The Park Rangers patrol the bike path in their SUVs and wear tracks into the snow through the whole winter. Today, there was only a light covering on the bike path, so the SUV tracks were hardly noticeable, and except for a couple of black ice patches, it was an easy ride. Once there are a few inches (or feet) of snow on the path, though, it becomes a real challenge to ride in the narrow ruts. You get varying patches of rough ice, black ice, snow, slush, etc... and it's an exercise in concentration to keep it shiny side up.
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Maybe they should be told that SUV's are bad for the health of the path? Man, are they lazy or what?
Last year when I first noticed the tracks, I was surprised that they drive the path. But I guess they are stretched pretty thin since they need to patrol so many parks. The tire tracks make for some interesting riding!
At the end of last winter, they groomed the snow for cross country skiing. Maybe they'll do that again this year.
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