Magical day in the mountains. Skied 30k from Cascade parking lot up Wolf Pack Run (had first tracks) to Bally Creek. And back down. Didn't see a soul until about 2k from Bally Creek where a nice couple was headed the other direction toward SHT crossing and Pike Lake Road. What an incredible, remote, beautiful trail. Plenty of snow, skier made tracks, good skis. Pretty fun going back down the 8k from PLR to park. 70% of return trip is either (a) point 'em or (b) a nice easy double pole to keep your momentum. Whole system end to end including Norpine to Lutsen looks to be in pretty good shape for 100k Ultra on March 8.

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(Kirk Geadelmann)