A fantastic February day on the trails. After a morning low of -5, temp warmed up nicely to the mid 20’s with bright sunshine and bluebird skies. Wind settled down after blowing stiff the past few days which brought down a few ironwood leaves and other organic matter. Grooming this morning in effort to clean up the tracks on Sap Run, Mother Hen, Sukkerbusk, Bullhead, Lucky’s Loype, North Loup and Roy’s Run. Grooming Wednesday morning planned on Island Lake, Wavy Gravy, Twin Lakes, JibFly and Skaters Waltz and extension. Conditions rated good to excellent. We are saying good because of the leaves that came down but with fresh grooming the skiing is very good to excellent.
Porcupine above Sap Run trail eying photographer Joel Jackson this past President's weekend.
If you have skied Sap Run this year you have most likely seen the porcupine atop one of the trees, chewing on the limbs and branches. Joel Jackson, Maplelag guest this past weekend, watched the porcupine for 20 minutes before it finally turned and had a look down below. Latest trail report on the trail report page.
Excellent ski conditions. Crisp and cool on Sunday with temps in the single digits and a fresh wind from the north. Grooming this morning on Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, Wavy Gravy, Bullhead, JibFly, Skaters Waltz and extension of Skaters. All the trails are open, groomed and tracked for classic except Skaters Waltz and the extension. The compacted base is 6-12″ and snow depth in the woods is 16-32″. Few leaves blowing in to the tracks from the wind on Sunday but overall very nice conditions.
Great Presidents Weekend on tap. Ski conditions are excellent. We have been grooming the trails daily and are in fantastic shape after grooming in all the new snow from Sunday and Monday. All the trails are open and groomed. All trails tracked for classic except Skaters Waltz and the extension which are groomed for skating. Compacted base 7-12″ and snow depth 16-34″. We plan on re-grooming the entire trail system early Sunday morning, based on current forecast.
