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Originally Posted by kermitology
There are two paths there, one does get some clearance, the other doesn't. But the hard part is that there are some big dips around there and when you get a lot of snow or melt and freeze it turns big puddles into dangerous ice. Last year I dropped through a few times or had to plow through the ice and hope I didn't tip over because I'd soak my shoes. I was riding 29" tires.
The alternative is to ride past the turn to Refinery Park and head along Ogden to the hill that goes into Lynwood. You can either stay on roads and go to 18th St or catch up with the Lynwood ridge pathway.
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That trek along Ogden road is so dirty, but is a very understandable case of the City using its $$$ wisely and clearing the most useful sections, leaving others to melt. My purpose in bringing up the refinery park area was just to say that it was no different than the bird sanctuary area - despite one being marked as maintained path and one not.
Also odd that they'd want to maintain the path close to the river with the big dips that will accumulate meltwater, and ignore the flatter section away from the river that should just have drifting issues.
Clearly a bike mounted flame-thrower is in order.