The skiing was so good last Wednesday that it couldn't be the end of the season for me. But closure has now been successfully made on the 2008-09 ski season. From P12 there was still a lot of snow but a lot of walking as well. I only got as far as the stream beyond the Wolf Trail crossing; there were probably some decent sections of good snow beyond, but between P12 and that stream there were three long (ca 1 km) sections of continuous skiing, and in between a certain amount of 'following a thread' and 'island hopping', and straight out walking. I imagine that it was about 50% skiing - 50% walking yesterday, but there was a mental shift - instead of thinking: 'is it worth taking skis off to get across this leafy patch?', it was: 'is it worth putting skis on to get across this snowy patch?'. With this rain, I'm sure that we'll reach the 10-90 point today or tomorrow, if anyone was there to check it.
Wildflowers were out by the side of trail 40: the early hepatica, trout lily, and trilliums in bloom, ramp (wild garlic) sprouting profusely, and blue cohosh. Wood frogs were calling in some of the ponds, so spring is here.
P12
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