#chiLFT Lake Front Trail Status Bot

A bike in front of the closed portion of the lakefront trail at Ohio St. The path is pretty icy in the background.

Ice around the curve of the lakefront trail near Oak Street.

#chiLFT mostly clear on this beautiful (fake) spring day, though still technically closed between Ohio St Beach and the curve. The upper level sidewalk is almost entirely clear if you can get your bike up the steps, however, and walking the icy patch around the curve isn’t bad if you don’t mind mud

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LFT: Ohio St to the Chess Pavilion is still closed. #chiLFT

32° of winter biking #19:

1° remind me to ask Peter for one of those purple zip ties

#chiLFT sketchy north of Montrose. Simonds Drive is good but watch for ice on the shoulders of the bridges.

South-east facing photo of a bike leaning against a yellow park district sawhorse with a “trail closed due to hazardous conditions” sign mounted on it. The beginning of the oak street curve, Lake Michigan, and an oak st sauna shack are in the background. There’s snow and a satisfyingly geometric shadow on the ground.

32° of winter biking #17:

7° cable snappin’ oats

#chiLFT still closed at the curve

" #ChiLFTAlert: Due to high wave activity & icy conditions, the Lakefront Trail is closed from North Ave. to Ohio St. & the underpass at Chicago Ave. & Division St. are also closed. Please check back here for updates. Stay Safe! #chiLFT” twitter.com/chicagoparks...

Photo of a bike trail showing fencing comprised of vertical wooden slats that has been knocked down and is obstructing the bike trail.

Photo of a bike trail showing fencing comprised of wooden slats tied together with wire that has a come loose and is laying across the bike trail.

If you commute on the lakefront trail, be alert because storms last night really wrecked the snow fencing. I wish they wouldn't install this immediately adjacent to the bike trail. #chilft

" #ChiLFT Alert: Due to icy conditions, the Lakefront Trail from Ohio St. to Oak St. is closed along with the underpass access at Chicago Ave. For your safety, exercise caution along the lakefront & along park pathways & heed all posted... " twitter.com/ChicagoParks...

Red in the sky!!!

#aurorawatch from #chilft

"[11/10/25 - 1:52 pm] The #ChiLFT has been cleaned and is open." https://twitter.com/ChicagoParks/status/1987971848114495855

" #ChiLFTAlert Please be advised, due to high wave activity & snowy conditions, access to the lakefront trail is closed from North Ave. to Ohio St., & access from the Chicago Ave. underpass will not be available. For everyone’s safety, please heed the warnings. " twitter.com/ChicagoParks... #chiLFT

Screenshot of Carrot Weather app showing a winter storm warning, temps just at or below freezing with snow overnight, 37mph gusts in the next hour, 89% humidity now, 6° feels like in the morning, and 8.2 inches of snow in the next 12 hours

For all your winter storm lakefront trail status needs, follow the @lakefronttrail.bsky.social status bot.

Help out by using #chiLFT to report trail conditions and remember that the Park District tends not to post trail closures or block unsafe trail sections until after the morning commute

#chiLFT Sand traps on the bike path at 57th and 58th St.

"#chiLFT @ChicagoParks Sand traps on the bike path at 57th and 58th St." https://twitter.com/jbadner248/status/1984655346082693297

"Unidentified 5k #chiLFT invasion imminent around Montrose…again…" https://twitter.com/bibliographing/status/1982060511585038789

"Another #chiLFT takeover coming up: Chicago 10k will be using ped and bike paths from about 1500 S to 1.5 mi south of there -- good luck reading their course map https://t.co/2k9Vw73YwE starts at 8am Sunday 10/4" https://twitter.com/ChiLFTTakeovers/status/1973040890978750615

"Also some unannounced bs walk/run will be starting at Montrose and using the bike lanes around Foster #chiLFT" https://twitter.com/bibliographing/status/1967223942042796470

"Barrier footings in the SB bike lane of #chiLFT at Fullerton for an event that is itself an attractive nuisance? This has only happened one million times before." https://twitter.com/bibliographing/status/1967223321688490470

"Typically Team World Vision has their 20 miler on the south side the other day of the same weekend, so look out for them (also around the Shedd, thanks guys!) on Saturday 9/20. Let me know if you find publicly available deta..." https://twitter.com/ChiLFTTakeovers/status/1965792677867536579 #chiLFT

"Coming up NEXT weekend: CARA Ready to Run 20 miler Sunday 9/21 6:30am will take over #chiLFT from Hollywood to Marquette; they plan to stick mostly to ped path but will be on shared path around the Shedd https://t.co/cUhegoIDdm & hi..." https://twitter.com/ChiLFTTakeovers/status/1965792454902518249

"We also have an event on Sunday on the south side: Run for the Parks 5k begins at 9am on 9/14 and will allegedly stick to taking over the pedestrian side of #chiLFT https://t.co/e5WDjefVLV" https://twitter.com/ChiLFTTakeovers/status/1965790850220486694

"Plan ahead: Saturday 9/13 will feature #chiLFT takeovers by Hyde Park 5k @ 9am (course map https://t.co/M0PG69ZRqU) and Paws 5k @ 730am (course map https://t.co/uiptyc2lEe)" https://twitter.com/ChiLFTTakeovers/status/1965550286078181652

@the48thward.bsky.social @leniann.bsky.social Could you kindly remind Park District and Streets&Sanitation that it's okay for their jobs to be done with patience, and it's never okay for them to aggress at people with their high-mass, low-visibility vehicles? #chiLFT

it's 7am and i just witnessed a city employee in a streets and sanitation truck get road rage **on the #chilft lakefront trail** and floor it at somebody

"Reminder: today 9/6 the Gospel 5k will take over #chiLFT ped and bike paths from Oakwood St Beach to 4800 South. Run starts at 8, walk at 8:10, kids run at 9. Course map here: https://t.co/rpoPnTwl31 Thanks to organizers for the war..." https://twitter.com/ChiLFTTakeovers/status/1964272363048227199

"Heads up: tomorrow 9/6 the Gospel 5k will take over #chiLFT ped and bike paths from Oakwood St Beach to 4800 South. Run starts at 8, walk at 8:10, kids run at 9. Course map here: https://t.co/rpoPnTvNdt Thanks to organizers for the..." https://twitter.com/ChiLFTTakeovers/status/1964022247934267409

"If you thought it’s still Labor Day weekend so the volleyball bs at Oak St Beach would surely still be going on and they definitely wouldn’t have trucks clearing it up on #chiLFT on a holiday…lol, lmao" https://twitter.com/bibliographing/status/1962503004361208195

"#chiLFT @ChicagoParks Sand spread across the trail at 58th st" https://twitter.com/jbadner248/status/1962186073020260793

@chicagoparks.bsky.social
#chilft Sand spread across the path at 58th St.

"Semi trailers/box trucks still somehow fully blocking #chiLFT around Division" https://twitter.com/bibliographing/status/1961498868002021665

"Setting up porta potties in the bike lane @ Oak St for the volleyball thing…major obstruction for over an hour, probably still at it #chiLFT" https://twitter.com/bibliographing/status/1961422530096357812