Palos Forest Preserve

Latest trail report
November 2020
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Neil Barnish: Rest of this week looks favorable. Neil Barnish: Freeze-thaw: trails will likely soften as they thaw this morning. Please wait until early afternoon at least.
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Neil Barnish: Not bad for November!
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Neil Barnish: Lots of rain and likely some branches down. Give it time.
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Neil Barnish: Expect wet leaves and some down trees and branches. Take it easy out there.
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Neil Barnish: Please only ride when trails are frozen, or dry Neil Barnish: Trails froze last night and have thawed in the sun. Please wait until the afternoon. Thanks.
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Neil Barnish: Please only ride when trails are frozen, or dry
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Neil Barnish: Currently raining. Neil Barnish: Please keep off the trails unless they are frozen or dry.
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Neil Barnish: Freeze-thaw time...keep off the trails UNLESS they are dry/frozen solid. Thanks
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Neil Barnish: Go ride
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Neil Barnish: Green in mid November
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Neil Barnish: Sunday morning: very little rainfall but enough to make rocks and roots slick.
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Neil Barnish: Rain/snow = bad
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Neil Barnish: Ride when frozen (or dry) only. During freeze-thaw, trails will turn to crap in the sun as low as 25° Fahrenheit. Ride early, beat the thaw. Neil Barnish: Improving. The clay is solid, but where there is leaf matter on the trail, it's slimy.
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Past history

Neil Barnish: Ride when frozen (or dry) only. During freeze-thaw, trails will turn to crap in the sun as low as 25° Fahrenheit. Ride early, beat the thaw.

Ride when frozen (or dry) only. During freeze-thaw, trails will turn to crap in the sun as low as 25° Fahrenheit. Ride early, beat the thaw.

2020-11-27 19:29:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Improving. The clay is solid, but where there is leaf matter on the trail, it's slimy.

Improving. The clay is solid, but where there is leaf matter on the trail, it's slimy.

2020-11-27 08:47:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Rain/snow = bad

Rain/snow = bad

2020-11-24 06:46:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Sunday morning: very little rainfall but enough to make rocks and roots slick.

Sunday morning: very little rainfall but enough to make rocks and roots slick.

2020-11-22 08:31:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Green in mid November

Green in mid November

2020-11-19 11:47:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Go ride

Go ride

2020-11-18 16:49:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Freeze-thaw time...keep off the trails UNLESS they are dry/frozen solid. Thanks

Freeze-thaw time...keep off the trails UNLESS they are dry/frozen solid. Thanks

2020-11-16 13:09:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Currently raining.

Currently raining.

2020-11-14 19:03:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Please keep off the trails unless they are frozen or dry.

Please keep off the trails unless they are frozen or dry.

2020-11-14 00:57:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Please only ride when trails are frozen, or dry

Please only ride when trails are frozen, or dry

2020-11-13 09:42:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Please only ride when trails are frozen, or dry

Please only ride when trails are frozen, or dry

2020-11-12 13:14:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Trails froze last night and have thawed in the sun. Please wait until the afternoon. Thanks.

Trails froze last night and have thawed in the sun. Please wait until the afternoon. Thanks.

2020-11-12 08:44:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Expect wet leaves and some down trees and branches. Take it easy out there.

Expect wet leaves and some down trees and branches. Take it easy out there.

2020-11-11 08:43:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Lots of rain and likely some branches down. Give it time.

Lots of rain and likely some branches down. Give it time.

2020-11-10 18:30:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Not bad for November!

Not bad for November!

2020-11-05 10:12:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Rest of this week looks favorable.

Rest of this week looks favorable.

2020-11-02 18:52:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Freeze-thaw: trails will likely soften as they thaw this morning. Please wait until early afternoon at least.

Freeze-thaw: trails will likely soften as they thaw this morning. Please wait until early afternoon at least.

2020-11-02 06:34:00 Neil Barnish