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Well, I just talked to a friend about the latest condition of the Des Plaines River Trail (DPRT) and it is not in very good condition at the moment.\u00a0 a lot of the crushed stone has been washed away and there are muddy sections and places that have been patched with loose gravel or sand.<\/p>\n
As of yesterday (7\/5\/9) I’ve been told that this is the worst condition that the trail has been in for quite a few years.<\/p>\n
Here’s a direct quote on the trail conditions from my email\u00a0on 7\/5\/9:<\/p>\n
“Did 34 mi on the dprt.\u00a0 The path was Ok most of the time.\u00a0 There were a few bad areas, like the 1st major bridge where you’re going downhill into an area that was patched with the larger stone gravel which could possibly be dangerous.\u00a0 Then near the underpass in Libertyville as you start to go downhill, there is a 6″ drop off from the trail into this new stuff which is mostly sand.\u00a0 If I wasn’t going downhill I wouldn’t have made it.\u00a0 I had to walk it on the way back.\u00a0 Lots of lines of erosion which had been filled with the large crappy gravel which you can’t ride on, or sand which you can’t ride on either”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SEE COMMENTS TO THIS POST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES Well, I just talked to a friend about the latest condition of the Des Plaines River Trail (DPRT) and it is not in very good condition at the moment.\u00a0 a lot … Continue reading