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Ski Trail Report

Trails open. A nice weekend of skiing and reports from the skiers were good. Great seeing so many people out to enjoy the early season conditions. 

Trails being groomed for early season skiing and open are Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Skaters Waltz and the big hill down to Bullhead lake. Tracks set on JibFly and Sukkerbusk. Skaters Waltz open for skating/freestyle. Sunday evening we packed and set a track on Sap Run. Bit more rough on this trail.

Today we plan to pack more trail, probably will not be able to set a track but will be open for no track classic skiing. To preserve the deck, please skate on Skaters Waltz. We also plan to pack out North Loop and the extensions of Skaters Waltz this week for additional skating trail. These trails, especially North Loop, will be a bit more rough but should be skiable. 

Winter operating plans include to operate for day skiing on the the ski, snowshoe and fat bike trails. (Trail maps posted here) Similar to the COVID season, there will be no services available. Parking in the far lot with portable bathrooms. No lodging or meal service. Starting Thanksgiving weekend we will have the Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables. There are no ski rentals available. 

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes.

Select fat bike trails have been groomed and we will open Thanksgiving week as we need a bit more time to prepare the deck and put out signage. 

Sunday striding on Sukkerbusk, November 20th, 2022. (P. Arneson photo)
JibFly, November 20th, 2022.
Evening roll packing on Sap Run, November 20th, 2022.
Setting track on Sap Run, November 20th, 2022. Track a bit more thin and rough in spots, option to get out of track in the rough spots. 
Skate ski action, November 19th, 2022.
Fresh track on JibFly, November 19th, 2022.
Setting track on Sukkerbusk, November 18th, 2022.
Packing and combing on Skaters Waltz, November 17th, 2022.
Skaters Waltz grooming, November 16th, 2022.
Grooming November 16th, 2022.

Ski Trail Report

Select trails are now open for skiing thanks to nearly 10″ of snow the past 7 days and daily grooming. A nice weekend of skiing and reports from the skiers were good. Great seeing so many people out to enjoy the early season conditions.

Trails being groomed are Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Skaters Waltz and the big hill down to Bullhead lake. Tracks set on JibFly and Sukkerbusk. Skaters Waltz open for skating/freestyle. Sunday evening we also packed and set a track on Sap Run. Bit more rough on this trail. Monday we plan to pack more trail, probably will not be able to set a track but will be open for no track classic skiing. To preserve the deck, please skate on Skaters Waltz. We also plan to pack out North Loop and the extensions of Skaters Waltz this week for additional skating trail. These trails, especially North Loop, will be a bit more rough.

Winter operating plans include to operate for day skiing on the the ski, snowshoe and fat bike trails. (Trail maps posted here) Similar to the COVID season, there will be no services available. Parking in the far lot with portable bathrooms. No lodging or meal service. Starting Thanksgiving weekend we will have the Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables. There are no ski rentals available.

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes.

Select fat bike trails have been groomed and we will open Thanksgiving week as we need a bit more time to prepare the deck and put out signage. 

Sunday striding on Sukkerbusk, November 20th, 2022. (P. Arneson photo)
JibFly, November 20th, 2022.
Evening roll packing on Sap Run, November 20th, 2022.
Setting track on Sap Run, November 20th, 2022. Track a bit more thin and rough in spots, option to get out of track in the rough spots.
Skate ski action, November 19th, 2022.
Fresh track on JibFly, November 19th, 2022.
Setting track on Sukkerbusk, November 18th, 2022.
Packing and combing on Skaters Waltz, November 17th, 2022.
Skaters Waltz grooming, November 16th, 2022.
Grooming November 16th, 2022.

Ski Trail Report

Select trails are now open for skiing thanks to nearly 10″ of snow the past 7 days and daily grooming.

Trails being groomed are Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Skaters Waltz and the big hill down to Bullhead lake. Tracks set on JibFly and Sukkerbusk. Skaters Waltz open for skating/freestyle. The deck is looking better after each grooming and sustained cold temps freezing the snow and ground down nicely. 

Winter operating plans include to operate for day skiing on the the ski, snowshoe and fat bike trails. (Trail maps posted here) Similar to the COVID season, there will be no services available. Parking in the far lot with portable bathrooms. No lodging or meal service. Starting Thanksgiving weekend we will have the Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables.  

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes.

Select fat bike trails have been groomed and we will open Thanksgiving week as we need a bit more time to prepare the deck and put out signage. 

Skate ski action, November 19th, 2022.
Fresh track on JibFly, November 19th, 2022.
Setting track on Sukkerbusk, November 18th, 2022.
Packing and combing on Skaters Waltz, November 17th, 2022.
Skaters Waltz grooming, November 16th, 2022.
Grooming November 16th, 2022.

Fat Bike Trail Report

Winter conditions in place with 7-8″ of snow this past week and cold temps helping freeze down the base.

We have groomed around 12km of trail so far and will open the groomed singletrack by Thanksgiving. We hope to have around 15km groomed for riding Thanksgiving weekend.

Once again we will be grooming around 25km of trail for the season. The main loops groomed will be the Bullhead Bootleg loop, Twin Lakes loop, SukkerWest a few inner trails.

Trail map posted here.

Passes available online in the product page.

First fat bike grooming of the year on “Hudson’s Hula” segment on Twin Lakes singletrack, November 16th, 2022.