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Ski Trail Report

Trails are open A great day of skiing in place! Wind hardly noticeable in the woods, fresh snow falling down, frosted trees….doesn’t get much better.  An inch or two of snow so far today  Looks like 4-5″ of new snow possible by days end. We are grooming on select trails this afternoon working in the new snow and plan to be out most of the day on Monday.

Grooming Saturday morning on classic trails Wavy Gravy, Roy’s Run, Rootin Tootin, Sap Run, Sukkerbusk and Mother Hen. Touch up Skaters Waltz to end the grooming session.

Friday grooming on Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Mother North Star and Twin Lakes. Also renovated and combed the skater trails of Skaters Waltz and North Loup. 

Use extra caution walking in the parking lots and start area which is icy under the fresh snow.    

Skating on Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff and Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. All other trails are tracked for classic skiing. (Please no skating on classic trails) Sukkerbusk is a great starter trail for classic which feeds the outer trails and crosses most of the inner trails providing a good “lay of the land”.  

17″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system the past two weeks. 

Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased hereA MN State trail pass is NOT required to ski at Maplelag. The Maplelag trails are self funded by operations with no grants or state funding. 

 Fat bike trails are not groomed yet. Click here for fat bike trail report.

Compacted base on trail 2-5″. Total snowfall in December: 12″. Snowfall in November: 7″. Snowfall YTD at 19″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ 

and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.

Love seeing fresh snow falling around the Maplelag sign! December 28th, 2025.
Peaceful glide through the snowy forest, December 28th, 2025.
Saturday smiles on Sukkerbusk ski trail, December 27th, 2025 (J.F. photo)
Sukkerbusk striders, December 27th, 2025.
Maplelag ice rink, December 27th, 2025. Ice is in relatively good condition. Bring your own skates, we do not rent.
Setting track on Twin Lakes connector after Wavy Graving grooming, December 27th, 2025.
Renovating and setting new track on Roy’s Run, December 27th, 2025.
Frosted tamaracks in between Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, December 27th, 2025.
Renovating the old crusty snow to reset track on Sukkerbusk, December 26th, 2025.
Resetting track after renovating on second side of connector to Twin lakes, December 26th, 2025.
Christmas Day family ski, December 25th, 2025.
On track! December 25th, 2025.
JibFly Christmas Day ski, December 25ht, 2025.
Family group ski on JibFly, December 24th, 2025.
Afternoon skate ski on Skaters Waltz, December 24th, 2025.
Skating at sunset, December 24th, 2025.
Nice crust skiing on Bullhead lake, December 24th, 2025.