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Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails open Beautiful day on the trails. Morning low checked in at -25 but the air was dry, sun was shining and there was no wind making windchill irrelevant. Trails were busy all day with skiers and we were grooming all day again, even with the coldest temps of the season in the morning.

Grooming update: The trails are starting to take shape after full days of grooming the 2 feet of snow the past week. We packed on the northern trails today and will have Roy’s Run tracked on Thursday and North Loup combed out for skate. All western trails tracked today and all inner trails reset as well. We will reset tracks again on most of the trail system tomorrow.

Trails are open for day use. Day and season passes can be purchased here. Please note due to COVID protocols, there are no lodge services for day use. This includes no ski rental or access to coffee bar. Parking in far lot near blue recycling bins.

Classic skiing on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes, Mother North Star, Wavy Gravy, Island Lake trail and Roy’s Run. Please no skating on the classic trails. Crossing between Twin Lakes is still a bit rough but much improved with the latest snowfall. Bullhead/Bootleg has now been tracked on the Bootleg extension and return. Lucky’s Loype is adventure skiing, no grooming on the AMA segments.

Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Suicide Hill, Single Green and Kristin’s Kutoff designated trails for skating.

All trails are one way except Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz. Skiing correct direction, especially in early season, helps us maintain the integrity of the base. Thank you!

Trails are open for day skiing for non lodging guests. Lodge is closed to day use.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

Fat Bike trails Open. Click here for report.

Snowfall past 24 hours: 14″

Snowfall past 7 days: 26″

Snowfall to date: 47″

Compacted base on trail: 6-9″

Snow depth in woods: 18-34″

Fat Bike trails Open. Click here for report.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

NO services in the lodge at this time or ski rental available for day skiing. Parking in far lot near porta bathrooms and recycling bins.

Setting new track on JibFly, December 29th, 2021.
Mother North Star trail, December 29th, 2021. Currently North Star and Rootin Tootin are single tracked.
Despite the cooler weather today (morning low of -25), we still logged a full day of grooming, December 29th, 2021.
Track setting in winter wonderland, December 28th, 2021.
Minnetonka Nordic skiers having fun breaking trail on Lucky’s Loype, December 28th, 2021.
Setting track on Twin Lakes, December 27th, 2021. Twin Lakes was groomed four times today during the storm.

Setting new track on Roy’s Run, December 26th, 2021.
New double track set on Twin Lakes, December 26th, 2021.
Skaters Waltz rolled along with all other skate only trails, December 26th, 2021.
Christmas Day powder skiing, December 25th, 2021.
Skiing in fresh snow on Sap Run, December 25th, 2021.
Christmas morning sunrise, December 25th, 2021.
Twin Lakes ski trail, December 24th, 2021.
News

Moorhead Nordic JV Invite Ski Meet

Moorhead JV / JH Invite, Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ Maplelag 30501 Maplelag Rd
Teams: Bemidji, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Moorhead

Team Camps – Please use the bus for team camp. Use the porta potties where you park your bus. The LODGE is
unavailable. Please tell your skiers they cannot go in the lodge.


Courses: JV will classic race 5.6K. The course will go out on Sukkerbusk. Cross the road to Twin Lakes. Around
Twin Lakes clockwise then back over the road returning on Sukkerbusk to the finish. The JH will skate 3.5K clockwise
on Skater Waltz finishing down Sap Run.

Wave Start:

Waves will depart every 30 seconds.


10AM – Boys JV 5.6K classic
10:30AM – Girls JV 5.6K classic
11:00AM – Boys JH 3.5K skate
11:30AM – Girls JH 3.5K skat

Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails open Powder day! Winter wonderland conditions.Total storm accumulation 10-12″ Wind kicked in mid afternoon than settled down at sunset. Temps dropped but wind was light in afternoon and a great day of skiing.

Grooming update: We groomed from 5am to 5pm. We focused on the inner trails, Twin Lakes and extension of Skaters Waltz. We packed Island and Wavy and hope to set track on those trails tomorrow. We will be back out Tuesday morning grooming on the same trails we groomed on Monday and hope to pack North Loup and Roy’s Run.

Day and season passes can be purchased here. Please note due to COVID protocols, there are no lodge services for day use. This includes no ski rental or access to coffee bar. Parking in far lot near blue recycling bins.

SkinnySki.Com First Hand Reports. Thanks for the reports!

Classic skiing on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes, Mother North Star, Wavy Gravy, Island Lake trail and Roy’s Run. Please no skating on the classic trails. Crossing between Twin Lakes is still a bit rough but much improved with the latest snowfall. Bullhead/Bootleg has now been tracked on the Bootleg extension and return. Lucky’s Loype is adventure skiing, no grooming on the AMA segments.

Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Suicide Hill, Single Green and Kristin’s Kutoff designated trails for skating.

All trails are one way except Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz. Skiing correct direction, especially in early season, helps us maintain the integrity of the base. Thank you!

Trails are open for day skiing for non lodging guests. Lodge is closed to day use.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

Fat Bike trails Open. Click here for report.

Snowfall past 24 hours: 11″

Snowfall past 7 days: 19″

Snowfall to date: 43″

Compacted base on trail: 5-8″

Snow depth in woods: 18-28″

Fat Bike trails Open. Click here for report.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

NO services in the lodge at this time or ski rental available for day skiing. Parking in far lot near porta bathrooms and recycling bins.

Setting track on Twin Lakes, December 27th, 2021. Twin Lakes was groomed four times today during the storm.

Setting new track on Roy’s Run, December 26th, 2021.
New double track set on Twin Lakes, December 26th, 2021.
Skaters Waltz rolled along with all other skate only trails, December 26th, 2021.
Christmas Day powder skiing, December 25th, 2021.
Skiing in fresh snow on Sap Run, December 25th, 2021.
Christmas morning sunrise, December 25th, 2021.
Twin Lakes ski trail, December 24th, 2021.
Twin Lakes return, December 24th, 2021.
Crossing between Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, December 24th, 2021.
Sunset December 23rd, 2021.
Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails open Fresh 4″ snow on Christmas day. The new snow on top of the existing base making for “mid winter” and winter wonderland like conditions today. Snow and wind moving in late afternoon. Up to 8″ possible by noon on the 27th.

Grooming update: We groomed on the entire trail system today except Bullhead/Bootleg. This evening snow started falling again and we will be back out in the morning working on the entire trail system.

Day and season passes can be purchased here. Please note due to COVID protocols, there are no lodge services for day use. This includes no ski rental or access to coffee bar.

SkinnySki.Com First Hand Reports. Thanks for the reports!

Classic skiing on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes, Mother North Star, Wavy Gravy, Island Lake trail and Roy’s Run. Please no skating on the classic trails. Crossing between Twin Lakes is still a bit rough but much improved with the latest snowfall. Bullhead/Bootleg has now been tracked on the Bootleg extension and return. Lucky’s Loype is adventure skiing, no grooming on the AMA segments.

Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Suicide Hill, Single Green and Kristin’s Kutoff designated trails for skating.

All trails are one way except Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz. Skiing correct direction, especially in early season, helps us maintain the integrity of the base. Thank you!

Trails are open for day skiing for non lodging guests.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

Fat Bike trails Open. Click here for report.

Snowfall past 24 hours: 6″

Snowfall past 7 days: 10″

Snowfall to date: 33″

Compacted base on trail: 4-7″

Snow depth in woods: 10-18″

Fat Bike trails Open. Click here for report.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

NO services in the lodge at this time or ski rental available for day skiing. Parking in far lot near porta bathrooms and recycling bins.

Setting new track on Roy’s Run, December 26th, 2021.
New double track set on Twin Lakes, December 26th, 2021.
Skaters Waltz rolled along with all other skate only trails, December 26th, 2021.
Christmas Day powder skiing, December 25th, 2021.
Skiing in fresh snow on Sap Run, December 25th, 2021.
Christmas morning sunrise, December 25th, 2021.
Twin Lakes ski trail, December 24th, 2021.
Twin Lakes return, December 24th, 2021.
Crossing between Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, December 24th, 2021.
Sunset December 23rd, 2021.
Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Merry Christmas! Trails open A lovely day on the trails with fresh snow falling all day. As of 8:00 pm around 4″ of new snow.

Grooming update: We will be grooming on the trails in the morning, packing and rolling and setting track later.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

SkinnySki.Com First Hand Reports. Thanks for the reports!

Classic skiing on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes, Mother North Star, Wavy Gravy, Island Lake trail and Roy’s Run. Please no skating on the classic trails. Crossing between Twin Lakes is still a bit rough but much improved with the latest snowfall. Bullhead/Bootleg has now been tracked on the Bootleg extension and return. Lucky’s Loype is adventure skiing, no grooming on the AMA segments.

Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Suicide Hill, Single Green and Kristin’s Kutoff designated trails for skating.

All trails are one way except Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz. Skiing correct direction, especially in early season, helps us maintain the integrity of the base. Thank you!

Trails are open for day skiing for non lodging guests.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

Fat Bike trails Open. Click here for report.

Snowfall past 24 hours: 4″

Snowfall past 7 days: 8″

Snowfall to date: 31″

Compacted base on trail: 4-6″

Snow depth in woods: 10-16″

Fat Bike trails Open. Click here for report.

Day and season passes can be purchased here.

NO services in the lodge at this time or ski rental available for day skiing. Parking in far lot near porta bathrooms and recycling bins.

Christmas Day powder skiing, December 25th, 2021.
Skiing in fresh snow on Sap Run, December 25th, 2021.
Twin Lakes ski trail, December 24th, 2021.
Twin Lakes return, December 24th, 2021.
Crossing between Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, December 24th, 2021.
Sunset December 23rd, 2021.
Island Lake trail after fresh track setting, December 23rd, 2021.
Silky snow striding on Sukkerbusk, December 23rd, 2021.
Bullhead lake trail, December 23rd, 2021.
Non groomed segment of Bullhead lake trail, December 23rd, 2021. Talk to Jay about the loop options to ski Bullhead or Bootleg extension. Current recommendation is to ski opposite direction on Bullhead trail to Bootleg loop, ski Bootleg than return normal direction on Bullhead lake trail)
Striding on Rootin Tootin, December 23rd, 2021.
North end of Bullhead lake, December 23rd, 2021. Lots of deer and other animal tracks. Still a bit rough on crossing but passable.
Return of Bullhead, great tracks and skiing, December 23rd, 2021.
Skaters Waltz extension at dusk, December 22nd, 2021. Skate trails in best shape of the season.
Skaters Waltz extension “inner circle” at dusk, December 22nd, 2021
Late afternoon ski on Sukkerbusk passing by the pines in the “skinny field”, December 21st, 2021.
Grooming on Sukkerbusk passing by the pines in the “skinny field”, December 21st, 2021.
Crossing between Twin lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, December 21st, 2021. 90% of the crossing in good shape with good coverage. Very short section rough easy to navigate.
End of Bullhead Lake trail, December 21st, 2021. Best option to ski the Bootleg extension is to ski backwards on Bullhead, ski Bootleg loop than return normal direction on Bullhead.
Sunset ski on Twin Lakes, December 21st, 2021.