Trails are open. Wet/damp conditions this morning after nearly 1″ of rain overnight and early morning. The rain was very much welcomed after the recent dry conditions. Should be rideable this afternoon use extra caution for any slick spots. Bullhead Bootleg top pick for riding as well as Sport and Citizen loops. First half of original Twin lakes singletrack very leafy but Twin Lakes ski trail to Hudson’s Hula rolling good.
Be aware trees may fall without warning and assume full responsibility while riding.
The LagChilada challenge remains in place which encompasses all the trails at Maplelag. Click here for more details. Secondary signage is up and the LagChilada course is marked. Click here for the Strava map which can be downloaded. Nice job to everyone completing the challenge this year including the riders doing a double!!
Maps: Trailforks and click on Maplelag map for reference of the trails. The Maplelag trails are described as classic or old style. Featuring more narrow singletrack with roots and rocks and generally more technical in nature. A good beginner loop is the Citizen Loop and a good intermediate loop is the Sport loop.
Maplelag is a family owned and operated business. We are one of the few MTB trail systems in the Midwest that maintain the trails ourselves with no outside funding or assistance and pay property taxes that in turn help support other trails locally and in the state! Please consider a trail pass to offset some of our expenses. We love to mountain bike and share the trail with others…what it is all about! Thank you.
Hudson’s Hula singletrack at end of Twin Lakes loop, October 8th, 2025.Twin Lakes lakeside singletrack, October 8th, 2025.Sunset riding on Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, October 6th, 2025. Bootleg is top pick for riding this week. Riding on ski trail segment, October 4th, 2025.Section of Hudson’s Hula segment still leave free, October 4th, 2025.Leaf covered singletrack, October 4th, 2025.Bullhead Bootleg freshly cleared October 3rd, 2025.Twin Lakes ski trail segment, October 3rd, 2025.Clearing leaves on Twin Lakes loop, October 3rd, 2025.Gorgeous night for mtb practice, September 30th, 2025.Autumn scene along the trail, September 30th, 2025.
Rainy Sunday after a very dry week! Right around 1″ of rain this morning. Much welcomed after a very dry month. The dry weather has made for great conditions to be in the woods for trail work. We are on a big push this week to clear the final trees from the solstice storm back in June, working on the outer trails and fine tuning the inner trails with the mower. Big thanks to members of the Moorhead Nordic ski team helping clear trail last Saturday and the folks helping us out this week. We are up to 500 trees cleared since June 21st!
September a very dry month overall, with total rainfall right at 1″. October precipitation around 1″.
Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.
Leaf clearing after tree clearing on North Loup, October 9th, 2025.North Loup, October 9th, 2025.Fall grooming on Skaters extension, October 7th, 2025.Thanks Laurens and Jack for helping clear trail today! October 7th, 2025.Clearing deadfall on Bullhead Bootleg ski trail, October 7th, 2025.Clearing leaves on Sap Run, October 7th, 2025.Monday’s trail crew! October 6th, 2025.Fall grooming on Roy’s Run, October 6th, 2025.Thick grass on Skaters Waltz extension, October 6th, 2025.Super moon over Bullhead Lake, October 6th, 2025.Members for the Moorhead Nordic ski team ready to hit the trails for deadfall/blowdown clearing, October 4th, 2025. Thanks very much!!Clearing blocks! October 4th, 2025.Fall grooming on Wavy Gravy trail, October 3rd, 2025.Tamarac trees showing a tinge of change, September 30th, 2025. The only pine tree to change color and lose its needles. Typically full color around Maplelag mid October. Fall grooming on Mother North Star trail, September 29th, 2025.Clearing deadfall from the Soltice storm on Bullhead Lake trail, September 27th, 2025.Saturday trail crew! Thanks for the help guys, September 27th, 2025.Mowing on Eira Bikwadinna hill after tree clearing, September 27th, 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.
Trails are open Dry/hardpack conditions with leaf covering. Recent wind bringing down a lot of leaves to the riding deck but still nice Autumn riding. Use a little extra caution and enjoy! Bullhead Bootleg top pick for riding as well as Sport and Citizen loops. First half of original Twin lakes singletrack very leafy but Twin Lakes ski trail to Hudson’s Hula rolling good.
Be aware trees may fall without warning and assume full responsibility while riding.
The LagChilada challenge remains in place which encompasses all the trails at Maplelag. Click here for more details. Secondary signage is up and the LagChilada course is marked. Click here for the Strava map which can be downloaded. Nice job to everyone completing the challenge this year including the riders doing a double!!
Maps: Trailforks and click on Maplelag map for reference of the trails. The Maplelag trails are described as classic or old style. Featuring more narrow singletrack with roots and rocks and generally more technical in nature. A good beginner loop is the Citizen Loop and a good intermediate loop is the Sport loop.
Maplelag is a family owned and operated business. We are one of the few MTB trail systems in the Midwest that maintain the trails ourselves with no outside funding or assistance and pay property taxes that in turn help support other trails locally and in the state! Please consider a trail pass to offset some of our expenses. We love to mountain bike and share the trail with others…what it is all about! Thank you.
Hudson’s Hula singletrack at end of Twin Lakes loop, October 8th, 2025.Twin Lakes lakeside singletrack, October 8th, 2025.Sunset riding on Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, October 6th, 2025. Bootleg is top pick for riding this week. Riding on ski trail segment, October 4th, 2025.Section of Hudson’s Hula segment still leave free, October 4th, 2025.Leaf covered singletrack, October 4th, 2025.Bullhead Bootleg freshly cleared October 3rd, 2025.Twin Lakes ski trail segment, October 3rd, 2025.Clearing leaves on Twin Lakes loop, October 3rd, 2025.Gorgeous night for mtb practice, September 30th, 2025.Autumn scene along the trail, September 30th, 2025.
Dry and seasonable weather this week has made for great conditions to be in the woods for trail work. We are on a big push this week to clear the final trees from the solstice storm back in June, working on the outer trails and fine tuning the inner trails with the mower. Big thanks to members of the Moorhead Nordic ski team helping clear trail last Saturday and the folks helping us out this week. We are up to 500 trees cleared since June 21st!
September a very dry month overall, with total rainfall right at 1″. October precipitation around 1″.
Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.
Leaf clearing after tree clearing on North Loup, October 9th, 2025.North Loup, October 9th, 2025.Fall grooming on Skaters extension, October 7th, 2025.Thanks Laurens and Jack for helping clear trail today! October 7th, 2025.Clearing deadfall on Bullhead Bootleg ski trail, October 7th, 2025.Clearing leaves on Sap Run, October 7th, 2025.Monday’s trail crew! October 6th, 2025.Fall grooming on Roy’s Run, October 6th, 2025.Thick grass on Skaters Waltz extension, October 6th, 2025.Super moon over Bullhead Lake, October 6th, 2025.Members for the Moorhead Nordic ski team ready to hit the trails for deadfall/blowdown clearing, October 4th, 2025. Thanks very much!!Clearing blocks! October 4th, 2025.Fall grooming on Wavy Gravy trail, October 3rd, 2025.Tamarac trees showing a tinge of change, September 30th, 2025. The only pine tree to change color and lose its needles. Typically full color around Maplelag mid October. Fall grooming on Mother North Star trail, September 29th, 2025.Clearing deadfall from the Soltice storm on Bullhead Lake trail, September 27th, 2025.Saturday trail crew! Thanks for the help guys, September 27th, 2025.Mowing on Eira Bikwadinna hill after tree clearing, September 27th, 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.
Dry and seasonable weather this week has made for great conditions to be in the woods for trail work. We are on a big push this week to clear the final trees from the solstice storm back in June, working on the outer trails. Big thanks to members of the Moorhead Nordic ski team helping clear trail Saturday and the folks helping us out this week. We are up to 500 trees cleared since June 21st!
September a very dry month overall, with total rainfall right at 1″. October precipitation around 1″.
Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.
Fall grooming on Skaters extension, October 7th, 2025.Thanks Laurens and Jack for helping clear trail today! October 7th, 2025.Clearing deadfall on Bullhead Bootleg ski trail, October 7th, 2025.Clearing leaves on Sap Run, October 7th, 2025.Monday’s trail crew! October 6th, 2025.Fall grooming on Roy’s Run, October 6th, 2025.Thick grass on Skaters Waltz extension, October 6th, 2025.Super moon over Bullhead Lake, October 6th, 2025.Members for the Moorhead Nordic ski team ready to hit the trails for deadfall/blowdown clearing, October 4th, 2025. Thanks very much!!Clearing blocks! October 4th, 2025.Fall grooming on Wavy Gravy trail, October 3rd, 2025.Tamarac trees showing a tinge of change, September 30th, 2025. The only pine tree to change color and lose its needles. Typically full color around Maplelag mid October. Fall grooming on Mother North Star trail, September 29th, 2025.Clearing deadfall from the Soltice storm on Bullhead Lake trail, September 27th, 2025.Saturday trail crew! Thanks for the help guys, September 27th, 2025.Mowing on Eira Bikwadinna hill after tree clearing, September 27th, 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.
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