Open, 5º, blue sky and sunny. Forecast high 30º and sunny. Skiing is good. 20 km open for classic, 6 km open for skate. The base is hard pack, with a track in most places. There is good snow coverage, no bare spots on lower trails, a few obstacles on upper loops

This post is a little later than usual, because Ian insisted I ski before I write.

The base is hard pack.

The track is good in most places.

Ian just took a machine around and loosened the surface snow beside the track.

The snow hardens up when the temperature drops. This morning the skiing was slow, because the snow was cold.

The skiing is good. It was really nice to out this morning! There are no bare spots, no extra snow, but snow coverage is good.

Ian did say up on the Chickadee, Loon and Upper Blue Jay there is a rock here or there poking through that can be skied around. Other people skiing up there have said it is good skiing and they didn’t see the emerging objects.

At the stake at the barn we have 7 inches of snow. At the stake at Styles Junction there is 13 inches of snow.

I know there may not be any or a lot of snow where you are, but here we have snow, and the skiing is good.