Condition of Forbidden Drive after Sandy?

**drala** · 10-31-2012, 05:20 PM

Can anyone tell me the condition of Wissahickon/Forbidden Drive now after the hurricane? Hoping to get a long run in this weekend, and wondering if it is passable from Ridge Ave all the way through to Northwestern Ave?

**Dayman** · 11-01-2012, 09:27 AM

This is relevant to my interests as well.

**thomast** · 11-01-2012, 02:12 PM

Judging from the Friends of the Wissahickon Facebook and Twitter posts, it looks like damage wasn't too bad, but there were a few trees felled across Forbidden Drive shown in their photos, and there's definitely lots of smaller debris all over. I would imagine that those will be the primary focus of their clean-up efforts, and none of the photos look to make the Drive completely impassable. Definitely a proceed-at-your-own-risk proposition, but my personal risk assessment would put it pretty low.

**worldfnchampion** · 11-01-2012, 04:19 PM

I went for a long walk with the dog on Tuesday from roughly just after the 100 steps to about valley green and though there were a few trees down, you could easily walk over them. I'd think it's improved since Tuesday.

**RunnerSAC** · 11-02-2012, 06:08 PM

I ran the entire path from NW to Kelly today - only one tree I had to duck under about 1/4 mile from Ridge. Otherwise the maintenance folks have done a great job of clearing the fallen trees. Lots of sticks and leaves, so be careful with your footing! Have a great run.