A centimeter of fresh powder falling overnight (a major dump by this year's standards) did wonders to freshen up skiing this morning. I skated from P10 up the FLP and CP to the Champlain Lookout, then west on 1A to the Valley Lookout bench. There was excellent fresh grooming as far as the Etienne Brule Lookout, giving great control and glide (glide was helped by temperatures just a bit below freezing). It looked like the groomer had turned around at Brule. This was a smart move, since the coverage between this point and the Champlain Lookout was paper thin. However, with a bit of care I did not ground out. Out of curiosity I ventured west from the Champlain Lookout along Ridge Road. The track there hadn't been groomed in a while, but skiing on the silky fresh powder was delightful if not super fast. The lack of recent grooming also meant the skate lane was a bit bumpy, but that is a minor quibble. I made the second set of tracks on this section, and no one had gone beyond the Valley Lookout bench, where I turned around. There was stubble poking through just west of the bench (see photo- this area always has poor coverage) but I could easily have picked my way through this short section and continued west. Skiers I met near the Champlain Lookout reported rocks were showing in the Khyber Pass area- no surprise. I was using my good skis, so I returned via the Parkways. When I departed P10 a bit after 8AM the lot was at most half full. When I returned around 10AM the only space left was in the center lane. P8 was nearly full at 8AM (!). Get out and enjoy the skiing today if you can, temperatures above freezing later this week are not going to help the thin snow cover.