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Tom Jones (tjones@access4.digex.net) wrote:
: I visited the NCRR trail north of Baltimore on Sunday (January 28), at
: Monkton Road near mile 4, and the next road crossing north of there.
: The trail was an icy deathtrap, with several inches of exposed solid
: ice along nearly the entire length we explored.  It was difficult to
: walk along the trail; biking was absolutely impossible.  (The portions
: due north of both road crossings were, however, clear of ice for about
: 30 feet.)
: 
: They seemed to have had some severe flooding of the stream that flows
: adjacent to the trail, and the sides of the trail seemed to show that
: the trail itself was flooded in spots.
: 
: Waiting for the thaw,
: 
: -tom jones
:  Greenbelt, Maryland


Yep, that happens every time we get heavy rain here (the flooding, not 
the ice!).  The bed of the NCRR is sunken below the level of the verge in 
many spots, and water does not drain off the trailbed quickly.  The river 
comes to within 10 feet (2-4 feet elevation) of the trail in many spots.  
So any moderate rain causes some pretty huge puddles, and heavy rains can 
leave 8+ inches of water on the trail in spots.  I personally have never 
seen the river to the level where it was over the trail surface.. I 
wouldn't be able to get near the trail.  I have been there after the 
river had minor flooding, and the water still sitting on the trail was 
almost impassable in spots (covered your feet/pedals on the downstroke).

Bill Koch

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