my little soap box. this stuff is very dangerous. rare but dangerous. fresh powder over glare ice / aka smooth flat ice


the powder packs into the tread lifting you off the studs. then down you go

so I switched to more aggressive Schwalbe Spiker Pro studded tires with deeper & wider voids which don't block up like the Schwalbe Winter Marathons


unmaintained forest roads get frozen precipitation, which then melts & refreezes very smooth. then the new powder collects right on top of that. the maintained roads get plowed, etc

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