Late afternoon skate starting at the Relais. The trails were reported as groomed at midday, and so I went seeking beautiful new corduroy. The trails really did not look to have been groomed that recently. 29 was hard, verging on icy, 26 looked anciently icy (I avoided it). 29 and 5 featured a few washboards from a hasty grooming. The parkway seemed more thoroughly groomed and deeply tilled. Even there, though, the snow was already very hard and grooved by a skier who had evidently skated on his edges, forming deep ruts. Anyway, it was all ski-able and quite fast, but not exactly the relaxing outing I had hope for.