After a great day of skiing with the Lotvola cup on Saturday, riders hit the lake, roads and trails on Sunday during 7″ of fresh snow during our first ever winter bike race!! Latest update on the trail report page. Photos from the day on our Facebook page.
Snowy Sunday!! Around 7″ of fresh powder today. It has snowed seven consecutive days at Maplelag with over a foot and a half of new snow! Today we held our first ever winter bike race. We made some adjustments in the course, not knowing what to expect but the riders were incredible!, floating through the fresh snow. A small turnout but Steve Wenzel used his mad daily bike commuting skills to take the win over the top female and former pro mountain biker, Kyia Anderson. Tony Schmitz was third, Sheila Amo just edged out husband Byron and Scott MelloYellowBrook, riding a fat bike for the first time rounded out the tough group of riders. The afternoon was spent grooming in the fresh snow with around 30km groomed. Reports from the skiers all good and lots of smiling faces. Wow, what an incredible winter weekend at Maplelag. We are only open for lodging for two more weeks so now is the time to come if you haven’t been to Maplelag this season. If you already have, contact us about second visit discounts!!
We will be out Monday grooming in the fresh snow on the entire trail system.
A great day for the Lotvola Cup on Saturday! Temps in the upper teens, sunshine and fresh tracks and snow. The course groomed up very nice and conditions some of the best they have ever been! (Results posted on skinnyski and photos coming later today)
Compacted base on trail 5-10″. Snow depth in the woods 7-17″. New snowfall this week around 17″. Total snowfall this season around 36″. Despite the winter being labeled a low or no snow year, winter is full on at Maplelag!!
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A great day for the Lotvola Cup with sunshine, mid teens, fresh snow and good tracks. Check skinnyski.com for results and photos.
Latest update on bike course for Sunday on the trail report page.
Another great winter day at Maplelag. More photos of Roosevelt fifth graders and trail report on the trail report page.
Winter wonderland conditions! Around 4″ of dense snow Monday night. Light snow falling Wednesday as well. All the trails have been groomed the past two days. Conditions a bit soft but no complaints as the new snow is making for some very nice skiing and lot of smiling happy skiers! Touch up grooming daily through the week and conditions for the Lotvola Cup should be excellent. We are grooming with the Pisten Bully now on select trails which helps set up the trails quicker and levels the deck nicely.
The trails will be open this weekend to skiing even with the ski and bike events scheduled. If you are on the trails during the events, just be aware of the skiers on Saturday and bikers on Sunday. The bike race will only use very short portions of the ski trails, North Loup and last half of Rootin Tootin but still open for skiing. The bike event should be finished by noon on Sunday. There will be plenty of parking. With 64km of trails, there are plenty of trails and skiing on the outer trails and you will probably not see anyone else. The Lotvola Cup course follows Twin Lakes, Sukkerbusk, Bullhead and Sap Run. Again, all trails will be open for skiing the entire weekend.
Tuesday afternoon Jens packed out the lake for Lotvola cup start and we moved snow from the edge of the lake to the shore as the lake levels has dropped around 3 feet since the high point last summer.
