Winter Walking and Cycling

[dtkmelissa]

Also, we used to have that volcanic rock stuff but have not been able to find it as of late. Anyone know a name brand of it, or even better, where I can pick some up?

My wife found it at the Sunrise Centre Canadian Tire sometime last week when all the stories about the lack of salt were going strong. I don't know the brand name, it's not the same brand that was featured on Dragon's Den, but it appears to be a very similar product - tiny, green, very porous rock. This is the first time we've seen this type of product locally in several years, and we're glad to have it. It tends to do a decent job of providing traction too, even when it's below -10 or wherever salt stops being effective.

She also picked up an ice clearing liquid that is really good for putting down on concrete and asphalt in advance of the storm (as recommended for salt use up-thread), but it hasn't done as good a job on existing ice so we use it for pre-treatment, the volcanic rock stuff to work on the hard stuff, and we've used sand a fair bit especially during gentle thaws when there's a thin layer of water that becomes super slick and super difficult to see (do we call black ice beige ice when it is on concrete?) if left alone.

Excellent - thanks!