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Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Excellent late February ski conditions. Might be slower skiing this afternoon if temp warms up above freezing but cloud cover should help. Should be a great last week of February for skiing! We will be touching up the trails throughout the week and regroom the entire system 1-3 times before the weekend.

Lot of animals on the move and tons of tracks everywhere, especially on the inner trails. Eagles, grouse, porcupines, fox and pileated woodpeckers some of the wildlife sighted….keep your eyes open! 

Trails groomed for classic and open include Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Loon Return, Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, Rootin Tootin, North Loup, Roy’s Run, Island Lake, Wavy Gravy and Twin Lakes. For skating Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, Single Green, Kristin’s Cutoff and North Loup.

Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead trail are snow covered, no grooming and open for bushwhacking. We have packed a loop on Bullhead lake and set a track on the perimeter for classic. 

Fat bike trails are open, click here for latest report

Total snowfall this season at 52″. Compacted base on trail 6-12″. 

Trails will be open every day there is skiable snow including all Holidays and weekends. There is no ski rental at Maplelag. MN Tru North in Perham MN is offering ski rental 218-346-5253

(Trail maps posted here)  

The Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables, parking available across from Brant cabin as well. There are no ski rentals available.

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes. Thank you

Bike Trail

Fat Bike Trail Report

Trails are open. Entire FatLagChilada loop groomed on Friday. Very light dusting of snow overnight will make for a little slower riding. Might be a few soft spots where had drifted.

The entire FatLagChilada loop consists of Skaters Waltz starting to the right, the main singletrack loops Bullhead Bootleg, Twin Lakes and Sukkerwest. We also have groomed select segments in between to make the “FatLagChilada” loop. The above loops can be ridden separately. To access the inner loops, go to the start of Skaters Waltz and veer right. There are orange signs from that point and at key intersections where to turn to make the full loop. Please only ride on the designated areas for fat biking.

The Maplelag driveway is a good feeder to access Sukkerwest, Bjorps across from Sukkerwest which leads into North Star and crosses the road again to Twin Lakes.

With the hardpack conditions on the ski trails, the skate loops Skaters Waltz, the extension loops and North Loup are open for riding making for around 35km of groomed riding options.

Twin Lakes singletrack, February 23rd, 2023. Light dusting on top of yesterdays groom.Good riding!
Plowing through the powder, February 20th, 2023.
Enjoying the sunshine and fast conditions, Bullhead Bootleg loop, February 19th, 2023.
Grooming lakeside on Bootleg singletrack, February 18th, 2023.
Fat bike trail grooming, February 18th, 2023.
Flattening ruts on the drifted areas.
Rolling through Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, February 17th, 2023.
Climbing the big hill from Bullhead Lake, February 17th, 2023.
Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Excellent late February ski conditions. Dusting of new snow t on top of recent grooming. Total snow this week around 7″. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since Monday. Temps look ideal for nice skiing on the weekend, might be a bit slower with the fresh snow and cooler temps in the morning on Saturday but glide better for Sunday.

Lot of animals on the move and tons of tracks everywhere, especially on the inner trails. Eagles, grouse, porcupines, fox and pileated woodpeckers some of the wildlife sighted….keep your eyes open! 

Trails groomed for classic and open include Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Loon Return, Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, Rootin Tootin, North Loup, Roy’s Run, Island Lake, Wavy Gravy and Twin Lakes. For skating Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, Single Green, Kristin’s Cutoff and North Loup.

Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead trail are snow covered, no grooming and open for bushwhacking. We have packed a loop on Bullhead lake and set a track on the perimeter for classic. 

Fat bike trails are open, click here for latest report

Total snowfall this season at 52″. Compacted base on trail 6-12″. 

Trails will be open every day there is skiable snow including all Holidays and weekends. There is no ski rental at Maplelag. MN Tru North in Perham MN is offering ski rental 218-346-5253

(Trail maps posted here)  

The Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables, parking available across from Brant cabin as well. There are no ski rentals available.

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes. Thank you. 

Wavy Gravy after fresh grooming, February 23rd, 2023.
Grooming on Sap Run, February 23rd, 2023.
Smiles on Sukkerbusk! 
Setting fresh track on Mother North Star, February 23rd, 2023.
All skate trails groomed again today, February 23rd, 2023. Surface might be slow due to the cold fine grained snow but base is firm and once warms up a bit should be fantastic skating. 
Intersection of Mother Hen and Sukkerbusk, both groomed multiple times today, February 23rd, 2023.
Grooming on Sap Run, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on JibFly, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on Mother North Star, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz extension, February 21st, 2023. 
Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Excellent late February ski conditions. Total snow this week around 7″. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since Monday. Temps look ideal for nice skiing on the weekend.

Lot of animals on the move and tons of tracks everywhere, especially on the inner trails. Eagles, grouse, porcupines, fox and pileated woodpeckers some of the wildlife sighted….keep your eyes open! 

Trails groomed for classic and open include Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Loon Return, Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, Rootin Tootin, North Loup, Roy’s Run, Island Lake, Wavy Gravy and Twin Lakes. For skating Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, Single Green, Kristin’s Cutoff and North Loup.

Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead trail are snow covered, no grooming and open for bushwhacking. We have packed a loop on Bullhead lake and set a track on the perimeter for classic. 

Fat bike trails are open, click here for latest report

Total snowfall this season at 52″. Compacted base on trail 6-12″. 

Trails will be open every day there is skiable snow including all Holidays and weekends. There is no ski rental at Maplelag. MN Tru North in Perham MN is offering ski rental 218-346-5253

(Trail maps posted here)  

The Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables, parking available across from Brant cabin as well. There are no ski rentals available.

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes. Thank you. 

Wavy Gravy after fresh grooming, February 23rd, 2023.
Grooming on Sap Run, February 23rd, 2023.
Smiles on Sukkerbusk! 
Setting fresh track on Mother North Star, February 23rd, 2023.
All skate trails groomed again today, February 23rd, 2023. Surface might be slow due to the cold fine grained snow but base is firm and once warms up a bit should be fantastic skating. 
Intersection of Mother Hen and Sukkerbusk, both groomed multiple times today, February 23rd, 2023.
Grooming on Sap Run, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on JibFly, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on Mother North Star, February 22nd, 2023.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz extension, February 21st, 2023. 
Enjoying the fresh groomed on Sukkerbusk, February 20th, 2023.
Front end renovator in action on the Pisten Bully groomer, mixing the new snow with the transformed snow below, February 20th, 2023.
Cutting tracks! February 20th, 2023.
Striding on Sukkebusk, February 19th, 2023.
Family ski on Wavy Gravy, February 19th, 2023.
Renovating and resetting track on Sukkebusk, February 18th, 2023.
Evening groom on Wavy Gravy, February 18th, 2023.
Bike Trail

Fat Bike Trail Report

Trails are open. Another couple of inches of snow overnight. We will groom once the ski trail grooming is caught up. Grooming Wednesday on the west loops, Twin Lakes and SukkerWest. We plan to have the entire FatLagChilada course groomed out before the weekend.  

The entire FatLagChilada loop consists of Skaters Waltz starting to the right, the main singletrack loops Bullhead Bootleg, Twin Lakes and Sukkerwest. We also have groomed select segments in between to make the “FatLagChilada” loop. The above loops can be ridden separately. To access the inner loops, go to the start of Skaters Waltz and veer right. There are orange signs from that point and at key intersections where to turn to make the full loop. Please only ride on the designated areas for fat biking.

The Maplelag driveway is a good feeder to access Sukkerwest, Bjorps across from Sukkerwest which leads into North Star and crosses the road again to Twin Lakes.

With the hardpack conditions on the ski trails, the skate loops Skaters Waltz, the extension loops and North Loup are open for riding making for around 35km of groomed riding options.

Twin Lakes singletrack, February 23rd, 2023. Light dusting on top of yesterdays groom.Good riding!
Plowing through the powder, February 20th, 2023.
Enjoying the sunshine and fast conditions, Bullhead Bootleg loop, February 19th, 2023.
Grooming lakeside on Bootleg singletrack, February 18th, 2023.
Fat bike trail grooming, February 18th, 2023.
Flattening ruts on the drifted areas.
Rolling through Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, February 17th, 2023.
Climbing the big hill from Bullhead Lake, February 17th, 2023.