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Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open for skiing. Conditions don’t get much better, specially for mid March! Felt more like a January day with blustery conditions and snow falling in the afternoon. A great day of skiing and nice to see everyone out. Plan is to get out early Wednesday morning and groom all the trails groomed recently, working in the new snow that fell this afternoon, (around an inch or so). Looks to warm up quite a bit tomorrow and best to be skiing early in the morning and before noon. The new snow will be very slow and sticky once it warms up by noon, as forecasted.

Trails groomed include Sap Run, Mother Hen, Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes and Roy’s Run for classic. Skaters Waltz 4km loop open for skating. Great late season conditions. Watch out for a few thin areas, especially if sun is out.

Fat Bike Trail Closed: Report

58″ of snow so far this season. We began grooming on November 17th and have been grooming daily on the entire trail system, 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. 

Snowfall YTD at 58″ Compacted base on trail 1-8″. March snowfall 7″. Total snowfall in February at 11″. January at 15″. 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″.

Great track skiing for mid March! March 17th, 2026.
Pat the painter who painted all the cabins at Maplelag the past few years, out for a ski March 17th, 2026.
Snow squalls March 17th, 2026. Ready for morning groom!
Roy;s Run, March 16th, 2026.
Afternoon striders, March 16th, 2026.
Cutting new track on Sukkerbusk, March 16th, 2026.
Cutting new track on JibFly, March 16th, 2026.
Grooming and setting track on Roy’s Run, March 15th, 2026.
Grooming and setting track on Rootin Tootin, March 15th, 2026. 
Setting track on Sukkerbusk, March 14th, 2026.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, March 14th, 2026.
Grooming and setting track on JibFly, March 14th, 2026.
Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open for skiing. A fantastic day of skiing on tap, especially for mid March! Really doesn’t get much better. Morning classic grooming today on Twin Lakes, Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, Roy’s Run and JibFly. Trails groomed include Sap Run, Mother Hen, Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes and Roy’s Run for classic. Skaters Waltz 4km loop open for skating. Great late season conditions. Get out today or tomorrow for the best skiing before warm weather returns! Grooming planned until Wednesday.

Fat Bike Trail Closed: Report

58″ of snow so far this season. We began grooming on November 17th and have been grooming daily on the entire trail system, 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. 

Snowfall YTD at 58″ Compacted base on trail 1-8″. March snowfall 7″. Total snowfall in February at 11″. January at 15″. 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″.

Afternoon striders, March 16th, 2026.
Cutting new track on Sukkerbusk, March 16th, 2026.
Cutting new track on JibFly, March 16th, 2026.
Grooming and setting track on Roy’s Run, March 15th, 2026.
Grooming and setting track on Rootin Tootin, March 15th, 2026. 
Setting track on Sukkerbusk, March 14th, 2026.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, March 14th, 2026.
Grooming and setting track on JibFly, March 14th, 2026.
Bike Trail

Fat Bike Trail Report

Groomed trail includes segments Feeling Lucky, Winter Bjorps, SukkerWest, North Star extension, Twin Lakes Bridge loop, and Twin Lakes “Race Loop” which includes the Hudson’s Hula loop. The Twin Lakes loop includes the ski trails of Twin Lakes (start of) and Wavy Gravy. Follow the FatLagchilada or fat bike signs to enter Hudson’s Hula. This is a more rider friendly loop and combined with the groomed trail on the inner system, makes for a nice loop of 15km. 

To begin the “Special Edition” loop, head to the main trail head and follow signs to the big LagChilada sign to enter Feeling Lucky. After Feeling Lucky loop, head counter clockwise on Skaters Waltz to ride the other segments.  

Bullhead Bootleg loop is not groomed. Hopefully we have it groomed out for riding in March and April….some of the best months of fat biking at Maplelag! 

Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Winter returns! Snow moving in on the weekend with 6-7″ of fresh powder. Just a sprinkling of snow over night as the bulk of the Sunday storm staying south of us. A little bit of wind this afternoon but overall a great day on the trails. Monday grooming planned on trails groomed Saturday and will set a singletrack on Twin Lakes for Monday and Tuesday skiing which should be great days to ski!

Grooming this morning on Rootin Tootin and Roy’s Run setting track. Saturday grooming on Sap Run, Mother Hen, Sukkerbusk and JibFly setting track. Skate ski grooming on 4km loop of Skaters Waltz. Very tricky grooming on the segments ice base underneath making it difficult for traction and multiple times getting stuck but overall the trails groomed out very nice! For the most part the snow is skiing like mid winter, strong sun might soften the snow otherwise doesn’t get much better for mid March! Just Ski.

 Fat Bike Trail Closed: Report

58″ of snow so far this season. We began grooming on November 17th and have been grooming daily on the entire trail system, 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. 

Snowfall YTD at 58″ Compacted base on trail 1-8″. March snowfall 7″. Total snowfall in February at 11″. January at 15″. 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″.

Grooming and setting track on Roy’s Run, March 15th, 2026.
Grooming and setting track on Rootin Tootin, March 15th, 2026.
Setting track on Sukkerbusk, March 14th, 2026.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, March 14th, 2026.
Grooming and setting track on JibFly, March 14th, 2026.
Bike Trail

Fat Bike Trail Report

Trails are closed for fat biking. We received 6-7″ of new snow. Depending on if any new snow tonight will determine if we groom or not. We would most likely groom Monday for riding Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings but will update again tomorrow.

Photos below from March 1st weekend when conditions were the best all season!

Sunday group ride! March 1st, 2026.
Lots of smiling today! March, 1st, 2026.
Thumbs up for great riding today! February 28th, 2026.
Great late season riding, February 27th, 2026.
Morning rider hitting the trail, February 27th, 2026.