Quick exercise skate ski from P5 up to the base of the Black Lake Hill, then down to Pink Lake and back to P5. Conditions were better than I had expected. Demsis has done a pretty good job of crushing the ice in the skate lane. Overlaid with the 1cm of fresh dry powder that fell this morning, skating was fairly smooth. Most of the time you couldn't really feel the crunchiness of what was underneath. The dry powder overlayer made for quite slow conditions while skating and also while descending in the track. I should have used a harder glide wax- my skis were quite slow. The tracks were very firm but with a cover of powder, so regular waxes should work for classic skiing. The classic skiers I saw seemed to have no trouble with grip. There weren't too many others out in this sector. Overall it was well worth getting out and quite decent skiing.