Beautiful sunny ski, and once we were away from the open field and into the trees, the temperature was very comfortable. The tracks, unfortunately, although beautifully groomed last night, were filled with leaves, twigs, debris - the most I've seen this year, thanks to the high winds yesterday and last night. My friend and I were using our skins today, which saved the ski for us - going over the leaves with hairies is tedious and can slow you down, but not nearly as bad as if we'd been using wax, which would meant skiing out of the tracks on the hard corduroy for about 70% of the time. P17 to Taylor Lake via 53 and the powerline, back to the 50 via Renaud, and back to p17 on 51 and 53 was great - a few other skiers and a couple of groups, but somehow we managed to avoid the crowds that must have been out there somewhere, since the parking lot was full when I got back at 1 o'clock. My friend came back via 52 and she said it was great too - despite the leaves in the tracks.