A beautiful start to the day with pleasant temps and glistening frost on the surface. A 4km loop is open and groomed. Great seeing a few people out this weekend and thank you for inspiring us and giving us motivation. The groomed loop has a very thin base but rock solid base after the melting and rain last week. Areas of ice but avoidable. The groomed loop begins behind the far freight house shop. Ski through the soccer field and access at the end going either direction on Skaters Waltz guided by the cones and grooming. Chance of light snow this week. We are ready to groom any snowfall over a half inch. We do not recommend skiing on the trails not groomed with the hills being unpredictable.
Today we packed Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, North Loup and Sap Run for patrol and potential future skiing purposes. These trails would also be used for the Lotvola Cup course we hope to hold short notice on March 3rd if more snow and favorable temperatures. Stay tuned!
Roll packing on Twin Lakes trail, February 12th, 2024.Rollpacking on Sukkerbusk, February 12th, 2024.Tracks galore on Twin Lakes trail, February 12th, 2024.Afternoon skier on open and groomed loop, February 11th, 2024.Saturday skiers, February 10th, 2024.First time skier in the “Switchyard”! February 10th, 2024.Maplelag’s fleet of snowmobiles for trail grooming, February 10th, 2024. Today was International Snowmobile day!Afternoon skiing on the groomed loop, February 9th, 2024.Skiing in the soccer field! February 9th, 2024.Other trails covered with the fresh snow but covering the ice spots and tricky skiing. Not recommended to ski at this time. Grooming on the 4km loop, February 9th, 2024.Grooming on the “Eira” hill, February 9th, 2024. Very hard base underneath a very thin snow covering. Recommended for advance skiers only. Sunset over Little Sugarbush, February 7th, 2024.
Fat Bike Trails are open. The entire FatLagChilada loop is rideable. A dusting of snow Friday with much colder weather returning. We groomed the inner fat bike trails Friday afternoon. The east side (Bullhead Bootleg) and west side (Twin Lakes) rider packed. Use extra caution on the low spots and corners but all things considered and the cautious report, riding is good! The first half of Twin Lakes singletrack is rocky and rooty with the low snow cover. Monday we will be grooming the ski trail access to the start of Hudson’s Hula to have option to bypass the first half of Twin Lakes. The ice on Bullhead lake crossing is 10-12″ and solid on the edges.
The Inner East loops starts on Skaters Waltz to the right and follows along the side dipping into singletrack before going across Bullhead lake to access the Bootleg singletrack loop. Back across the lake to skaters waltz and more singletrack before crossing the road and left in to Maplelag. Signs are out marking the Fat Bike trail and the “FatLagChilada” loop which is all the groomed fat bike trails. The west or Twin Lakes loop can be accessed from the Maplelag driveway including the Sukkerwest loop which is at the end of the Maplelag driveway.
Rolling through Hudson’s Hula segment on Twin Lakes singletrack, February 11th, 2024.Rolling on the inner trails, February 11th, 2024.Ski trail segments of Fat Bike loop rolling great, February 11th, 2024.Lake crossing on Bullhead Lake to access Bootleg singletrack, February 11th, 2024. Ice thickness ranges from 10-13″ with solid ice on both edges. (P.Arneson photo)Morning sun filtering through Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, February 11th, 2024. (P.Arneson photo)Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, Feburay 10th, 2024.Wooden berm on “Bjorp’s” singletrack, February 10th, 2024.Grooming on inner singletrack, February 9th, 2024.Grooming on inner singletrack, February 9th, 2024.
A 4km loop is open and groomed after a light dusting of snow Friday morning. People are out skiing. Thin but rock solid base. Areas of ice but avoidable. If venturing on other trails not groomed, use extreme caution as fresh snow may be covering icy sections. The loop begins behind the far freight house shop. Ski through the soccer field and access at the end going either direction on Skaters Waltz guided by the cones and grooming.
Saturday skiers, February 10th, 2024.First time skier in the “Switchyard”! February 10th, 2024.Maplelag’s fleet of snowmobiles for trail grooming, February 10th, 2024. Today was International Snowmobile day!Afternoon skiing on the groomed loop, February 9th, 2024.Skiing in the soccer field! February 9th, 2024.Other trails covered with the fresh snow but covering the ice spots and tricky skiing. Not recommended to ski at this time. Grooming on the 4km loop, February 9th, 2024.Grooming on the “Eira” hill, February 9th, 2024. Very hard base underneath a very thin snow covering. Recommended for advance skiers only. Sunset over Little Sugarbush, February 7th, 2024.
Fat Bike Trails are open. A dusting of snow Friday with much colder weather returning. We groomed the inner fat bike trails Friday afternoon. We had a rough stretch of weather with warm temps, melting and rain. Low areas had much water that are now icy under the snow. Use extra caution on the low spots and corners. The entire FatLagChilada loop is open.
The Inner East loops starts on Skaters Waltz to the right and follows along the side dipping into singletrack before going across Bullhead lake to access the Bootleg singletrack loop. Back across the lake to skaters waltz and more singletrack before crossing the road and left in to Maplelag. Signs are out marking the Fat Bike trail and the “FatLagChilada” loop which is all the groomed fat bike trails. The west or Twin Lakes loop can be accessed from the Maplelag driveway including the Sukkerwest loop which is at the end of the Maplelag driveway.
Grooming on inner singletrack, February 9th, 2024.Grooming on inner singletrack, February 9th, 2024.
After a meltdown and rain on Thursday, cooler weather returning with a shot of fresh snow. 4km of trail open and groomed and people are out skiing. Thin but rock solid base. Areas of ice but avoidable. If venturing on other trails not groomed, use extreme caution as fresh snow may be covering icy sections.
Saturday skiers, February 10th, 2024.Afternoon skiing on the groomed loop, February 9th, 2024.Skiing in the soccer field! February 9th, 2024.Other trails covered with the fresh snow but covering the ice spots and tricky skiing. Not recommended to ski at this time. Grooming on the 4km loop, February 9th, 2024.Grooming on the “Eira” hill, February 9th, 2024. Very hard base underneath a very thin snow covering. Recommended for advance skiers only. Sunset over Little Sugarbush, February 7th, 2024.
A Family Owned and Operated Destination Cross-Country Ski Center
