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Trail Report

March 10, 2016 Jay Richards

Despite warm temps earlier in the week, we are still hanging on to some coverage and have been skiing on the better sections of trail. A check of the trails Thursday, skiing Skaters Waltz and North Loup found mostly good coverage. Kamikaze section thin and not recommended to ski. Still was a bit icy but just starting to soften up around noon making for fun spring skiing. North Loup little better coverage with just one section very thin with a short bare spot. Skiing is poor to fair with some good sections and also thin bare sections. Use caution if venturing out and be ready for sudden bare spots and lots of forest debris. With the very warm forecast, we will most likely be closing the trails Friday afternoon. This includes being closed to skiing, hiking and mountain biking. Travel on the trails when the ground is soft can be most damaging and please walk/hike on the driveway or forest roads across the Maplelag driveway.

Total snowfall since December 15th=34″, compacted base on trail 0-8″. Snow depth in the woods 4-16″. Total snowfall since December 1st, 40″. Total snowfall since November 20th= 42″. We had a warm spell that melted most of the snow from November 20th and December 1st other than the north facing areas. First grooming of the season on November 20th after 2″ of snowfall. We have been skiing daily and only missed a few days of grooming since December 15th.

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Skaters waltz action. March 3rd, 2016. Skating has been good on Skaters Waltz this week. Fast on rock hard base but just enough loose for edging.

March 2nd Trail Report Photos

Conference

13th Annual Indigenous Farming Conference

March 9, 2016 Jay Richards

Snapshot from this years Indigenous Farming Conference. March 3-6, 2016.

Maplelag

March Skiing

March 5, 2016 Jay Richards

Great day of skiing! Latest trail report on the trail report page.

Grooming, Maplelag

March Grooming

March 4, 2016 Jay Richards

Grooming on Skaters Waltz Friday morning, March 4th, 2016.

Dusting of new snow groomed in on Skaters Waltz. Nice skate skiing and classic skiing has improved. Latest trail report on the trail report page.

Ski Trail

Trail Report

March 1, 2016 Jay Richards

Crisp, cool with brilliant sunshine on Tuesday. Big time drop in the weather as strong winds ushered in a cold front early Monday morning with temps in the single digits the past few mornings. Very light dusting of snow coming with the cold front that has helped improve the skiing after cooling down from Saturday’s warm weather. Best reports coming from Twin Lakes, North Loup.

There is still good coverage on the trails and trails are skiable, albeit a bit icy. Little bit of new snow helping take off the edge. The ski season is winding down and grooming only on select trails at this stage of the ski season, focusing more on the skate trails. There is still some great skiing to be had, especially when it warms up again and we have true spring skiing conditions. The crust conditions are also excellent and tons of fun skiing to be had off the groomed trails.

Trails that have been recently groomed and open with tracks set: Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, North Loup, Rootin Tootin, Mother North Star, Sap Run, Wavy Gravy, Island Lake, North side of Bullhead lake trail and the Bootleg extension, Roy’s Run and JibFly. Skaters Waltz, the extension and North Loup groomed for skating. Please no skating on trails other than Skaters Waltz, North Loup and the extension of Skaters. North Loup also has a track set. Please note portions of certain trails will not be groomed this year due to change in the lease and management on AMA property.

Total snowfall since December 15th=34″, compacted base on trail 3-8″. Snow depth in the woods 4-16″. Total snowfall since December 1st, 40″. Total snowfall since November 20th= 42″. We had a warm spell that melted most of the snow from November 20th and December 1st other than the north facing areas. First grooming of the season on November 20th after 2″ of snowfall. We have been skiing daily and only missed a few days of grooming since December 15th.

The trails are open for public day skiing. Trail access pass is $15. Ski rental is $15 a day. Lunch available for day skiers during the Midweek by reservation. Contact us to reserve and for pricing.