Palos Forest Preserve

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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.
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Neil Barnish: Sunday: trails will be open as long as they're frozen solid. Neil Barnish: Stay home at this point.  You will damage the trails if you try to ride them right now.  Early tomorrow morning the trail should be frozen again and good until they thaw.
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Neil Barnish: We will need to wait for a solid freeze before we can ride again.
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Neil Barnish: Ride (or run/hike) when trails are frozen only.
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Neil Barnish: It's above freezing and only going to get warmer.  Sorry.
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Neil Barnish: Ride when frozen solid only Neil Barnish: There are a few soft spots which need to be packed in. Get out there and ride!
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Neil Barnish: Ride when frozen solid only Neil Barnish: Let it freeze up.  Much too warm right now.  The snow is soft and trail traffic will damage the trails underneath.
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fbappreview: Ride when frozen solid only
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Past history

fbappreview: Ride when frozen solid only

Ride when frozen solid only

2020-12-31 09:02:00 fbappreview
Neil Barnish: Ride when frozen solid only

Ride when frozen solid only

2020-12-30 21:37:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Let it freeze up.  Much too warm right now.  The snow is soft and trail traffic will damage the trails underneath.

Let it freeze up. Much too warm right now. The snow is soft and trail traffic will damage the trails underneath.

2020-12-30 08:01:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Ride when frozen solid only

Ride when frozen solid only

2020-12-23 17:55:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: There are a few soft spots which need to be packed in. Get out there and ride!

There are a few soft spots which need to be packed in. Get out there and ride!

2020-12-23 09:40:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: It's above freezing and only going to get warmer.  Sorry.

It's above freezing and only going to get warmer. Sorry.

2020-12-18 19:05:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Ride (or run/hike) when trails are frozen only.

Ride (or run/hike) when trails are frozen only.

2020-12-14 16:11:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: We will need to wait for a solid freeze before we can ride again.

We will need to wait for a solid freeze before we can ride again.

2020-12-11 15:51:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Sunday: trails will be open as long as they're frozen solid.

Sunday: trails will be open as long as they're frozen solid.

2020-12-05 20:14:00 Neil Barnish
Neil Barnish: Stay home at this point.  You will damage the trails if you try to ride them right now.  Early tomorrow morning the trail should be frozen again and good until they thaw.

Stay home at this point. You will damage the trails if you try to ride them right now. Early tomorrow morning the trail should be frozen again and good until they thaw.

2020-12-05 10:48:00 Neil Barnish
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.

2020-12-01 07:43:00 Neil Barnish