It was another glorious day for skiing! We showed up at 2:00 at P16 to find it full, with cars overflowing onto the road! Wow! Conditions were very good for classic, although it was difficult to pull my eyes away from the stunning "alpine" scenery and keep an eye out for other skiers. Skating? Well it would have been great had there been a skate lane. Anyone who knows Garry will know that he is always considerate and gentlemanly. His skate outing was definitely compromised due to the bizarre grooming. One of the two classic tracks had been place right in the center! He did get a great workout in however, double poling more than usual while trying not to ruin the classic tracks for the NUMEROUS classic skiers. Once we passed Herridge there were fewer skiers, and at Lac Philippe a genuine skate lane appeared. We met a couple of ski patrollers who, armed with NCC garden clippers had been instructed to "cut back all the offending branches". Needless to say they have to ski many miles in a day and didn't have time to remove quite all of the eye-level bushes. So do take care while zipping down the hills.