It started snowing Sunday, but that snow turned to slush fairly quickly. The paths were plowed by my Monday morning commute,mbut still slushy. By evening, they were all pretty clear with new snow starting to fall.

On Tuesday morning, there were four or so inches of snow on the ground and it was still coming down fairly steadily. Some paths were icy for the next several days, but by Friday, I was back on my road bike and didn't see much ice on any of the paths I rode.

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

Y Forest Hills Station Cycle tracks along South and Washington Streets and the Arborway MBTA and DCR	This year, the bicycle paths were plowed as well as the sidewals. The two-way cycle track along the Arborway west from South St. was totally clear. The southbound cycle track along Washington St. was well-plowed, but the ramp to the Washington St. bike lane was blocked by a pile of snow at least until Wednesday night, but the bike lanes on Washingto St. and Ukraine were clear. By Wednesday morning, the sidewalk on the southbound side of Washington St. was clear, too.
Y Arnold Arboretum 1.5 miles of park roads which are mostly closed to automobile traffic with no intersections Boston Parks and Harvard University	On Tuesday, the road between the two Arborway entrances was plowed to packed snow which was pretty icy because they don't use sand or salt. I had no slipping on my studded tires, but I would have been pretty wary without them. By Thursday, the road was down to pavement.
Blackwell Footpath A half-mile gravel path connecting the Forest Hills MBTA station and the South St. Arboretum entrance Boston Parks and Harvard University	It didn't look plowed when I biked by on Washington St. and can be pretty icy.
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	They were pretty clear by Tuesday night, but some of the ramps to them from the sidewalk were not. By Thursday, Walk Hill and Washington St. paths were clear.
Centre St. and VFW Parkway Bike Lanes DCR, plowed by MassDOT	Not checked but probably partly clear.
Arborway Bike Lanes Bike lanes from Murray Circle to Forest Hills Department of Conservation and Recreation	Eastbound lane very clear by Wednesday night, but ramp to sidewalk near Forest Hills Arboretum gate was unplowed.
Arborway sidewalks 1 mile of wide paved shoulder which is unmarked but usually clear of parked cars during rush hour Department of Conservation and Recreation and Boston Parks	Clear and salted from Tuesday morning on, but I skipped it Tuesday morning to check out the Arboretum roads.
Morton St. Buffered Bike Lanes Cemetery Rd. to Harvard St. MassDOT	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	Fairly clear on Monday morning, but with the snow, the cars are parked a bit further out and lanes are narrowed. Very clear by Friday morning.
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	Plowed before end of snow, so there was never more than an inch or two of snow. By Tuesday night, the paths were totally clear.
Prince St. A future contraflow lane around high-speed Parkman Drive which feeds into the Perkin St. bike lanes Boston DPW	The street is probably clear, but I avoid it when the temperature is below freezing because I have a hard time on the patch of slick ice which often stretches all of the way across the road at the intersection with Perkins St.
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	The lanes were pretty clear this time, but I used the sidewalk between Chestnut St. and the Jamaicaway both Tuesday and Wednesday nights because it was totally clears and I hit the Chestnut St. light wrong both nights. By Thursday night, the lanes were almost totally clear.
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	Tuesday night the bikepath was pretty icy, but Wednesday night it was mostly clear.
Brookline Ave. Path Mixed-use path from Riverway ramp to Riverway intersection Brookline Park Department	It was a bit icy on Tuesday morning but clear by Wednesday morning, except that the paths down to the Aspinwall intersection remained totally unplowed.
Parkway and Netherlands Rd. Contraflow bike lanes Two one-block contra-flow lanes plus and contraflow cycle track Brookline Park Department and DPW	Bike lane clear but cycle track totally unplowed.
Muddy River Path 12-foot-wide 0.6 mile shared bike/ped path with no intersections Brookline Park Department and DPW	A thin layer of snow on Tuesday, but clear to bare pavement by Wednesday morning. Watch for ice after it freezes at night.
Brookline Ave. Bike Lanes From Longwood Ave. to Park Drive Boston Transportation Department	Not checked.
Boston Bike Lanes Boston Transportation Department	Commonwealth Ave. Bike Lanes Some snow piled in westbound bike lane at BU Bridge intersection N. Harvard St. bike lanes Partly clear on Tuesday, but pretty clear on Wednesday evening Harvard Ave. bike lanes Clear Tuesday and Wednesday nights Mass. Ave. buffered bike lanes Clear on Wednesday morning from Putnam Ave through Harvard Square. Eastbound Sullivan Square buffered bike lanes Not checked yet.
Everett Bike Routes Everett Public Works Department	Westbound Sullivan Square cycle track Not checked yet. Beacham St to Chelsea Not checked yet.
Brookline Bike Lanes Town of Brookline	Harvard St. clear from Allston to Brookline Village. Cypress and Chestnut St. clear to Jamaica Pond.
B.U. Bridge Bike Lanes Boston to Cambridge Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By MassDoT	Clear to curb.
B.U. Bridge sidewalks Boston to Cambridge Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department or B.U.	Thin layer of snow on Tuesday morning, icy on Wednesday morning, and totally clear on Friday morning.
Harvard (Mass. Ave.) Bridge bike lanes Cambridge to Boston Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	Totally clear on Friday night
Longfellow Bridge bike lane Cambridge to Boston Department of Conservation and Recreation, Plowed By Mass. Highway Department	Not checked
Connect Historic Boston Bikeway Along Commercial St. in Boston's North End/I> Boston DPW	Katie Theodoros reports: clear as can be as usual - they always do a really good job with that one!
Charles River Bikepaths Narrow, shared bike-ped path with few intersections Department of Conservation and Recreation	Icy from the BU Bridge to JFK St. on Tuesday morning. I biked it, but cut through Cambridge instead on Wednesday morning.
J.F.K. Park Wide, shared bike-ped path from river to Harvard Square Department of Conservation and Recreation	Plowed, but still a bit snowy on Wednesday night.
Western Ave. Cycletrack Cambridge Cambridge DPW	Not checked.
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	Totally clear by Tuesday evening.
Southwest Corridor Bikepath Separated Bike/Ped path with poorly-designed intersections Department of Conservation and Recreation	I got off the Orange Line at Green St. on Monday night to bike to Forest Hills on Monday night and found the path bikable with stretches of black ice. On Friday night, I biked home from a play pretty late, and the path was clear] from Mass. Ave to Forest Hills. The Columbus Ave. parking-buffered bike lanes, which I took because there were as many people walking on the bikepath as on the sidewalk, were clear from Mass. Ave. to Ruggles Station, except for the double-parked cars on the Mass. Ave. end.
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 yet.
Neponset Trail Mostly paved Bike/Ped path Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet.
Cambridge Bike Lanes Striped lanes of varying widths on major and connecting streets City of Cambridge	Clear around Harvard Square and on Brookline St.
Vassar St. Cycle Track Buffered bike lanes from Main St. to Memorial Drive (almost) City of Cambridge	Not checked yet.
Brattle St. "Cycle Track" Parking-buffered bike lanes between Brattle Square and Mason St. City of Cambridge	Not always clear enough for two bikes to pass; snow next to curb and large piles of snow at intersections blocking one or both lanes. Contraflow feeder bike lane on James St. was blocked at both ends, and thus for much of its short length, by large piles of snow.
Mass. Ave. Cycle Track Parking-buffered bike lanes outbound before and after Harvard Square City of Cambridge	Clear on one-way stretch inbound from Central Square, but not checked outbound to the north.
Cambridge St. Cycle Track Parking-buffered bike lanes outbound east of Cambridge Rindge and Latin City of Cambridge	Katie Theodoros reports: Cambridge street from Harvard to Lechmere (partially separated, partially on road) is still very slushy and icy. It seems it was plowed at the beginning of the storm and then not again. All the runoff from the road had re-frozen in the lane - studded tires needed.
Flagstaff Park Bike Path Short bikelane to route outbound bikes and pedestrians past 3-way split of northbound Mass. Ave. and Broadway. City of Cambridge	Clear on Wednesday morning
Green St./Franklin St. Bicycle Boulevard Narrow one-way streets parallel to Mass. Ave. from Central Square to Harvard Square City of Cambridge	I used Putnam Ave. instead; it was pretty clear on Wednesday morning.
Beacon St. Cycle Track Parking-separated path from Park St. to Oxford St. City of Somerville	No report yet.
Somerville Community Path Wide rail trail from Davis Square to Cedar St. City of Somerville	Not checked yet
Mystic River Paths A variety of paths in East Somerville and Malden Mostly DCR	Not checked yet.
Red Line Linear Park Path Alewife MBTA station to Davis Square over Red Line City of Cambridge City of Somerville	Not checked yet
Danehy Park Paths City of Cambridge	Not checked yet, but probably fairly clear.
Fresh Pond Bike Path Parallel to Fresh Pond Parkway in Kingsley Park City of Cambridge	Not checked yet.
Alewife Brook Trail DCR	Boardwalk sections aren't 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
Alewife Parkway Bridge Sidewalk Connection from Minuteman Bikepath to Fresh Pond and beyond Department of Conservation and Recreation	Not checked yet.
Minuteman "Commuter Bikeway" Towns of Cambridge, Arlington, Lexington, and Bedford	No report yet
Watertown Bike Path Town of Watertown	Not checked yet.
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	Not checked yet.
Medford Bike Lanes Town of Medford	Not checked yet.
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
Wellington Greenway Malden Shared use path Malden DPW
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. After this snowfall, the paths should be pretty bikable, though there will be 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 yet.
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.