Bit of a late day ski out of P19. The sun was warm and the air temperature had warmed up but was still a few degrees below freezing. I did a couple of loops of classic mostly trying to find an appropriate wax with limited success. I might have been better off skating but I somehow managed to forget the longer poles so I opted for classic instead. Snow was a bit slushy in the open sunshine and still hard and icy in the shade so I had grip in some places and nothing in others. Good day to work the arms! My third guess on wax seemed to work best (Tar) but even that could have used some binder as it was slowly scrapped off by the time I got back to the parking lot Such is spring skiing - just glad to be out enjoying the bluebird skies!!

Grooming was excellent considering how much rain fell in the last couple of days. There is a lot of debris (particular in the pine forests) starting to come up to the surface. Sadly the predicted snowfall didn't seem to happen to cover things up so "dirty" snow will probably be the norm for now. More "precipitation" tomorrow so lets hope for a bit of s fresh snow before the mercury starts to climb through the week.