Skied out of lac Philippe area today my route was from P19=>#50=>#54 Black=>#54 Green=>Lusk Cabin=>#54 Green=> #55=>#51=>P19.

Another beautiful mid winter day with few skiers around, decided on a Lusk lake loop and Taylor lake loop via Philippe lake. Apparently while talking to a patroller one of the groomers broke again yesterday which explains the unusual tracks coming out of P19 to the intersection of #55, one side is not so good while the other side is near perfect, I posted 2 pics to show evidence of that.

According to the website Trail #54 BLACK is listed as thumbs up, well I am giving it 3 thumbs down. I posted one pic, luckily I skied it from the end of lac Philippe where you mostly go uphill. It has really suffered from the storm of december, many trees and branches down, they did there best to clear it up, but its a mess.

Also there are many ditches opening up, some rocks showing and the first part of this trail is also shared by snowshoers and hikers so you can imagine the boot marks. Only one skier had been on it before myself.

Trail #55 was in good shape even around Taylor lake and down the big hill past the yurt was enjoyable. Also the less frequented part of trail #51 was good right to P19. We should be good for a few more days of fast skiing before it warms up by the end of the coming week.