9km loop groomed and open for riding. Very thin dusting of snow on top, rider packed on rock solid base. Groomed segments include Winter Bjorps, SukkerWest, North Star extension, and the Twin Lakes Bridge loop, returning on Loon Return. These segments can be accessed from the driveway or you can make a loop starting on Skaters Waltz ski trail to the right and follow that until the Bjorps singletrack. Friday we also groomed the short segments off Skaters Waltz, Kamikaze downhill and Eira’s downhill.
Any questions on riding, text Jay 218-849-7669.
Fat bike trail rider packed on top of rock solid base, January 29th, 2026. (Jamie J. photo) Bridge section open and groomed, January 23rd, 2026.“Bjorp’s” singletrack part of open and groomed singletrack, January 22nd, 2026.Connector to Bjorp’s from the driveway, January 22nd, 2026.Grooming on the singletrack, January 21st, 2026.Fresh groomed singletrack at end of Bridge section, January 21s,t 2026.Bullhead Bootleg singletrack buried in snow, January 20th, 2026.
Trails are open. It has been a great week of skiing and grooming even with the cooler weather. The entire trail system has been groomed 1-4 times this week and skiing is about as good as it gets. Looks to be a bit warmer today with snow chances later, 1-3″ possible. Groomer’s Choices for today include Roy’s Run, Wavy Gravy and Sap Run. Best skating will be on Skaters Waltz.
We have also have a loop on Little Sugarbush Lake “Lumi’s Loop” with a skate lane and track on each side. This is a fun 1.2km loop that makes for a fun ski at sunrise and sunset and under the full moon! Groomed 1/29.
There are no events or races occurring this weekend. Even on days of races or events, skiing on the west or north side of the trail system, you might not run into one person! The next event will be on Tuesday February 3rd.
Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships will be held on Tuesday February 3rd on portions of Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, all of JibFly and most of Mother North Star. All other 50km of trail will be open for day skiing. Recommended to use Loon Return to access Sukkerbusk to the western trail and northern trails.
Skating on Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff and Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. All other trails are tracked for classic skiing. (Please no skating on classic trails) Sukkerbusk is a great starter trail for classic which feeds the outer trails and crosses most of the inner trails providing a good “lay of the land”.
39″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since mid November, only missing a few days.
Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here. A MN State trail pass is NOT required to ski at Maplelag. The Maplelag trails are self funded by operations with no grants or state funding. 18 and under day pass is $15, use the summer trail pass option.
Ski rentals are available at a rate of $25 for adults and $15 for 18 and under. Snowshoe rental is $10 a person.
Snowfall YTD at 39″ Compacted base on trail 5-8″. Total snowfall in January at 15″. December: 17″. Snowfall in November: 7″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.
Cutting new track on Roy’s Run, January 30th, 2026.Grooming on North Loup, January 30th, 2026. Skating might be a bit slow…hop in the track on the downhills!Grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 30th, 2026.Grooming on north end of Bullhead Lake trail, January 29th, 2026.Sunshine, and smiles on Sukkerbusk, January 29th, 2026.Lake grooming on Bullhead Lake, January 29th, 2026.North side of Bullhead lake trail, January 29th, 2026.Eira Bikwadinaa hill grooming, January 29th, 2026.Grooming in between Twin Lakes as part of Island Lake and Wavy Gravy trails, January 29th, 2026.Grooming on “Lumi’s Loop”, January 29th, 2026. A great loop to ski in the evening this weekend under the full moon! Morning ski on JibFly, January 28th, 2026.Cutting new track on Rootin Tootin, January 28th, 2026.Grooming on Rootin Tootin, January 28th, 2026.Finishing up on Loon Return trail, January 28th, 2026.“Snow moon”, January 28th, 2026. Full moon February 1st!Just SkiBeautiful sun dog over Twin Lakes crossing, January 27th, 2026.
Trails are open. It has been a great week of skiing and grooming even with the cooler weather. Sunshine and light wind Thursday and Friday making for really nice days of grooming and skiing. Day user traffic has been light but we continue to groom daily getting the trails in the best shape we can after a lot of wind and almost daily light snow showers earlier in the week. Grooming today on Roy’ Run and North Loup (split groomed) Skaters Waltz also groomed again. Everything is in great shape and skiing well, maybe a bit slower glide is all…..Just Ski. Groomer’s Choices for Saturday include Roy’s, Wavy Gravy and always nice to start or finish with Sap Run.
Thursday grooming on Bullhead Bootleg Lake loop, Loon Return, Wavy Gravy, Twin Lakes and Island Lake trails. Skate grooming on Skaters Waltz, Eira Bikwadinaa hill, Kristin’s Kutoff, and Single Green. All other trails groomed Tuesday and Wednesday.
We have also have a loop on Little Sugarbush Lake “Lumi’s Loop” with a skate lane and track on each side. This is a fun 1.2km loop that makes for a fun ski at sunrise and sunset and under the full moon! Groomed 1/29.
There are no events or races occurring this weekend. Even on days of races or events, skiing on the west or north side of the trail system, you might not run into one person! The next event will be on Tuesday February 3rd.
It’s been great seeing so many people out on the trails so far this winter season and we deeply appreciate the support!
Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships will be held on Tuesday February 3rd on portions of Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, all of JibFly and most of Mother North Star. All other 50km of trail will be open for day skiing. Recommended to use Loon Return to access Sukkerbusk to the western trail and northern trails.
Skating on Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff and Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. All other trails are tracked for classic skiing. (Please no skating on classic trails) Sukkerbusk is a great starter trail for classic which feeds the outer trails and crosses most of the inner trails providing a good “lay of the land”.
39″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since mid November, only missing a few days.
Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here. A MN State trail pass is NOT required to ski at Maplelag. The Maplelag trails are self funded by operations with no grants or state funding. 18 and under day pass is $15, use the summer trail pass option.
Ski rentals are available at a rate of $25 for adults and $15 for 18 and under. Snowshoe rental is $10 a person.
Snowfall YTD at 39″ Compacted base on trail 5-8″. Total snowfall in January at 15″. December: 17″. Snowfall in November: 7″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.
Cutting new track on Roy’s Run, January 30th, 2026.Grooming on North Loup, January 30th, 2026. Skating might be a bit slow…hop in the track on the downhills!Cutting track on Roy’s Run, January 30th, 2026.Grooming on north end of Bullhead Lake trail, January 29th, 2026.Sunshine, and smiles on Sukkerbusk, January 29th, 2026.Lake grooming on Bullhead Lake, January 29th, 2026.North side of Bullhead lake trail, January 29th, 2026.Eira Bikwadinaa hill grooming, January 29th, 2026.Grooming in between Twin Lakes as part of Island Lake and Wavy Gravy trails, January 29th, 2026.Grooming on “Lumi’s Loop”, January 29th, 2026. A great loop to ski in the evening this weekend under the full moon! Morning ski on JibFly, January 28th, 2026.Cutting new track on Rootin Tootin, January 28th, 2026.Grooming on Rootin Tootin, January 28th, 2026.Finishing up on Loon Return trail, January 28th, 2026.“Snow moon”, January 28th, 2026. Full moon February 1st!Just SkiBeautiful sun dog over Twin Lakes crossing, January 27th, 2026.
9km loop groomed and open for riding. Very thin dusting of snow on top, rider packed on rock solid base. Groomed segments include Winter Bjorps, SukkerWest, North Star extension, and the Twin Lakes Bridge loop, returning on Loon Return. These segments can be accessed from the driveway or you can make a loop starting on Skaters Waltz ski trail to the right and follow that until the Bjorps singletrack. Friday we also groomed the short segments off Skaters Waltz, Kamikaze downhill and Eira’s downhill.
Any questions on riding, text Jay 218-849-7669.
Fat bike trail rider packed on top of rock solid base, January 29th, 2026. (Jamie J. photo) Bridge section open and groomed, January 23rd, 2026.“Bjorp’s” singletrack part of open and groomed singletrack, January 22nd, 2026.Connector to Bjorp’s from the driveway, January 22nd, 2026.Grooming on the singletrack, January 21st, 2026.Fresh groomed singletrack at end of Bridge section, January 21s,t 2026.Bullhead Bootleg singletrack buried in snow, January 20th, 2026.
Trails are open with a great base of dry cold snow. Recommended classic skiing on Sap Run, Mother Hen, Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Rootin Tootin and Twin Lakes. Where not recently groomed, the snow is a bit more abrasive and glide is slower on trails such as Bullhead, Roy’s and Wavy Gravy. Today we plan to reset track on Bullhead Bootleg loop and Wavy Gravy which should make for improved glide. Skate skiing is a bit slow with the thin dusting of fine grained snow on top of the recent groom. Skate trails will be groomed again Friday morning. Just Ski
We had a fun day hosting the North Star conference ski meet Tuesday. Nice job to all the skiers!
We have also have a loop on Little Sugarbush Lake “Lumi’s Loop” with a skate lane and track on each side. This is a fun 1.2km loop that makes for a fun ski at sunrise and sunset. Fat Bike Trail Report:
It’s been great seeing so many people out on the trails so far this winter season and we deeply appreciate the support!
Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships will be held on Tuesday February 3rd on portions of Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, all of JibFly and most of Mother North Star. All other 50km of trail will be open for day skiing. Recommended to use Loon Return to access Sukkerbusk to the western trail and northern trails.
Skating on Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff and Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. All other trails are tracked for classic skiing. (Please no skating on classic trails) Sukkerbusk is a great starter trail for classic which feeds the outer trails and crosses most of the inner trails providing a good “lay of the land”.
39″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since mid November, only missing a few days.
Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here. A MN State trail pass is NOT required to ski at Maplelag. The Maplelag trails are self funded by operations with no grants or state funding. 18 and under day pass is $15, use the summer trail pass option.
Ski rentals are available at a rate of $25 for adults and $15 for 18 and under. Snowshoe rental is $10 a person.
Snowfall YTD at 39″ Compacted base on trail 5-8″. Total snowfall in January at 15″. December: 17″. Snowfall in November: 7″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.
Morning ski on JibFly, January 28th, 2026.Cutting new track on Rootin Tootin, January 28th, 2026.Grooming on Rootin Tootin, January 28th, 2026.Finishing up on Loon Return trail, January 28th, 2026.“Snow moon”, January 28th, 2026. Full moon February 1st!Just SkiBeautiful sun dog over Twin Lakes crossing, January 27th, 2026.Early morning ski, January 27th, 2026.Cutting new track on Sap Run, January 27th, 2026.Sunset ski on Sap Run, January 25th, 2026.Frosty faces from the weekend! January 25th, 2026. (B. Larkin photo)Morning skiers on Roy’s Run set to enjoy the fresh cut track, January 24th, 2026.Forest art.Afternoon skiers, January 24th, 2026. Great to have Canadian guests this weekend! Lots of deer along the side of the trail, January 24th, 2026.Hollowed tree that fell down this summer, home to a porcupine, but porcupine still wintering there.
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