Still cold (-21C)this morning at 11:00 but wind was a bit lighter than the last few days. Trail 50 was in reasonable shape, but had a fair bit of debris along it, including the climb up from Meech Valley and where there were stands of evergreens (lots of twigs, cones and needles). The track was hard packed and a bit icy in places but the wax worked well. The skate skiers we encountered were moving along very quickly. Very few people at Herridge and Healey at noon, but we met lots of skiers heading west on 50 as we were returning to P16.