This winter we just don't seem to be getting snow. After a few dustings and one slightly heavier dusting that started melting within hours after it fell with a deluge of rain (I biked through both), we finally got a long enough spell of cold weather to keep the half-inch of snow from melting by itself. Streets were cleared by salt, except along some edges, and bike lanes remained mostly clear and bikable, though there can always be patches of ice lurking under the snow, so watch out.

Please send updates and reports on the conditions of other paths in Massachusetts to Jessica Mink.

Arnold Arboretum 1.5 miles of park roads which are mostly closed to automobile traffic with no intersections Boston Parks and Harvard University	Not checked yet
Blackwell Footpath A half-mile gravel path connecting the Forest Hills MBTA station and the South St. Arboretum entrance Boston Parks and Harvard University	Not checked yet
Roslindale Bike Lanes Two miles of bike lanes on both sides of Washington St. from Forest Hills to Roslindale Square and to West Roxbury on Belgrade Ave. and buffered and wide bike lanes along American Legion Highway Boston Public Works Department	Clear, though we really, really don't like the fact that we've lost several hundred feet of them just south of Ukraine Way.
Centre St. and VFW Parkway Bike Lanes DCR, plowed by MassDOT	Not checked, but probably totally clear.
Arborway "Bike Lanes" 1 mile of wide paved shoulder which is unmarked but usually clear of parked cars during rush hour Department of Conservation and Recreation	Eastbound, at least, looked totally clear. The parallel sidewalk is packed powder, with occasional invisible ice under it. Beware.
Morton St. Buffered Bike Lanes Cemetery Rd. to Harvard St. MassDOT	Should be pretty clear, but not checked.
Franklin Park Roads Much of the park loop road is closed to motorized traffic and there are bike lanes on the main road. Boston Parks and Public Works Departments	Not checked yet.
Centre/South Bike Lanes A mile of bike lanes through the heart of Jamaica Plain from Jackson Square and the Southwest Corridor to Forest Hills Boston Public Works Department	Totally clear.
Jamaicaway Bikepath 1.5 miles of mostly bike/ped-separated paths paralleling a busy 4-lane parkway; two intersections with traffic lights Boston Parks Deparment	Mostly packed powder, but not much ice under, so easy to ride.
Perkins St. Bike Lanes 1.5 miles of mostly bike/ped-separated paths paralleling a busy 4-lane parkway; two intersections with traffic lights Department of Conservation and Recreation	Totally clear to full width.
Olmsted Park Paths 3/4-mile of mostly bike/ped-separated paths built over Riverdale Road, across Leverett Pond from the Jamaicaway. Brookline Park Department	A thin layer of packed powder, with no noticeable ice.
Parkway and Netherlands Rd. Contraflow bike lanes Two one-block contra-flow lanes plus and contraflow cycle track Brookline Park Department and DPW	Packed powder with no ice.
Muddy River Path 12-foot-wide 0.6 mile shared bike/ped path with no intersections Brookline Park Department and DPW	Packed powder with very little ice underneath
Commonwealth Ave. Bike Lanes Connecting the B.U. Bridge to Boston University Boston Transportation Department	Totally clear, at least near the B.U. Bridge
Brookline Bike Lanes Town of Brookline	Essex St. contraflow lane Totally clear.
B. U. Bridge Bike Lanes Boston to Cambridge Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	Clear as roadway from salt.
B. U. Bridge west sidewalk Boston to Cambridge Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department or B.U.	Snow, but watch for ice over water
Harvard (Mass. Ave.) Bridge bike lanes Cambridge to Boston Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	Not checked yet.
Longfellow Bridge bike lanes Cambridge to Boston Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	Not checked yet, but probably clear from salt on roadway.
Charles River Bikepaths Narrow, shared bike-ped path with few intersections Department of Conservation and Recreation	Conditions have varied over the week, with a thin layer of snow over most of the path, but some wind clearing. On the Cambridge side, bad icy patches remain under the snow at the Riverside Boad Club and between River St. and Western Ave. The Boston side had some small icy puddles between River St. and the B.U. Bridge which are now probably covered by snow unless salt from Storrow Drive has melted some.
J.F.K. Park Wide, shared bike-ped path from river to Harvard Square Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet, but probably clear
Western Ave. Cycletrack Cambridge Cambridge DPW	Not checked yet.
Western Ave. Cycletrack Boston Boston DPW	Not checked yet.
N. Harvard St. bike lanes Boston Boston DPW	Really clear.
Lincoln St. to Cambridge St. MassPike Bridge Bike/Ped connection from Harvard Square to Allston's Harvard Ave. district via Franklin St. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority	Seems not to be icy; I rode over it without studs and didn't slip.
Southwest Corridor Bikepath Separated Bike/Ped path with poorly-designed intersections Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet, but watch for ice under snow.
South Bay Harbor Trail Bike/Ped path from the Federal Court House up Fort Point Channel to the Southwest Corridor City of Boston	Not checked.
Neponset Trail Mostly paved Bike/Ped path Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet
Somerville Community Path Wide rail trail from Davis Square to Cedar St. City of Somerville	Not checked, but probably bikeable.
Red Line Linear Park Path Alewife MBTA station to Davis Square over Red Line City of Cambridge City of Somerville	It's really clear around Alewife Station, but I don't know about the rest.
Danehy Park Paths City of Cambridge	Clear to ride. The snow seemed to be thinner in Cambridge than south of the Charles River, so city truck tire tracks effectively cleared the path without plowing.
Cambridge Bike Lanes Striped lanes of varying widths on major and connecting streets City of Cambridge	Eavery on I rode was bikable, but some contraflow lanes had snow on them
Vassar St. Cycle Track Buffered bike lanes from Main St. to Memorial Drive (almost) City of Cambridge	Not checked.
Fresh Pond Bike Path Parallel to Fresh Pond Parkway in Kingsley Park City of Cambridge	Not checked yet
Alewife Brook Trail DCR	Stone dust and boardwalk sections are never plowed. No report on the rest.
Fitchburg Cutoff Trail DCR	Not checked yet.
Concord Ave. Cycle Track Buffered bike lanes from Belmont to Fresh Pond Parkway City of Cambridge	Not checked yet.
Alewife Parkway Bridge Sidewalk Connection from Minuteman Bikepath to Fresh Pond and beyond Department of Conservation and Recreation	Totally clear.
Minuteman "Commuter Bikeway" Towns of Cambridge, Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford	Lake St. to Alewife was sometimes snow, but not icy at all.
Upper Charles Reservation Watertown, Newton, Waltham 4+ miles of paved and unpaved bikepaths Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet
Newton Bike Lanes City of Newton	Probably clear
Revere Beach Reservation Revere Shared use paths (or very wide sidewalks) Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet.
Northern Strand Community Trail Everett and Malden Shared use path Everett and Malden DPW	No Report.
Stony Brook Reservation Hyde Park 4+ miles of paved bikepaths Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	These paths aren't plowed because they get relatively little transportation use and because they are used by cross-country skiers like me. There are marked narrow bike lanes on Enneking Parkway through the reservation which are probably clear. Though after this snowfall, the paths should be pretty bikable, and there usually isn't any ice.
Former Metropolitan State Hospital Belmont, Waltham paved bikepaths Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet.
Assabet River Rail Trail Hudson and Marlborough, so far Town of Hudson, City of Marlborough (so far)	Not checked, but probably not plowed.
Northampton Bikeway East-west across the City of Northampton City of Northampton	Craig Della Penna, who lives next to the path, has reported that it is the intention of the DPW to make it passable ASAP after a storm. If the storm is significant, then they plow it repeatedly --sometimes 10-12 times during the course of the storm to ensure its usability.
Norwottuck Rail Trail Northampton to Amherst Department of Conservation and Recreation	No report.