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Old 01-31-2011, 03:26 PM   #5
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Default Not just the amount

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Originally Posted by hilltopper View Post
How much more snow do you think it will take to make the rails (more) rideable. I've had experiences in the past and stay off them until I can no longer see rails...
It's the quality not the quantity.

Seriously though a heavy wet 12 inch blast of snow would be a great help to the tracks. Any less or anything with low water content won't do much.

The tracks from Weirs to Ashland were tough and a bit unnerving. Lots of rails exposed. We rode them without incident but we all had sore backs, necks and butts.

I bounced off a rail once or twice and we were taking it pretty easy. I saw a couple of guys blast past us and they were moving. I just don't get that kind of risk taking on the rails in those conditions. One wrong move and it could have been trouble for those guys.
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