Trails are open. A stunning morning and an another great day of skiing in place after a textbook “prairie effect” snow event on Saturday with 4-5″ of fresh fluff snow. Snow globe conditions provided awesome skiing. All the double track trails groomed during the day while it was snowing with Sap Run, Mother Hen, Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, Poki Loki, Mother North Star and JibFly tracked. Saturday evening once the snow stopped and wind calmed down, all skate trails groomed and new tracks reset on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Twin Lakes and the track on North Loup. The Saturday night groomed trails should ski very nice Sunday. Grooming this morning on Skaters Waltz, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff, Bullhead Lake trail and Roy’s Run. Wavy Gravy and Rootin Tootin on tap for afternoon grooming.
We have also have a loop on Little Sugarbush Lake “Lumi’s Loop” with a skate lane and track on each side. This is a fun 1.2km loop that makes for a fun ski at sunrise, sunset and especially at night with the full moon this past week. The loop is drifted in but will plan to groom it on Sunday. The lake has over a foot of ice.
It’s been awesome seeing so many people out on the trails so far this winter season and we deeply appreciate the support! Want to share your ski experience at Maplelag, file a report on Skinnyski.com
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”.
27″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since mid November, only missing a few days.
Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here. A 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. 18 and under day pass is $15, use the summer trail pass option.
Ski rentals are available at a rate of $25 for adults and $15 for 18 and under. Snowshoe rental is $10 a person.
Snowfall YTD at 30″ Compacted base on trail 3-6″. Total snowfall in January at 6″. December: 17″. Snowfall in November: 7″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.
Setting new track on north end of Bullhead Lake trail, January 11th, 2026.Cutting new track on Roy’s Run, January 11th, 2026.Holy Family Nordic coaches enjoying last day of ski camp, January 11th, 2026.Setting new double track on JibFly, January 10th, 2026. Snow is starting to pile up! Blake Nordic ski team enjoying the snow globe conditions, January 10th, 2026.Grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 10th, 2026.Grooming fresh fluff snow on Twin Lakes, January 10th, 2026.Prairie effect powder day! Lot of smiling happy faces today with the fresh snow! January 10th, 2026. Holy Family Nordic ready for Day 1 ski camp, January 9th, 2026.Cutting new track on Bullhead Lake trail, January 9th, 2026.New track on the lake segment of Bullhead Lake trail, January 9th 2026. At the bottom of Eir hill, veer right to pick up the track! Evening groom on Sap Run, January 9th, 2026.Sunny start to the day on Sap Run, January 7th, 2026.Resetting the double track on JibFly, January 8th, 2026.Touch of rime frost on the deck making for really nice gliding but loose outside the track for great control, January 8th, 2026.Resetting double track on Twin Lakes, January 8th, 2026.Frosty scene in the “Switchyard“, January 7th, 2026. Late afternoon groom on Mother Hen trail, January 7th, 2026. There is great snow to work with for future grooming and conditions should be very good to excellent rest of the week and weekend. Frosty scene at crossing to Twin Lakes and the western trails, January 7th, 2026.Wavy Gravy trail, January 7th, 2026.North end Bullhead lake trail, January 7th, 2026. (M. Sands photo)Frosty scene between Twin Lakes, January 7th, 2026 (Dani S. photo) Frosty day at the races January 6th, 2025The hills of Mother North Star January 6th, 2026JV Boys classic race, January 6th, 2026.Ending the day with a ski….magical conditions! January 6th, 2026.Always good when the moon pops out during the evening groom, January 6th, 2026.Trees thick with rime frost, January 5th 2026.Norwegian Log cabin at night surrounded by frosty trees, January 5th, 2026.Cutting a new track on the lake loop, “Lumi’s Loop”, January 5th, 2026.MPLS Washburn skiers in the “skinny field”, January 4th, 2026.Local skier D. Johnson happy to have the recent fresh snow after navigating the icy conditions the week before! 78 years strong! January 4th, 2026.MPLS Washburn skiers gliding on Bullhead Lake, January 4th, 2026.After the fire of October 2022, Joel Woodward unbeknownst to us, started a GoFundMe to bring back the cookies. The cookies are back! Thanks Joel.Local skier “Dr. Bob” still going strong at 82 on trail today, January 3rd, 2026. MPLS Washburn skiers working on skills on Eira Bikwadinaa hill, January 3rd, 2026.
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