Passing along an update on local trail conditions from Mark Finney, an avid off-road rider and BGI employee.
Please, if you see people with MTBs and/or gear, do your best to dissuade them from riding the trails for the next few weeks.
Please, if you see people with MTBs and/or gear, do your best to dissuade them from riding the trails for the next few weeks. As the ground thaws, the trail turns into "grease mud" with a layer of ice beneath. It is VERY susceptible to damage from tire ruts (or footprints), which hold more water and create more mud. If the trails get to thaw and absorb without being disturbed, they can be re-opened WEEKS earlier, and without requiring a ton of volunteer labor from the Hoosier Mountain Bike Association to repair the damage.
Town Run is officially closed (gate closed @ 96th St entrance), but too many people still "poach" in from other points. Other trails to avoid are Westwood (New Castle), Brown County, and Versailles.
Rangeline (Anderson) is the exception. It is an old gravel quarry, and is less prone to the freeze/thaw cycle.
Please refer to http://www.HMBA.org/ (and specifically to the fresh info in the Forums area) for more information. Thanks to Mark Finney on the Bicycle Garage Indy Staff for this trail update.
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