Winter 2002-2003 Groomer's Choice Photos.
Photos below are select images of this past winter season of the ski trails. Most Minnesotans who like winter and snow would just as well forget this winter. We were very fortunate, however, at Maplelag to receive snow on December 19th just in time for the Holiday season. We had about 6" of snowfall between December 19th and 21st to start and this was enough to pack out and start a base. We only had just over 30" of total snowfall the winter of 2002-2003 but the key thing is that it stayed cold and we avoided the ice storm that hit NE Minnesota, northern Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan. As in past winters, we were lucky to be in a snow pocket once again this winter. ( Click here to see the snow pocket Maplelag was situated in on March 13th. the darker blue area ) We also invested in some new low snow grooming equipment and it really made a difference. We purchased one of the new Ginzu groomers, a Tidd Tech trail tendizer and used the new Artic Cat Bearcat four stroke snowmobile to pull these implements. Our season lasted right until our last day we planned to be open which was March 18th.
Click here to read the skinnyski.com reports and view other photos from the winter season 2002-2003.
December 20th, 2002. Packing out fresh snow with the Ginzu groomer on Skaters Waltz.
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December 23rd, 2002. Double tracks set with the Ginzu groomer on Sukkerbusk.
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January 11th, 2002. Jess McQueen of Detroit Lakes Nordic enjoying nice conditions for ski meet.
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January 13th, 2002. Fresh dusting of snow on the new Lucky's Loype trail skied in by a few lucky skiers.
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January 28th, 2003 Near perfect tracks on Double Green.
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February 3rd, 2003. "Tenderizing" the snow with Tidd Tech on the new Single Green ski trail.
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February 7th, 2003. We didn't take the Pisten Bully out until the first part of February. Here the PB is setting double tracks on Island Lake Trail.
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February 27th, 2003. Test "grooming" a Cragin drag. We will be purchasing one of these drags with dual tracksetters for next winter. This drag does nice job leveling, filling holes and breaking up ice/crust in one pass.
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March 5th, 2003. Using the front end renovator to destroy old track, mix old snow with the new and set fresh new tracks.
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March 1st, 2003. Leaders in Lotvola Cup ski race coming down hill to Twin Lakes trail. Great conditions for the race and we were able to run a full course.
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March 14th, 2003. Some of the best ski conditions of the year were on this day. Moderate temps, nice bright sunshine and great snow.
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March 16th, 2003. Last day of grooming for winter season 2002-2003. Breaking up ice on Suicide Hill with Tidd Tech.
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