Looking for trail-capable road tyres
 

My raleigh scorpion currently has the original tyres, which are starting to wear out. The current tyres are fairly knobbly, but with a smoother central strip. One of the routes I sometimes take to university follows the canal towpath, which is just a bare dirt trail that's been worn into a path by use, with a few tree roots sticking up here and there. It gets very muddy in the wet, so usually I only take this route when the ground is dry. Other than that, my commute is all on-road. I'm looking for a set of replacement road tyres that can handle a bit of use on dirt or light snow.

I was looking at Schwalbe city jet tyres, since they're relatively cheap and available in 26x1.9 which matches the current tyres, but wasn't sure how effective they'd be on the towpath.
Anyone have any good suggestions?

Cheers

Pete

on the cheap; Bell Kevlar, available from Wal-mart. I have them on my hybrid, work well, last forever, very puncture resistant.
http://www.amazon.com/Bell-26-Inch-C...8341258&sr=1-6

they are only 1.75 nominal (ISO 47-559). I am over 300lbs, and have had no issues with them. I run them at 70 psi - the side wall says 40-65 psi. You can find many tires that are more expensive.

Continental Travel Contact, in 1.75 width is their adventure loaded touring tire,
smooth for the road, a row of knobs on the edges comes into play on softer surfaces.

wouldn't lean over in fast pavement switch back descents , though ..
but normal cycling I found my pair great