If I thought that yesterday was wonderful, then today was even better! More snow and less wind. When I set off, the trails were completely snowed over in some places as the snow mobiles hadn’t been around yet. The snow wasn’t too deep though to spoil skiing, so I enjoyed every second I spent out there. And after a while, the snow mobiles appeared and the tramped snow they left behind was even better to ski on.

I’m still a bit hesitant to ski on the lakes. Logic dictates that the ice holds, but my legs don’t seem to care about logic. They just refuse to cross the lakes, which forces to me to choose my routes carefully. At one point I thought I’d avoid the lake and just ski around it, but it was surrounded by marshland and the marsh is more treacherous than the ice. You can see these depressions in the snow and it’s a fair bet that there’s water underneath – water, not ice. I pushed a pole in one of the holes and it came back covered with slushy snow. In other places the snow hasn’t even covered the hole, so you can see the water. Never overestimate the safety of the snow cover. Even if sinking in one these holes is not as dangerous as falling through ice, it will still give you wet feet and a cold ride home!