Palos Forest Preserve

Latest trail report
February 2020
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Neil Barnish: Snow time.  Get your fatties out there and groom it for the rest of us.  Please and thank you.
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Neil Barnish: Reports of melting.  Need to wait for the next freeze...
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Neil Barnish: Go, fat bikes, go!
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Neil Barnish: Needs to freeze again before it'll be rideable.
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Neil Barnish: Watch for ice
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Neil Barnish: Trails should be good until about 9:30-10 Friday morning. Neil Barnish: Full sun, not good for frozen dirt trails...  Come back EARLY Saturday.
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Neil Barnish: If riding Saturday, plan to start at sunrise and be done by about 8 a.m.
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Neil Barnish: Closed.  Help out at the work day near the campground if you can... Neil Barnish: Heading in the wrong direction. If you're not out here yet, stay home or hit Waterfall Glen. Neil Barnish: Really short window of opportunity.  South facing trails will be a no-go by about 8 a.m. with north-facing trails not far behind.  Expect lots of ice.
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Neil Barnish: Only ride when the ground is frozen please. Neil Barnish: The snow is insulating the wet ground underneath.
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Neil Barnish: Trails closed.  Come back Saturday - start early to beat the thaw. Neil Barnish: South facing trails getting soft in the sun.  Please get off the trails when the begin to thaw.
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Neil Barnish: Too late.  South trails done, north trails thawing. Neil Barnish: If you're not on the south-facing trails yet, head to the north facing trials instead. South facing trails are already thawing out. Neil Barnish: Expecting trails to close around 10 a.m. this morning.
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Past history

Neil Barnish: Too late.  South trails done, north trails thawing.

Too late. South trails done, north trails thawing.

2020-02-29 10:17:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: If you're not on the south-facing trails yet, head to the north facing trials instead. South facing trails are already thawing out.

If you're not on the south-facing trails yet, head to the north facing trials instead. South facing trails are already thawing out.

2020-02-29 09:19:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Expecting trails to close around 10 a.m. this morning.

Expecting trails to close around 10 a.m. this morning.

2020-02-29 06:36:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Trails closed.  Come back Saturday - start early to beat the thaw.

Trails closed. Come back Saturday - start early to beat the thaw.

2020-02-28 10:39:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: South facing trails getting soft in the sun.  Please get off the trails when the begin to thaw.

South facing trails getting soft in the sun. Please get off the trails when the begin to thaw.

2020-02-28 09:30:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Only ride when the ground is frozen please.

Only ride when the ground is frozen please.

2020-02-26 21:18:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: The snow is insulating the wet ground underneath.

The snow is insulating the wet ground underneath.

2020-02-26 05:32:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Closed.  Help out at the work day near the campground if you can...

Closed. Help out at the work day near the campground if you can...

2020-02-22 09:32:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Heading in the wrong direction. If you're not out here yet, stay home or hit Waterfall Glen.

Heading in the wrong direction. If you're not out here yet, stay home or hit Waterfall Glen.

2020-02-22 08:29:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Really short window of opportunity.  South facing trails will be a no-go by about 8 a.m. with north-facing trails not far behind.  Expect lots of ice.

Really short window of opportunity. South facing trails will be a no-go by about 8 a.m. with north-facing trails not far behind. Expect lots of ice.

2020-02-22 05:29:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: If riding Saturday, plan to start at sunrise and be done by about 8 a.m.

If riding Saturday, plan to start at sunrise and be done by about 8 a.m.

2020-02-21 11:59:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Trails should be good until about 9:30-10 Friday morning.

Trails should be good until about 9:30-10 Friday morning.

2020-02-20 22:58:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Full sun, not good for frozen dirt trails...  Come back EARLY Saturday.

Full sun, not good for frozen dirt trails... Come back EARLY Saturday.

2020-02-20 11:47:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Watch for ice

Watch for ice

2020-02-19 05:25:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Needs to freeze again before it'll be rideable.

Needs to freeze again before it'll be rideable.

2020-02-16 14:42:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Go, fat bikes, go!

Go, fat bikes, go!

2020-02-13 08:44:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Reports of melting.  Need to wait for the next freeze...

Reports of melting. Need to wait for the next freeze...

2020-02-07 13:39:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Snow time.  Get your fatties out there and groom it for the rest of us.  Please and thank you.

Snow time. Get your fatties out there and groom it for the rest of us. Please and thank you.

2020-02-06 07:51:00 Neil Barnish