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Trail Report

Hard to beat a morning like today with temps in the mid teens, light winds, sun/cloud mix giving way to clear skies. Sunshine glittering the fluff snow from last night throughout the forest. Fresh grooming this morningh on Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, Sap Run, Mother Hen and some test grooming on Skaters Waltz and Suicide Hill. A great week of skiing on tap. Select trails will be groomed during the week with most trails re-groomed by the weekend. Compacted base on trail ranges from 6-12″ and snow depth in the woods ranges from 14-30″.


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Frosty Morning

North Star Ski Club morning crew enjoying the frost conditions on Rootin Tootin this morning.
North Star Ski Club morning crew enjoying the frost conditions on Rootin Tootin this morning.

The North Star Ski Touring Club has been coming to Maplelag for almost 30 years. Typically the first ones and last ones on the trail during the day!! Mother North Star ski trail is named after one of the founding members of the club, Ginny McWethy. 

Trail Report

A beautiful morning. Trees frosted nicely and light winds to start the day with mid teens for temp. Fresh Pisten Bully grooming on Mother North Star and Mother Hen and Skaters Waltz Ginzu groomed this morning. Fantastic conditions. 1-2″ fluff snow the past 24 hours.  Grooming Saturday night/early Sunday morning on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Lucky’s Loype, Bullhead, Roy’s Run, North Loup, Loon Return, Island Lake, Wavy Gravy, Twin lakes, Skaters Waltz and Skaters Waltz extension. Compacted base of 6-10″ and snow depth in woods 14-30″.

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Trail Report

A beautiful winter day. Fluffy snow falling, mid teens for temps and wind blowing nicely from the northwest. Fresh grooming this morning on Loon Return, Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, Wavy Gravy, Rootin Tootin, Sap Run, Mother Hen and a track set on the side of North Loup. Early reports from the trail all good and a excellent day of skiing on tap. A few areas of drifting but most of the trails protected nicely and some great skiing on tap. All the trails have been groomed the past two days except Roy’s Run and Island Lake and these two trails on tap for grooming Sunday morning.

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Trail Report

After a very early morning low of -33, temp warmed up nicely to 7 above. Sunny and clear to start the day followed by clouds and some light snow late. Grooming today on Sap Run, Mother Hen, Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Mother North Star, Bullhead and bootleg extension, Lucky’s Loype, Skaters Waltz and Skaters extension and North Loup. Grooming planned Saturday morning on Loon Return, Twin Lakes, Wavy Gravy, Rootin Tootin and a new track will be set on North Loup (which is groomed for skate and classic). Skiing conditions are rated excellent on a compated base of 8-10″ and snow depth in the woods 16-24″.  Sunday morning grooming planned on Roy’s Run and Island Lake trails. A great MLK weekend of skiing on tap!