I've been too long this season without doing the Wakefield triangle - so today was the day for doing it. I should have followed Paul's good judgement in doing the 51/53 loop - I would have had better conditions and better skiing. Regardless, it was a good day: the Wakefield triangle is always a good loop with lots of diversity in classic terrain; it was just far from the best Wakefield triangle I have ever done.

My route was: P17 => #53 => #52 => #50 =>P19 => #51 => #53 => P17.

The worst part was #52 which was quite hard-packed and covered with a lot of debris. The normal joy of #52 is a rhythm of climbs followed by great descents - with the fast, hard, unforgiving snow and the prospect of stopping dead due to an imbedded branch meant that I had to take care on the downhills rather than enjoying them. Nevertheless the scenery was great and, for that reason, I'm happy that I did it.

#50, #51, and #53 were in better shape. They were still hard and covered with debris but were good enough that they could be skied enjoyably.