Welcome to the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center's New Trail Conditions website. Trails volunteers can also use this site to report changes in trail conditions (please see "Volunteers," below).

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X-C SKI TRAIL CONDITIONS (Winter Report)
(Updated 2/172/25/2011)

TRAIL Length (mi.) X-C Trail Condition Snowshoe Trail Tracked By Long Trail (North)*1 1.6 TRACKED Bradys &Kim Long Trail (West)*2 2.4 Otter Creek 0.5 TRACKED Bradys &Kim Old Road 0.4 TRACKED Bradys Mary McFalls 0.5 Cherry Trace 0.5 Witchhobble Wander 1.0 Spring Trail 0.5 Water Trail 0.5 Teal Brook Trail 0.2 Koch Trail 1.0 Waterfront Trail (Otter Cove) 0.3? TRACKED Bradys? Abbt Farm Trail 0.2 TRACKED Atsushi Old Road (Akeras)*3 0.5 TRACKED Atsushi Back Passage* 0.7? TRACKED Atsushi *1: Sections of the Long Trail to the North of the main parking lot *2: Sections of the Long Trail to West of the main parking lot *3 NOTE: The trails on the Akera property are not yet formally a part of the official trail system of the Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center, and are not maintained at the same level as at the Center. Please use this portion of the trail at your own risk.

SNOW CONDITIONS 18-24" baseTracks are8" smoothdense andsnow fine;on breaking18" trailbase My... can be a little difficultyou withbelieve the crustsnow layers (which exist if it'sthis cold).year? Please Note: We try to maintain parallel X-C and Snowshoe trails at the center. __________________X-C Ski - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Snowshoe) Hikers / Snowshoers: Please do not walk on the X-C ski trails (please walk single file where necessary) X-C Skiers: You may use the snowshoe trail, but please give the right of way to Hikers and Snowshoers (except on downhill runs) TRACKED indicates that a trail has been broken (skiied) by volunteers; All trails at the center are normally open for use.

Trail Volunteers
Maintaining the Trails

• We are trying to maintain parallel X-C and Snowshoe trails throughtout the trail system, wherever it's possible
  __________________X-C Ski
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Snowshoe)
  
• Where possible/obvious, please place the X-C trail on the "inside" side of a loop (e.g., to the right heading North on Old Road; left heading North on Abbt Farm Trail)
• Place Snowshoe trails on the "outside" of a loop
• Use your best judgment for trails that are not loop trails.
• (... and Thanks!!)

Updating the Table

• Please enter "TRACKED" if you break trail on one of the above trails
• Please enter "Partly tracked" if you broke trail for a section of the indicated trail
• Edit to "old tracks" if trail is passible but not fresh
• Please clear all entries after a major snowfall