so, until someone who's been there more recently comes along, I was on the Hadley to Amherst leg last at the end of October 2017 and don't remember it being rough. In fact, it may have been freshly paved and smooth - my profile picture is from that ride. The eastward-bound leg from Amherst might be rough.