Skied out of P19 today following 50 south to the extent of the yurts and then backtracking with a side detour up 55 as far as Renaud lake. After a beautiful ski Friday night in the southern part of the park, I was surprised at how much less snow there is at the north end. The groomers had made a "compaction" pass of the main trails to the tents/yurts but there certainly wasn't enough snow to try and set classic tracks. The groomers had continued south along trail 50 beyond the last tents (where I stopped) but not sure how far they continued - to Herridge? P16?). The NCC website doesn't recommend these trails yet but I managed alright. Poles tended to hit asphalt about half the time and there were a few exposed patches of road/ground here and there. In spite of all that I had a nice ski and was pretty much by myself passing only a couple of other skiers and one group walking in to the huts for the night. Sporadic patches of leaves covered the trail in spots but with care you could glide through them.

If you want the best snow currently available I would say stick to the lower parkways but if you want to avoid the early season crowds - head north.