We will have select trails open for fat biking at Maplelag this winter. Full details and latest fat bike report on the Fat bike Trail report page.
Fat Biking at Maplelag
All posts by Jay Richards
Training Camp
More photos from the training camp and trail report on the trail report page.
High School Nordic Ski Racing
Maplelag is proud to be a supporter of the growing and expanding high school Nordic ski racing in Minnesota. We provide scholarships and donations for many teams in Minnesota. We were disappointed to have to cancel last weekends ski camp but appreciate the teams coming this weekend and look forward to all the ski teams coming the remainder of the season.
We caught the action at the Grand Rapids Invite yesterday and photos and results are posted on skinnyski.com
Trail Report
Another very light dusting of snow overnight with hazy conditions and temps in the lower 20’s. Very typical of our snowfalls this year. The new snow overnight not enough to groom or ski on but enough white to brighten things up a bit more. We have a very light dusting of snow on the trails. Not enough to groom or ski on but least we are moving in the right direction! Last weekends warm weather not kind to the trails as we lost most of our snow with only scattered patches of base in the wake. Seasonal temps in place this week and keeping our eyes on a possible snow maker late in the weekend, start of next week.
The trails are open for running, hiking, walking, and the Twin Lakes single track is open for fatbikes and mountain bikes as it will all be all winter.
The lake has relatively smooth ice for skating and we have been working on the ice rink in the switchyard after the warm weather for ice skating and skating is good.
The St Paul Highland Park and Cooper ski teams are at Maplelag this weekend for a training camp. Despite not enough snow on the trails to ski, the kids are keeping active with cross training activities and will be able to double pole ski on the lake.
Think Snow!
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Photos from Tuesday morning:
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Trail Report
Cooling down overnight and falling temps in to the upper teens Monday morning. The water on the lake froze over nicely and the surface is smooth. A few lingering flakes with a chance of snow in to the evening. The warm temps over the weekend not kind to the trails and we lost most of our snow, unfortunately. Everything is freezing down hard and ready for the next snowfalls! Think Snow!
(photos from Monday late morning)
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