03-18-2018, 10:14 PM
I've been out riding my bike several times this past week and have travelled the Walter Bean Trail from Fairway to RIM Park. The flooding seems to have done quite a number on the trail.
The worst section seemed to be the bit southeast of Kiwanis Park which was almost impassable due to the debris that had been deposited over that section. There is flood damage elsewhere, but nowhere to the same extent.
The section from Victoria north is in surprisingly good shape, but a lot of the finer sediments were washed away, leaving a soft, fine gravel surface peppered with cobbles in a number of places that may quite challenging to ride through. There were also a number of spots that had ended up with washboards that are quite unpleasant to ride over.
The part west of Bingeman's is very muddy in places right now with some ice patches.
The section south from Forwell Road south is in excellent condition. The hill south of Otterbein is an ice sheet at the moment (as is the hill just east of Bingeman's), but that's the only bad spot. It's otherwise dry and smooth.
The worst section seemed to be the bit southeast of Kiwanis Park which was almost impassable due to the debris that had been deposited over that section. There is flood damage elsewhere, but nowhere to the same extent.
The section from Victoria north is in surprisingly good shape, but a lot of the finer sediments were washed away, leaving a soft, fine gravel surface peppered with cobbles in a number of places that may quite challenging to ride through. There were also a number of spots that had ended up with washboards that are quite unpleasant to ride over.
The part west of Bingeman's is very muddy in places right now with some ice patches.
The section south from Forwell Road south is in excellent condition. The hill south of Otterbein is an ice sheet at the moment (as is the hill just east of Bingeman's), but that's the only bad spot. It's otherwise dry and smooth.