Mar 3, Parkways, Ridge, 1b, 24

The skating today was pretty good.  Some sections were slow, some fast.  The middle of the skate lane is pretty firm with good speed.  Go to the side however and prepare for quick deceleration.  As far as I could tell no classic grooming took place.  On the parkways, up Penguin and along Ridge for awhile all had a fresh skate lane.  1B, Burma, 24 etc were groomed yesterday and were a little better today I thought because they have firmed up.  With all the crude on the trails I would assume the classic skiers had a tough go of it.  As for the skate lane if you were careful you could avoid the big obstructions.  With cooler temperatures and fresh grooming the skiing could be quite good tomorrow.