A very light dusting of snow last night. The wind has picked up as a cold front pushes through. Temp has dropped to 4 below after a morning temp around 2 degrees.    Great skiing conditions exist and with warmer temps forecasted on the weekend, should have some very nice skiing. Bit cooler skiing the next few days but bundled up proper and it is just fine.  Folks hitting the trail today reporting nice conditions and cold not an issue with protection in the woods. We plan on grooming most of the trail system Friday touching up the skate trails and resetting tracks where needed.

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Pretty much an ideal day for the Detroit Lakes Invitational ski meet today on the Maplelag trails. Morning low around 0 rising to around 10 above by the afternoon. Sunny skies and little to no wind.  Trails and tracks were in great shape. Teams from Detroit Lakes, Bemidji, Brainerd, Fergus Falls, Deer River, Park Rapids area, and  Long Prairie attending. Results and full photoset  posted on skinnyski.com

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Cold temps for sure but with no wind, sunshine and fast tracks, another great day on the trails.  Plenty of good reports coming in from the trail and no complaints about the cold. The courses for tomorrow’s ski meet were groomed late afternoon/early evening and are in great shape. Should be a nice day of racing!!  The trails will be open for skiing with Sap Run, Mother North Star, Skaters Waltz and Suicide Hill used for the races.

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