Life is full of surprises - and today's was WONDERFUL! Just an "exercise ski" as Garry would call it (only one photo) but sort of personal duathlon, one pass classic and one pass skating. Both were wonderful, but I think the skating was the most fun. Interestingly a skiff of fine powder covered one half of the trail. The Teho green worked like a charm on the more freshly groomed, skiff-less tracks, but regular grip wax would probably have been fine on the other, powdery side. Similarly, the skating was fairly fast on the fresher grooming, and nearly impossibly slow on the powder. Conditions will probably get slower as the day goes on, but wow! It is nice out there. Do cover up, the wind is strong enough in places, to grab your poles away.