I did 10.5 snowy miles through Riverview the other evening--about 7 of them in spikes after slipping through my first few, and about 4 of them guided by headlamp as the dark set in. While the woods are definitely nice, the short length of the various trails makes it tough to get a good rhythm going. I found myself constantly running into forks, roads and the occasional dead-end, as you can see here:
I'm actually not sure that there's any section of uninterrupted trail here that lasts more than a mile. It's clear from the official map that the named sections are all short, but they link together a bit more cleanly on paper than they do in practice. As a point of comparison, I find Frick to be similar but much more navigable on-the-fly.
Maybe Riverview Park just requires a bit more exploration and a higher level of comfort with its twists and turns to get a good longer run in. For now I think I'll reserve this one for the shorter days.
On the plus side, this time around I did see way more deer than I ever thought lived within the City limits, and spied a large hawk and a huge owl close-up. So I got that goin' for me.
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