As Tom said, the situation varies greatly depending on the type of soil
and other local factors. There are trails in the Seattle area that are
rideable year round, even during the Seattle wet season. There are also
other trails in the area that are not rideable in the wet season due to
causing trail damage and due to the type of mud.

A nice thing about the Seattle area is that if you are very serious
about riding you can manage to ride trails year round.

I believe unicycles cause less trail damage than bikes. Unicycles
don't spin the tire trying to get over roots and obstacles. You can't
spin the tire on a unicycle because if the tire slips you fall off. Not
so on a bike. Unicycles also don't skid when slowing down. Unicycles
also tend to take a different line around turns (a unicycle can take the
inside line of a corner that a bike could not manage). So while the
bikes may be chewing up the outside line in a corner a unicycle can take
the inside line.

Riding in the wet does require some special trail etiquette. If there
is a puddle across the trail you should ride through the puddle rather
than skirting around the edge of the puddle and widening the trail.
Trying to ride around a puddle or riding off the trail to get around a
puddle causes trail damage. Stay on the trail.


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