I live in Watertown, CT right outside of Waterbury and the winter was nasty here last year.
I know of White Memorial Forest and the LArkin Bridle Trail as good places to run in other seasons, but are there any maintained surfaces of packed snow or plowed ANYTHING that is soft during the winter?
This is quite important for me as I have had many injuries from running too much on roads. Any help is immensely appreciated.
When I'm looking for soft surfaces in the winter I usually end up running on snowy trails. If the snow is packed it's not that bad. If it's freshly fallen then the going is slow but it's still running and it's still better than frozen asphalt.
The winters in CT can be really bad but usually it does not get below 10 degrees F and and there is rarely more than a foot of snow on the ground.
Thanks for the help.
Bumping this to see if there are other responses.
I hail from Connecticut but a bit south of there. If you're willing to drive a bit, there is a very long network of trails, beautiful ones through forests and past ponds, in Huntington State Park, which is mainly in Redding but reaches into Bethel and Newtown, too.
MJO drop me a line. There's a few places near here where you can get that done. That you Owens?
I have heard of Huntington. Is it runnable in the winter?
Huntington should be runnable in the winter, unless you get a snowfall of over six inches
I used to live 1 mile from Huntington and ran in there almost every day. If it snows and then melts and is not freezing then it will be very muddy in there. I have done runs in there in January, but if the winter is like last year you won't be able to get in there until spring. Huntington is mostly real trails, not well groomed except for a 1 1/2 mile loop around the lake that is cinder and an outer loop that is probably 2-3 miles. most of the rest is dirt type trails with rocks etc. Before it snows get in there to check it out. There are 2 places to park, but off of Rt 58 is the main entrance (can't think of the name of the road off the top of my head)
I think the Housatonic Rail Trail is a much better bet in the winter than Huntington.
Brian
I sent you an e-mail Ray. Also, thanks Dr. Fullem.
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I e mailed MJO with directions, but the Tunxis Trail in New Hartford is pretty damn good! Rt 202 trail head, heading north is usualy pretty active. Has a geat hill for repeats along the powerline. Spectacular views as well.
For een nicer running, try the trail going south. Access this by the tail head off of Cove road in Burlington. Bear right at the old camp and the trail is .25 miles down on the left. Old foundation there. You can run for many miles, though some of it is tehnically "out of bounds" if you wander off the blue trail. Nepaug res. property. We onstantly see deer, bald eagles, turkey, bear and packs of coyote in there. Very nice. Enjoy.
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