I went for a short pre-work stake on Morey this am. The area in front of the resort is a bit bumpy but the grey ice was still firm. The old black plate in the center is still nice, mostly orange peel texture but some smoother spots. The old pressure ridge from last week toward the north is healed but I would still check it before crossing and not just blindly skate over as I did not check the whole thing. Beyond that, at the constriction further north there is a new, messy pressure ridge that is wet with lots of loosely frozen or floating polygons. Be careful here but there is really no need to cross this. It looked bumpy to the north of it. There is a mix of bumps and smooth sections on the grey ice but it should start softening soon, especially if we get any sun at all. You can easily loop about a mile and a half on the good, old black plate. Two things to just be aware of. Hockey skates cut deeply into the soft ice yesterday afternoon and left some skate grabbers here and there and there are some small width dry cracks that can catch blades, one caught mine. These have not been such a worry on the mostly new, thin ice we have been skating this year, so put these back on your radar again. Have fun today.