Weather not kind to the trails this weekend. Warm temps during the night above freezing and staying in the upper 30’s to lower 40’s during the day. Unfortunately we lost quite a bit of snow and base. Should freeze down late tonight into tomorrow with a chance of light snow. The trails are not skiable until we receive new snow. Photos from Sunday morning.
Think Snow!!
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Celebrate Winter Trails Day with the
Laurentian Lakes Chapter at Maplelag
Resort on Saturday, January 10th, 2014
Come out to celebrate winter by cross-country skiing or snowshoeing on
Maplelag’s fantastic trail system. A Trail Pass will be available for all
participants. If you’re not up for a day out on the trails, check out all of the
indoor stuff…
Schedule of Events:
• Join a group XC ski or snowshoe @ 1:00pm (meet in the lodge lobby).
• Come hear “Wild for Monarchs” presentation @3:30pm.
• Check out the silent auction featuring outdoorsy items and unique local artisans’ products
from 1:00 – 6:00. All proceeds will go toward building, maintaining, and promoting the
NCT.
• Laurentian Lakes Chapter’s annual business meeting @ 5:00
• Family-style dinner to follow @ 6:30pm
About Maplelag:
Maplelag Resort is located north of Richwood off of Becker County Highway 110. See the
map on the opposite side with more specific directions.
Check out Maplelag Resort’s top-notch facilities and trails and get the latest trail conditions online at
www.maplelag.com.
Details:
Costs: Skiing trail pass and dinner is $27 (snowshoeing is free), dinner only is $17 – RSVP required
for dinner. To RSVP, please contact Ray Vlasak by January 1st @ (218) 573-3243 or
[email protected].
Equipment rental: Rental ski packages are
available for $10 and snowshoes for $5. The
rental shop opens at 9am. Please DO NOT
snowshoe on the groomed XC ski trails!
Driving directions:
Coming from the Detroit Lakes area, head north on Richwood Rd./CR-21
and follow the resort signs. This will include turning right onto CR-34 and
then a left on CR-110.
Distance: 20 miles.
Coming from the west and the Fargo-Moorhead area also use Hwy. 10 to
Detroit Lakes and follow the directions above (or use the shortcut through
Hitterdal, MN via MN-32, CR-14, CR-7, CR-21, and CR-110). Distance: 57
miles.
You can obtain detailed driving directions by setting your starting point and
30501 Maplelag Rd, Callaway, MN 56521 as your destination in an internet
mapping program like
Google Maps, Mapquest, etc.
The coverage on the trails holding out great today with temps holding steady around 30-32. Beautiful morning with trees flocked with frost. Ski patrol early afternoon found good coverage and very nice early season on Skaters Waltz. Hard to get off the trail!! Conditions the best they have been all year! North Loup was also skied. Found a bit more fresh frost on top of the most recent groom on North Loup but also a few more rough spots. We have been working on Skaters Waltz this week, building up the base as much as possible, focusing on the south facing hills. Skaters Waltz to be groomed early evening, pressing the fallen frost and in effort to firm up the base as much as possible.
We have been working on a 4km loop which is mostly Skaters Waltz in anticipation of the DL Invite ski meet on Tuesday and the upcoming ski camp next weekend. We will make a decision on the DL Invite on Sunday night.
Forecasted temp on Saturday and Sunday look a little cooler than originally forecasted. However, we will still have the trails closed Saturday and Sunday to preserve the base as much as possible before it cools down again and hopefully fresh snow!! We are planning on opening the trails again Monday morning. Unfortunately we had to cancel the first ski camp this weekend because of warmer temps forecasted and vulnerable base to high volume of ski traffic.
Bottom line, there is good coverage on all the trails with 2-4″ of snow depth/base. If we can get through Saturday and Sunday okay and freeze the base down again, there should be a solid base for the next snowfall. Like always, we will be updating daily. Think Snow!!
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Another beautiful frosty morning with trees flocked with frost. Skiing has been very good this week for the amount of snow that we have. Rock ski conditions but a ski patrol on Skaters Waltz late yesterday was possible with “B” skis. We have been working on the start area building up the base with snow and also on Skaters Waltz with more attention to a 4km loop. Best skiing has been on Sukkerbusk, Skaters Waltz, Twin Lakes and most of North Loup. With the current base, 2-3″ of additional snow will make for nice skiing and support larger volume of skier traffic. Cooler temps forecasted for today and tomorrow as a result of a low southerly flow keeping clouds above us. The trails will be open today and Friday. Closing the trails Saturday and Sunday to preserve the base as much as possible during the forecasted warm spell. We will continue working on skaters waltz, building up the base on the thin areas. Get out and ski today and Friday!! Good to see a handful of folks on the trail this past weekend enjoying the early season conditions. Saturday morning sunrise ski was gorgeous with light filtering through from the east. Bit warmer on Sunday but the snow stayed dry, silky and fast with no melting and no freezing rain. Last week we worked on building up the base on Skaters Waltz and the start area, farming snow from the rink, court and fields. We also did some “test” track setting, placing track on most of Sukkerbusk. Ski patrol Friday afternoon found it skiable with a few thin areas but good glide and firm base. Few sections where thin, no track was set. Skaters waltz is skiing very nice for skating with the snow that we have and the shoveling last week. There is no charge to use the trails at this time until more snow and more trails open than the day pass is $15. Be advised the base is thin with some rough areas. Best to use older skis or “rock” skis. With that said, there is some fun skiing to be had if careful! The compacted base is 1-3″, solid and hard after a melt freeze cycle before Thanksgiving weekend. Total snowfall this season has been 8″ of mostly light fluffy snow and snow depth in the woods is around 4″. Ski rental service and lodging available the weekend of December 17th-19th. Just Ski and Think Snow!
Latest trail report on early season skiing on the trail report page.
Check availability online for openings for this upcoming winter season and contact us to make a reservation! Deposits can be made online.