Ski Trail

Woods and Trail Report

What a September it has been! Cool mornings and warm days with abundant sunshine. The fall colors around Maplelag really starting to emerge with many trees hitting their peak. Still plenty of color to come the next few weeks and a great time of the year to stay at Maplelag and be in the woods.

Has been a very dry month overall, total rainfall this month right at 1″.

Conditions have been good for working in the woods as we begin the big push of Fall grooming and clearing deadfall, branches, sticks etc. in between the big projects at the resort.

It has been a busy summer and fall clearing fallen trees off the trails after strong winds over 80mph brought down 100’s of tree on the Maplelag property during the “Solstice Storm”. We have cleared nearly 300 trees on the trails so far. We were able to get the 25 mile “LagChilada” mountain bike course open a week after the storm. We are extremely grateful for the professional crew that helped us out. Thank you! 

The mountain bike trails are open, click here for report.  

Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.

Autumn scene looking towards the Hygge, September 26th, 2025.
Maplelag driveway, September 26th, 2025.
Fall grooming, September 26th, 2025.
Fall grooming on Twin Lakes, September 25th, 2025.
Late afternoon fall scene at south Twin Lake, September 24th, 2025.
Autumn scene around Norwegian Log cabin, September 24th, 2025.
Mountain bike singletrack, September 24th, 2025.
Autumn scene at Bullhead Lake, September 22nd, 2025.
Fall color in the Switchyard, September 22nd, 2025.
Fall color on the Maplelag driveway, September 21st, 2025.
Autumn scene at Maplelag, September 21st, 2025.
Autumn scene on the Maplelag driveway, September 20th, 2025.
Calm Autumn scene on Little Sugarbush lake next to Maplelag, September 20th, 2025.
Sun breaking through after a cloudy/drizzly day, September 18th, 2025.
Fall color, September 18th, 2025.
Fall grooming on Mother North Star ski trail, September 18th, 2025.
Mountain bike trail, September 18th, 2025.
Fresh batch of “chicken in the woods” mushroom, September 18th, 2025.
Fall grooming on Sukkerbusk, September 18th, 2025.
Coral tooth mushroom along the side of the trail, September 18th, 2025.
Fall color scene on Little Sugarbush, September 17th, 2025. 
Beautiful evening for the local mtb team practice, September 16th, 2025. Some trees are hitting their peak of color already. 
Fall grooming, September 12th, 2025.
Morning scene at Island lake trail, September 11th, 2025.
Mowing on JibFly is trail, September 3rd, 2025. We have begun the big push for fall grooming. 
Morning fog rolling off Little Sugarbush lake, September 3rd, 2025.
Trail tuning on Skaters Waltz, August 21st, 2025.
Tree clearing crew! August 18th, 2025. Thanks for the help boys! 
Nature scene along Mother North Star trail, August 15th, 2025.
Calm Little Sugarbush lake, August 14th, 2025. 
Campion flowers blooming, August 13th, 2025.
Oyster mushrooms on a dead maple tree, August 10th, 2025.
Little Sugarbush sunset August 9th, 2025. 
Another round of Chicken of the Woods mushrooms popping up on a oak tree, August 9th, 2025.
Little Sugarbush sunset, August 8th, 2025.
Ski trail mowing, August 1st, 2025.
Natural Knotweed along the trail, August 1st, 2025.
Fog lingering over the marsh area, north end of Little Sugarbush lake, July 28th, 2025.
Decaying oak deadfall providing nutrients for the forest floor, July 28th, 2025.
“Maple” mushroom, July 22nd, 2024.
Ghost pipe mushrooms popping up along the trail this week, July 23rd, 2024.
Tranquil evening on Little Sugarbush, July 17th, 2025.
Bald eagles along Skaters Waltz extension, Ju.ly 16th, 2025. Active nest on Eagle View along Island Lake trail again. 
“Buck” moon over Little Sugarbush lake, July 9th, 2025.
Calm waters on Little Sugarbush, July 8th, 2025.
Clearing on Sukkerbusk ski trail, June 27th, 2025.
Black Eyed Susan along the trail, June 28th, 2025.
Yarrow along the trail, June 28th, 2025.
Trees still to clear at start of Bullhead lake trail, June 28th, 2025.
Colorful mushrooms sprouting along the trail, June 28th, 2025.
Clearing storm blow down before the start of the LagChilada bike course, June 23rd, 2025.
Thanks Jack and Laurens for your help this week clearing trail!
Thanks Steve and Keith! 
Jens tossing off another log. One of many this week!
Blowdown on the ski trail after the Solstice storm, June 21st, 2025.
Wild Iris flowers blooming the end of this week, June 13th, 2025.
“Strawberry” moon over Little Sugarbush lake, June 12th, 2025.