The parking has been moved down to P20 Lac Phillippe. This shortens the trail considerably and takes away a couple of hills. Not being able to use the cabins changes the experience considerably. Now it is an out and back without the grilled cheese sandwich and comradery meeting other skiers while warming up by the wood stove.
Everyone seemed extra happy about having good snow coverage. New snow and snow from the trees had covered in the tracks a fair amount. 54 seemed only groomed for classic and the skating lane had deeper snow and would have been a slow go.