It was a good enough day but far from a great day. I went classic from P16 along #50 to the intersection with #55. It seems that the thaw was more severe in that area - the base-depth is reduced and more compact to the point of ice in places. Most probably because of the difficult conditions the quality of the tracksetting was not as good as we have seen most of this year - the skating track was uneven and rutted - the classic tracks were shallow. There is quite a bit of debris everywhere - either new debris brought down from the trees or old debris that has melted out of the snow. The trail is at its worst in Meech Valley - it improves when you are out of the valley and improves toward the Lac Philippe end - but never gets all that good. We really need snow.