I was originally planning to do the cross country ski tour at Boulder Lake (near Duluth) on Sunday. At 0530 I checked the Weather Channel website. Duluth was -20, -39 wind chill. So it must have been much colder at the race venue. I decided to stay in St. Paul that day.
Fred, I've got a home on Island Lake about 4 miles away from the Boulder Lake trail. As a matter of fact, when I cleared snow out there on Saturday, I drove over to the trail. It was in good shape but, you're correct, it was quite cold.