On Feb 28, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Mark Evans wrote:
I rekon I need to heed the suggestion of STUDDED tires [...] it was nearly impossible to even walk that incline down. I realize the city is about out of $$ for weinter cleanup, but it seems the UW might be concerned as well as thousands of students walk this stretch as well. A little sand might be a nice touch.
I agree that sand would help, for a little while. The freeze/thaw cycles we've been going through ice pretty much anything over right quick. There doesn't seem to be a good solution besides studs or walking it with Yaktracks or similar. Or riding the narrow, lunar- landscape-ish streets. Plain brutal.
On the other hand, the SW path (at least out to Glenway) is just tamped down crusty snow and easy to navigate. Sections of the path from North Shore out to Brearly are chippy but not too bad.
Yeah, seems like the ditches along the SW keeps the runoff from the melting snowbanks from icing over the path. A much better arrangement, all things considered.
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