Fat Bike Trails are open. The entire FatLagChilada course is open and recently groomed. Dusting of snow on top of most of the 25km open. The FatLagChilada includes the west side and east side loops of Twin Lakes and Bullhead Bootleg singletrack loops. Ski trail segments and inner singletrack along with crossing of Bullhead lake consists of the “FatLagChilada”. The base survived last weekends mini warm up and rain, has froze down hard and the deck is firm with a dusting of snow on top. Friday we groomed across Bullhead lake to access Bullhead Bootleg loop.
We have still have signs to place to mark the entire loop.Start at Skaters Waltz ski trail and go right to access first singletrack to Bullhead. Access across Bullhead lake is now possible. Ice thickness is 8-10″.
Bullhead Bootleg loop is also accessed using the Goat Ranch road (county road 110)
Bullhed Bootleg singletrack, December 14th, 2024.Bullhed Bootleg singletrack, December 14th, 2024.Snow Dog grooming on short segment of Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, December 13th, 2024.Groomed path across Bullhead Lake to access Bootleg singletrack, December 13th, 2024. Twin Lakes singletrack, December 12th, 2024.Groomed singletrack with dusting of snow on top, December 11th, 2024.
Trails are open. We wrapped up our fourth weekend of skiing and grooming of this season with the final day of the St Paul Highland Park ski team ski camp. We have been hosting SP Highland Park since the first year we started doing ski camps nearly 25 years ago and always appreciate the energy and admire the big kilometers logged by the older skiers and seeing new skiers progress with skills and development.
“Warmest” day of the week today with temperatures right around the freezing mark but no change in the base. Trees remaining frosty all day indicating the temperature as reported. Tracks are well used on the inner trails from the busy day on Saturday, skiing fast on a hard base but still providing nice early season skiing. Despite being one of the more common trails skied, Sukkerbusk holding good form with decent early season tracks. We have been grooming daily since freezing down hard after last Sunday’s warmth and rain
Friday set a track on Roy’s Run for the first time this year and touched up Skaters Waltz. Most of Roy’s groomed up nice with full depth track, some rough and thin areas, as expected, for early season but very skiable. Lots of animal tracks!
Classic only skiing on trails with machine set tracks: Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, JibFly, Mother Hen, Rootin Tootin, Mother North Star and Loon Return. Twin Lakes, Wavy Gravy and the first and last part of Island Lake trail now tracked as well. Use caution on the hills.
Skating on Skater Waltz, the extension of Skater Waltz and North Loup. Note: North Loup still has some rough areas on the downhills, use extra caution.
Please do not skate on trails outside of thedesignated skate trails. Thank you!
Thursday we set a track on Twin Lakes and Wavy Gravy to Mac’s Mess than took Island Lake return to make a loop. It is passable through the Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy but we need a few more inches of snow to groom through there. It has been skier tracked but snow has blown in since. We also farmed snow to Skaters Waltz on Tuesday on the areas that see more snowplowing.
We have been grooming and skiing since November 20th. 11″ of snowfall this season, compacted base on trail 1-3″. The ground was very warm when the first snow fell and much melted off but grooming and cold temps helping set frost into the ground. Snow depth in woods 4-6″
Members of the St Paul Highland Park Ski team ready for last day of ski camp, December 15th, 2024.St Paul Highland Park skiers heading down first hill of Roy’s Run for morning ski, December 15th, 2024.“Mac’s Mess” in between Twin Lakes, part of Island Lake and Wavy Gravy trails, December 15th, 2024. This section has not been groomed but is passable throughout by taking skis off and walking through to make loops. Day 1 Ski Camp for St Paul Highland Park, December 13th, 2024.Setting track on Roy’s Run on a segment with good coverage, December 13th, 2024.Tracking long downhill on Roy’s Run, December 13th, 2024. Base is fast…..use caution!Bottom of long hill on Roy’s Run, December 13th, 2024. Some grass etc. poking through but skiable throughout. Lots of tracks off of Roy’s Run ski trail, December 13th, 2024.Members of the Moorhead HS Ski team out for afternoon practice, December 12th, 2024.Members of the Moorhead HS Ski team on Skaters Watlz, December 12th, 2024.Moon rise over Bullhead Bay, December 12th, 2024.
Trails are open. A nice Saturday of skiing in place with good early season conditions. The base is rock solid with a dusting of new snow on top. We have been grooming daily since freezing down hard after last Sunday’s warmth and rain.
Yesterday we set a track on Roy’s Run for the first time this year and touched up Skaters Waltz. Most of Roy’s groomed up nice with full depth track, some rough and thin areas, as expected, for early season but very skiable. Lots of animal tracks!
Classic only skiing on trails with machine set tracks: Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, JibFly, Mother Hen, Rootin Tootin, Mother North Star and Loon Return. Twin Lakes, Wavy Gravy and the first and last part of Island Lake trail now tracked as well. Use caution on the hills.
Skating on Skater Waltz, the extension of Skater Waltz and North Loup. Note: North Loup still has some rough areas on the downhills, use extra caution.
Please do not skate on trails outside of thedesignated skate trails. Thank you!
Thursday we set a track on Twin Lakes and Wavy Gravy to Mac’s Mess than took Island Lake return to make a loop. It is passable through the Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy but we need a few more inches of snow to groom through there. It has been skier tracked but snow has blown in since. We also farmed snow to Skaters Waltz on Tuesday on the areas that see more snowplowing.
We survived the warm weather and rain last Sunday just fine and the rain actually helped solidify the base.
We have been grooming and skiing since November 20th. 11″ of snowfall this season, compacted base on trail 1-3″. The ground was very warm when the first snow fell and much melted off but grooming and cold temps helping set frost into the ground. Snow depth in woods 4-6″
Day 1 Ski Camp for St Paul Highland Park, December 13th, 2024.Setting track on Roy’s Run on a segment with good coverage, December 13th, 2024.Tracking long downhill on Roy’s Run, December 13th, 2024. Base is fast…..use caution!Bottom of long hill on Roy’s Run, December 13th, 2024. Some grass etc. poking through but skiable throughout. Lots of tracks off of Roy’s Run ski trail, December 13th, 2024.Members of the Moorhead HS Ski team out for afternoon practice, December 12th, 2024.Members of the Moorhead HS Ski team on Skaters Watlz, December 12th, 2024.Moon rise over Bullhead Bay, December 12th, 2024.Setting track on Twin Lakes, not as deep as we hoped but still skiable with good coverage. December 12th, 2024.Setting track on Wavy Gravy, December 12th, 2024. Since the base wasn’t as compacted/firm a few spots close to the ground but with rock skis very nice skiing. Setting track on Island Lake trail to connect the dots on the west side Wavy Gravy/Island Lake loop, December 12th, 2024.Setting new double track on JibFly, December 11th, 2024.Setting track on Mother North Star for first time this year, Decembrer 11th, 2024. For early season skiing just fine. Setting new double track on Sap Run, December 11th, 2024. Soft snow with hard base but very very skiable. Snow farming! December 10th, 2024.Building up the base on Kamikaze Hill, Skaters Waltz, December 10th, 2024.
Fat Bike Trails are open. The entire FatLagChilada course is open which includes the west side and east side loops of Twin Lakes and Bullhead Bootleg singletrack loops. Ski trail segments and inner singletrack along with crossing of Bullhead lake consists of the “FatLagChilada”. The base survived last weekends mini warm up and rain, has froze down hard and the deck is firm with a dusting of snow on top. Friday we groomed across Bullhead lake to access Bullhead Bootleg loop.
Twin Lakes singletrack loop was groomed Monday December 2nd. Bullhead Bootleg loop groomed Friday December 6th. Inner Loop singletrack was groomed December 10th. We have still have signs to place to mark the entire loop. Access across Bullhead lake is now possible. Ice thickness is 8-10″.
Bullhead Bootleg loop is also accessed using the Goat Ranch road (county road 110)
Snow Dog grooming on short segment of Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, December 13th, 2024.Groomed path across Bullhead Lake to access Bootleg singletrack, December 13th, 2024. Twin Lakes singletrack, December 12th, 2024.Groomed singletrack with dusting of snow on top, December 11th, 2024.Groomed singletrack with dusting of snow on top, December 11th, 2024.Grooming over one of the bridges on Bullhead Bootleg loop, December 6th, 2024.
Fat Bike Trails are open. The entire FatLagChilada course is open which includes the west side and east side loops of Twin Lakes and Bullhead Bootleg singletrack loops. Ski trail segments and inner singletrack along with crossing of Bullhead lake consists of the “FatLagChilada”. The base survived last weekends mini warm up and rain, has froze down hard and the deck is firm with a dusting of snow on top. Today we groomed across Bullhead lake to access Bullhead Bootleg loop.
Twin Lakes singletrack loop was groomed Monday December 2nd. Bullhead Bootleg loop groomed Friday December 6th. Inner Loop singletrack was groomed December 10th. We have still have signs to place to mark the entire loop. Access across Bullhead lake is now possible. Ice thickness is 8-10″.
Bullhead Bootleg loop is also accessed using the Goat Ranch road (county road 110)
Snow Dog grooming on short segment of Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, December 13th, 2024.Groomed path across Bullhead Lake to access Bootleg singletrack, December 13th, 2024. Twin Lakes singletrack, December 12th, 2024.Groomed singletrack with dusting of snow on top, December 11th, 2024.Groomed singletrack with dusting of snow on top, December 11th, 2024.Grooming over one of the bridges on Bullhead Bootleg loop, December 6th, 2024.
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