It was the sort of day that takes the Calvinism out of skiing: no pain, no discomfort, no effort - just perfect weather and great tracksetting. The sort of day to do the Wakefield triangle counter-clockwise:
P17 => #53 => #51 => P19 => #50 => #55 (shared) => Renaud => #54 green
=> #55 => #50 => #52 => P17
I must of be another of the people who Paul didn’t meet on #53. I agree with his comments - it was amazing. It would have been pleasant (as always) to meet him but if we had met we probably would have taken time from our skiing to compare superlatives.

The tracksetting was superb everywhere - well done - and with the lack of freezing rain the tracks were softer being more powder than granular. At no place did I encounter icy or hard conditions. I was impressed with how well #54 green had been done considering the problems with the trail damage.

As Paul has noted the freezing rain did not hit #51 or #53 - it’s all snow. I started to notice crust between P19 and Renaud but it was quite minor. At the end of Lac Philippe there was a noticeable crust but I don’t think it would have been a detriment to doing #54 black - particularly with back country skis.

The snow depth off track on #53 was about 80 cm - more than enough to stand up to rain predicted for Monday.

Oh yes! The Brown Lake hill was what I wished for - easy and pleasurable