Trails are open for skiing and we are still grooming. Incredible day for early April. Snow squall moved through this morning leaving a dusting of snow then clearing with brilliant April sunshine. Probably the last full day of mid winter skiing meaning dry snow and temperatures below freezing. Great seeing so many folks out today.
We are open the rest of this week and Easter weekend. We have received around 9″ of new snow this week. We are grooming on 20km of trail consisting of Sap Run, Sukkebusk, North Loup and Skaters Waltz down to Bullhead Lake and back. With cooler temps in place, should be nice skiing through the week. Warmer weather looks to move in for the weekend. Best skiing will be in the mornings. Skiing in the morning will also allow the deck to stay intact for skiing the next day.
Grooming plans: We will plan to groom Sap Run, Sukkerbusk and North Loup for classic setting tracks or a track and Skaters Waltz and the skate lane on North Loup for skating. We will no longer be fat bike grooming this season. We had some great riding conditions over the weekend, Monday and Tuesday before the deep snow covered the trail. With warmer weather forecasted for the weekend Full report here:
Total snowfall this season at 90″. Compacted base on trail 7-18″.
Setting track on North Loup, April 6th, 2023. Skate deck was groomed in the evening again.Grooming down to Bullhead lake, April 6th, 2023.Sunshine and smiles! April 6th, 2023.Thanks for coming up from the metro! Striding on North Loup, April 6th, 2023.Sukkebusk skiing at sunset, April 5th, 2023. Incredible conditions for early April! Sunset ski on Sap Run, April 5th, 2023.Another pass on Sukkerbusk with a short moment of sunshine, April 5th, 2023. Continued snowfall filling in the tracks but we are making multiple passes to stay on top of the snowfall. Once the weather settles down should be great skiing. Get out early for best conditions!Skate trail grooming, April 5th, 2023.Setting track on Sap Run, April 4th, 2023. Didn’t take long for the tracks to fill in but we are making multiple passes keeping on top of the snow.Setting track on Sukkerbusk, April 4th, 2023.Skate grooming on Skaters Waltz, April 4th, 2023. Skaters saw at least 8 passes today!Passing through after another lap! April 4th, 2023.Afternoon skate trail grooming, April 3rd, 2023.Sunday skiers, April 2nd, 2023.Late afternoon skiing on North Loup, April 1st, 2023. Track reset in the morning. Will be crusty in the morning than softening later. Pick your preference and just ski!Sunset grooming on Sukkerbusk, April 1st, 2023.Birch mushrooms, April 1st, 2023.Late afternoon striding on Sukkerbusk, March 31st, 2023.Skating through the Switchyard, March 31st, 2023.Fantastic skating on Skaters Waltz for March 31st, 2023.Grooming start of Bullhead lake trail, March 30th, 2023.Fresh tracks on Twin Lakes! March 29th, 2023. Tracks went across both lakes, north to the woods and to sloughs to the north. Dr. Bob getting first crack on the fresh corduroy, March 28th, 2023.Monday skiers, March 27th, 2023. Great seeing first timers to Maplelag enjoying the late season skiing.Sunshine and miles for late season skiing! March 25th, 2023.
We will no longer be fat bike grooming this season. We had some great riding conditions over the weekend, Monday and Tuesday before the deep snow falling Tuesday and Wednesday covered the trail. With warmer weather forecasted for the weekend and cold temps to keep grooming and the base firm, we will no longer be grooming. Thanks everyone who supported the trails and made it a great season!
Sneaking in as snow was starting to fall, April 4th, 2023.Season ending snow ending the fat bike singletrack season! April 4th, 2023.Still tons of snow in the woods, April 4th, 2023.
Trails are open for skiing. We will plan to be open the rest of this week and Easter weekend. We have received around 9″ of new snow the past 24hours as of 8pm today. We are grooming on 20km of trail consisting of Sap Run, Sukkebusk, North Loup and Skaters Waltz down to Bullhead Lake and back. With cooler temps in place, should be nice skiing through the week. Warmer weather looks to move in for the weekend. Best skiing will be in the mornings. Skiing in the morning will also allow the deck to stay intact for skiing the next day.
Grooming plans: We will plan to groom Sap Run, Sukkerbusk and North Loup for classic setting tracks or a track and Skaters Waltz and the skate lane on North Loup for skating. We will no longer be fat bike grooming this season. We had some great riding conditions over the weekend, Monday and Tuesday before the deep snow covered the trail. With warmer weather forecasted for the weekend Full report here:
Total snowfall this season at 88″. Compacted base on trail 7-18″.
Sukkebusk skiing at sunset, April 5th, 2023. Incredible conditions for early April! Sunset ski on Sap Run, April 5th, 2023.Another pass on Sukkerbusk with a short moment of sunshine, April 5th, 2023. Continued snowfall filling in the tracks but we are making multiple passes to stay on top of the snowfall. Once the weather settles down should be great skiing. Get out early for best conditions!Skate trail grooming, April 5th, 2023.Setting track on Sap Run, April 4th, 2023. Didn’t take long for the tracks to fill in but we are making multiple passes keeping on top of the snow.Setting track on Sukkerbusk, April 4th, 2023.Skate grooming on Skaters Waltz, April 4th, 2023. Skaters saw at least 8 passes today!Passing through after another lap! April 4th, 2023.Afternoon skate trail grooming, April 3rd, 2023.Sunday skiers, April 2nd, 2023.Late afternoon skiing on North Loup, April 1st, 2023. Track reset in the morning. Will be crusty in the morning than softening later. Pick your preference and just ski!Sunset grooming on Sukkerbusk, April 1st, 2023.Birch mushrooms, April 1st, 2023.Late afternoon striding on Sukkerbusk, March 31st, 2023.Skating through the Switchyard, March 31st, 2023.Fantastic skating on Skaters Waltz for March 31st, 2023.Grooming start of Bullhead lake trail, March 30th, 2023.Fresh tracks on Twin Lakes! March 29th, 2023. Tracks went across both lakes, north to the woods and to sloughs to the north. Dr. Bob getting first crack on the fresh corduroy, March 28th, 2023.Monday skiers, March 27th, 2023. Great seeing first timers to Maplelag enjoying the late season skiing.Sunshine and miles for late season skiing! March 25th, 2023.
Trails are open today than looks like this will be the last day of winter fat biking for the season. Snow moving in today and forecasted to continue through Wednesday. With warmer temps forecasted on the weekend we will not plan to groom out any new snow. It’s been a great late season of riding!
One more ride on the fat bike singletrack, April 3rd, 2023.
Trails are open for skiing. We will plan to be open the rest of this week and Easter weekend. Snow moving in today 5-6″ accumulating as of 9pm. We started grooming after noon, focusing on 20km of trail and will groom into the evening and back out Wednesday morning. With cooler temps in place, should be nice skiing through the week.
Grooming plans: We will plan to groom Sap Run, Sukkerbusk and North Loup for classic setting tracks or a track and Skaters Waltz and the skate lane on North Loup for skating. We will no longer be fat bike grooming this season.
Total snowfall this season at 79″. Compacted base on trail 9-14″.
Setting track on Sap Run, April 4th, 2023. Didn’t take long for the tracks to fill in but we are making multiple passes keeping on top of the snow.Setting track on Sukkerbusk, April 4th, 2023.Skate grooming on Skaters Waltz, April 4th, 2023. Skaters saw at least 8 passes today!Passing through after another lap! April 4th, 2023.Afternoon skate trail grooming, April 3rd, 2023.Sunday skiers, April 2nd, 2023.Late afternoon skiing on North Loup, April 1st, 2023. Track reset in the morning. Will be crusty in the morning than softening later. Pick your preference and just ski!Sunset grooming on Sukkerbusk, April 1st, 2023.Birch mushrooms, April 1st, 2023.Sunset grooming on Skaters Waltz, April 1st, 2023. Early skating best on Skaters then North Loup will be good for softer skiing afternoon. Resetting track on JibFly, April 1st, 2023.Resetting track on Twin Lakes, April 1st, 2023.Late afternoon striding on Sukkerbusk, March 31st, 2023.Skating through the Switchyard, March 31st, 2023.Fantastic skating on Skaters Waltz for March 31st, 2023.Grooming start of Bullhead lake trail, March 30th, 2023.Cutting fresh ski tracks on Twin lakes ski trail, March 29th, 2023.….and fresh tracks on Twin Lakes! March 29th, 2023. Tracks went across both lakes, north to the woods and to sloughs to the north. Dr. Bob getting first crack on the fresh corduroy, March 28th, 2023.Monday skiers, March 27th, 2023. Great seeing first timers to Maplelag enjoying the late season skiing.Sunshine and miles for late season skiing! March 25th, 2023.
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