Almost the time of the year for skate skiing in the B-dub; a period of nearly frictionless travel over lakes on a crust of snow or frost atop spring ice. Right now the snow on the lakes is too deep- good skating only along sun-warmed shores or wind-blown portions of the lakes or early mornings after a cold night that sets up the crust (don't get caught far afield when it weakens or it's a long double pole home). When the lake snow gets thin the skiing really begins- cover a 3/4 day canoe journey in a matter of hours.
As an aside there was still enough snow in the woods to accommodate a three hour ski on the North Arm trails yesterday.