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cross country skiing

Doug and I went to Madeline Bertrand park to do some night skiing. This was my first experience on cross country skis. It was bitter cold (around 7° F), but I exerted so much energy trying to stay up on the first round that only my fingers became numb. As you can see in the photo, my brow was soaked. I think there is ice in my hair from frozen perspiration.

We warmed up with some hot chocolate at the Bertrand lodge and then went out for another tour. The trail had an occasional electric and gas lights on short poles, but had I not strapped my bike light to my ski pole, I would have stuggled with feeling disoriented. There was no moonlight to help us see in the dark areas between the lights.

Bertrand park map PDF