We have started grooming on the 25km FatLagChilada course and have around 12km open. Open trail includes the skate trail of skaters waltz. From Skaters you can access “Bjorps” and “North Star” singletrack which has been groomed. Also groomed singletrack is SukkerWest, the bridge loop and the first climb and downhill of Twin Lakes loop. Any questions, text Jay 218-849-7669. We will also have North Loup skate lane open for fat biking the next two days. We will continue grooming trail and hope to have most of Twin Laks open by the weekend.
More fresh groomed trail! December 31st, 2025.Checking out the fresh groomed, December 31st, 2025.Fat bike grooming, December 30th, 2025.
Trails are open> Happy New Year! We are open on New Years Day. Excellent conditions. A super day of skiing for the last day of 2025! Another dusting of snow overnight. We are in a gentle snowy cycle resulting in really nice skiing! Snowfall the past three days resulting in 5-6″ total accumulation. We groomed the entire trail system including “Lumi’s Loop” which is a 1.2km loop on the lake with a skate lane and track set. It’s been awesome seeing so many people out on the trails this holiday season and we deeply appreciate the support!
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”.
24″ 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.
Ski rentals are available at a rate of $25 for adults and $15 for 18 and under.
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″.
Grooming on Bullhead lake trail, December 31st, 2025.Setting track on Bullhead lake, December 31st, 2025.Last climb out of Bullhead lake trail, December 31st, 2025.Grooming on Bullhead lake trail, December 31st, 2025.Track set and skate lane combed on “Lumi’s Loop”, a 1.2km loop on Little Sugarbush lake in front of Maplelag, No better way to end 2005 than with a ski! Father and son ski! MPLS SW Nordic Ski team, December 31st, 2025. Fun hosting the team this week! King court sprints and ski games for MPLS SW Nordic in the soccer field, December 30th, 2025.A “perfect day” on the trails! December 30th, 2025.Hygge time for Sartell/Cathedral skiers, December, 30th, 2025.Evening groom, December 30th, 2025. Grooming on the fat bike trail, December 30th, 2025. We are working on portions of the trail and hope to have the inner and west trails open by the weekend! Grooming on Sukkerbusk ski trail, December 29th, 2025.Grooming on connector to Twin and Island Lake trails, December 29th, 2025.Intense sun dogs this morning, December 29th, 2025.Sunset ski on Sukkerbusk, December 29th, 2025.Sunshine and smiles! December 29th, 2025. MPLS SW skiers on Rootin Tootin, December 29th, 2025.Grooming JibFly, December 29th, 2025. Grooming on Twin Lakes trail, December 29th, 2025.Trailhead. December 29th, 2025.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.
Trails are open Excellent conditions. Dusting of new snow overnight and light snow expected today with an inch or so possible. Slightly warmer temps today as well. We groomed the entire trail system on Monday, working the 4″ of new snow from Sunday into the existing base and skiing is about as good as it gets. We will be grooming skate trails again this morning and touching up classic tracks as needed. We hope to set a track on North Loup as well which has been groomed skate only so far this year.
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”.
22″ 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.
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″.
Grooming on Sukkerbusk ski trail, December 29th, 2025.Grooming on connector to Twin and Island Lake trails, December 29th, 2025.Intense sun dogs this morning, December 29th, 2025.Sunset ski on Sukkerbusk, December 29th, 2025.Sunshine and smiles! December 29th, 2025. MPLS SW skiers on Rootin Tootin, December 29th, 2025.Grooming JibFly, December 29th, 2025. Grooming on Twin Lakes trail, December 29th, 2025.Trailhead. December 29th, 2025.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.
Trails are open A magical day on the trails. The 4″ of new snow from yesterday mixing in nicely with the existing base and conditions are excellent. We groomed the entire trail system today.
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”.
22″ 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.
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″.
Grooming on Sukkerbusk ski trail, December 29th, 2025.Grooming on connector to Twin and Island Lake trails, December 29th, 2025.Intense sun dogs this morning, December 29th, 2025.Sunset ski on Sukkerbusk, December 29th, 2025.Sunshine and smiles! December 29th, 2025. MPLS SW skiers on Rootin Tootin, December 29th, 2025.Grooming JibFly, December 29th, 2025.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.Frosted tamaracks in between Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, December 27th, 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.
Fat bike trails are not groomed We had intentions to groom but unfortunately both groomers are waiting for parts to repair. We hope to have the groomers going soon so we can begin grooming the FatLagChilada course, the 14 miles of trails groomed for fat biking.
The skate trails are open for fat biking provided the deck is firm and set up and there are no races or training camps going on. Best to contact Jay at 218-849-7669 if questions.
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