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Trail Report

A solid 3-4″ of dense solid snow this morning. We packed 52 of 64km of trail today, some trails up to 6 times! We still need a few more inches before we can set tracks but this is a great start and everyone staying at the resort able to get out and ski! We did set some tracks on the lake for a loop of 2.5km.  The places that had existing coverage on the trails are real nice for early season and exposed areas are still thin with rough spots but the trails are open for skiing.  We will smooth out some of the trails tomorrow morning.

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The hole is open for plunging and the sauna has been running in the 200’s. Few folks also ice fishing.

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Ski Trail

Trail Report

The forecast is looking better for snow chances! The groomer is ready and as soon as a few inches accumulate, we will be hitting the trails packing and grooming. Folks have been hiking, ice skating and mountain biking for activities and we also cut a hole for plunging and a hole for the dark house for spearing and ice fishing. Skiing on the lake is on hold after warm temps on Monday. Sections of trail are holding snow coverage and won’t take much on these sections to have skiable conditions.

Skating on the lake is good and most guests enjoying the beauty of skating on the lake. The ice skating rink on land is skateable on most of the rink and have been touching up to improve the surface. The forecast looks more favorable for winter activities the rest of the week. Either way folks are enjoying exploring and adventuring in the woods. It is very frustrating not having snow to ski as we love to ski our selves but we are enjoying the woods via running, hiking, biking and skating on the lake enjoying the beautiful outdoors. Interesting comment from guest checking out today: “even with no snow to ski, after 10 years of coming to Maplelag, we had one of our most memorable years with the different activities we did this year”.

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Hockey on the lake during Monday's warm weather. Despite not enough snow to ski on the trails, it has been a treat skating on the lake for so many weeks.

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Holly and Claudia enjoying a mountain bike adventure this morning on area trails and forest roads.