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Bike Trail

Mountain Bike Trail Report

Trails open. Tacky surface. Rain stayed south and north of us. Should be a great day of riding today. Maybe some damp spots early. A very light shower in the evening with only .05″ recorded.

Yesterday we blew out more singletrack on the inner/main loop. Wednesday we blew out Hudson’s Hula and the last part of Twin Lakes loop. Tuesday we blew out Feeling Lucky and Monday we brushed out and blew out the Bridge loop on Twin Lakes singletrack. Overall the track is rolling very nice!

Nice job to all the riders that completed the LagChilada challengethis year! The opportunity to complete the challenge is available every day the trails are open during the dirt season.

We will continue trail tuning through the summer, brushing out overgrown areas and dirt work to improve drainage, berms and corners and blowing out the trail. The entire 25 mile course has been blown out multiple times this year and we continue touching up areas as needed, mostly focusing on Bullhead Bootleg and the Laddies Loppet MNMBS race loops. Once again we will be hosting the Laddies Loppet for year 34!!

We always try to clear any new deadfall right away but limbs, branches etc. can fall down at any time. As always, good seeing folks out and thanks for the support!   If you encounter any trail issues, please text Jay at 218-849-7669 or if any other trail questions.   

Reference our map, Trailforks or Strava to help with navigating. LagChilada challenge signs are also in place. Click for more information on the LagChilada challenge. Nice job to all the riders that have completed it so far this year! 

Parking across from Brant cabin. The Brant cabin is also available for a changing area and bathrooms and there are also maps located in the Brant.

Summer trail pass to help offset operating and maintenance expenses. We are a self funded/maintained trail system and happy to share our mostly hand built singletrack trails! Thank you.

 Click here to join the Maplelag Mountain Bike Club

“Feeling Lucky” singletrack, July 3rd, 2024.
Bridge on Bullhead Bootleg loop, July 2nd, 2024.
Last section of singletrack on the LagChilada course! July 2nd, 2024.
Twin Lakes singletrack, July 2nd, 2024.
Blowing out trail after weedwhackjng, July 1st, 2024.
Monday evening riding, July 1st, 2024.
Saturday riders, June 29th, 2024. Fall like weather making for nice riding conditions this weekend. 
Ski Trail

Trail Report

Happy Fourth of July! A nice day in the woods and good seeing mountain bikers out. A bit cooler than average with just a light shower in the evening measuring only .05″ of rain.  

The woods are very lush and green thanks to abundant moisture this spring and later part of this month. Many wildflowers, mushrooms, lichen etc. popping up each week. We have started mowing on the ski trails as we continually clear trees falling from the wind events this spring. We have also started doing dirt work on the ski trail, smoothing out rough areas and improving rough spots. We will continue this work all through the summer and fall.   

Total rainfall the month of June at 7.56″. It was also a very wet month of May with right around 8″ of rain. Since January 1st, we have received almost 18″ of rain.          

The rain has been welcomed with the relatively dry conditions the previous 6 months and to keep the soil damp and moist for the trees we planted this spring. The lake, ponds, sloughs and water tables are at normal levels now.     

 Mountain bike trails now open. (click here for updates)

Summer ski trail work will include fixing rutted areas, working on drainage and removing rocks and filling in low spots in between almost daily mowing when not raining.

Mallard egg on the trail! July 4th, 2024. A critter robbing the nest most likely.
More mushrooms! Every day seems to be a new species, July 1st, 2024.
Calm evening on Little Sugarbush Lake, June 27th, 2024.
Trail repair on Twin Lakes ski trail, June 26th, 2024.
Sandhill crane in the slough along Mother North Star trail, June 26th, 2024.
Mowing at Twin Lakes crossing, June 22nd, 2024.
Getting a start on ski trail tuning, June 22nd, 2024.
Showy Lady Slippers along Twin Lakes ski trail, June 22nd, 2024.
“Chicken of the Woods” mushroom spouting up from a old stump, June 21st, 2024.
Mushrooms galore after the damp and wet spring, June 21st, 2024.
Lichen on a deadfall near the trail, June 19th, 2024.
Standing water in the woods between double green and Rootin Tootin ski trail as a result of heavy rain Tuesday, June 18th, 2024.
A field of Field Hawkweed at the start of Skater extension trail, June 17th, 2024.
Riding on Mother North Star ski as part of the bike course, June 14th, 2024.
Mowing on Mother North Star ski trail, also part of the bike course, June 13th, 2024.
Another mushroom species popping up along the side of the trail, June 10h, 2024.
Sunset near Mother North Star after a day of trail clearing, June 6th, 2024.
Watea arum reading to bloom in slough along ski trail, June 6th, 2024.
Variety of mushrooms popping up after all the recent moisture, June 6th, 2024. 
Clearing deadfall after this weeks wind events, June 6th, 2024.
Scene along the ski trail, June 4th, 2024.
Red Columbine flowers blooming in full force this year, June 3rd, 2024. Like other wildflowers, the abundant moisture has bumper crops.
Great crop of yellow slippers this year, May 31st, 2024.
Calm conditions at sunset on Little Sugarbush after a windy and wet afternoon, May 30th, 2024.
Jack in the Pulpit blooming along ski trail,May 29th, 2024.
First mowing of the season on the ski trails, May 22nd, 2024.
Marsh marigolds blooming this week, May 18th, 2024
Baby snapper on the move, May 18th, 2024.
Planting the last of the potted trees in the new “Memory Grove” at Maplelag, May 13th, 2024. We have started a special grove at Maplelag planting trees in memory Maplelag guests that have passed in the last year and will continue to plant in the future each spring. 
Family fun on the mountain bike singletrack! May 12th, 2024.
Northern Lights, May 10th, 2024.
Planting the last of the seedlings trees, May 8th, 2024. We planted a variety of coniferous trees from spruce, Norway pines and tamaracks this spring with around 500 trees planted.
Golden hour spring sunset, May 7th, 2024. Leaves on the trees starting to pop the past few days. 
Switchyard scene at sunset, May7th, 2024. 
Beautiful spring sunset over Little Sugarbush lake, May 3rd, 2024.
Tree planting has begun for the spring! April 30th, 2024. We will be planting around 1000 trees, mostly coniferous. 
First batch of trees ready for spring tree planting, April 26th, 2024.
Bike Trail

Mountain Bike Trail Report

Trails open. Happy Fourth of July! Good riding conditions today on a tacky/hardpack dirt surface. The rain stayed south and north of us today, just a short shower in the evening, only .05″ of precipitation recorded. Should be a nice day of riding on Friday! Today we blew out a few more segments on the inner loop. Yesterday we blew out Hudson’s Hula and the last part of Twin Lakes loop. Tuesday we blew out Feeling Lucky and Monday we brushed out and blew out the Bridge loop on Twin Lakes singletrack.

Nice job to all the riders that completed the LagChilada challengethis year! The opportunity to complete the challenge is available every day the trails are open during the dirt season.

We will continue trail tuning through the summer, brushing out overgrown areas and dirt work to improve drainage, berms and corners and blowing out the trail. The entire 25 mile course has been blown out multiple times this year and we continue touching up areas as needed, mostly focusing on Bullhead Bootleg and the Laddies Loppet MNMBS race loops. Once again we will be hosting the Laddies Loppet for year 34!!

We always try to clear any new deadfall right away but limbs, branches etc. can fall down at any time. As always, good seeing folks out and thanks for the support!   If you encounter any trail issues, please text Jay at 218-849-7669 or if any other trail questions.   

Reference our map, Trailforks or Strava to help with navigating. LagChilada challenge signs are also in place. Click for more information on the LagChilada challenge. Nice job to all the riders that have completed it so far this year! 

Parking across from Brant cabin. The Brant cabin is also available for a changing area and bathrooms and there are also maps located in the Brant.

Summer trail pass to help offset operating and maintenance expenses. We are a self funded/maintained trail system and happy to share our mostly hand built singletrack trails! Thank you.

 Click here to join the Maplelag Mountain Bike Club

“Feeling Lucky” singletrack, July 3rd, 2024.
Bridge on Bullhead Bootleg loop, July 2nd, 2024.
Last section of singletrack on the LagChilada course! July 2nd, 2024.
Twin Lakes singletrack, July 2nd, 2024.
Blowing out trail after weedwhackjng, July 1st, 2024.
Monday evening riding, July 1st, 2024.
Saturday riders, June 29th, 2024. Fall like weather making for nice riding conditions this weekend. 
Ski Trail

Trail Report

Beautiful summer day on tap. Pleasant air with gentle westerly breeze. Drying nicely after a 1/4″ of rain early Tuesday morning.

The woods are very lush and green thanks to abundant moisture this spring and later part of this month. Many wildflowers, mushrooms, lichen etc. popping up each week. We have started mowing on the ski trails as we continually clear trees falling from the wind events this spring. We have also started doing dirt work on the ski trail, smoothing out rough areas and improving rough spots. We will continue this work all through the summer and fall.   

Total rainfall the month of June at 7.56″. It was also a very wet month of May with right around 8″ of rain. Since January 1st, we have received almost 18″ of rain.          

The rain has been welcomed with the relatively dry conditions the previous 6 months and to keep the soil damp and moist for the trees we planted this spring. The lake, ponds, sloughs and water tables are at normal levels now.     

 Mountain bike trails now open. (click here for updates)

Summer ski trail work will include fixing rutted areas, working on drainage and removing rocks and filling in low spots in between almost daily mowing when not raining.

More mushrooms! Every day seems to be a new species, July 1st, 2024.
Calm evening on Little Sugarbush Lake, June 27th, 2024.
Trail repair on Twin Lakes ski trail, June 26th, 2024.
Sandhill crane in the slough along Mother North Star trail, June 26th, 2024.
Mowing at Twin Lakes crossing, June 22nd, 2024.
Getting a start on ski trail tuning, June 22nd, 2024.
Showy Lady Slippers along Twin Lakes ski trail, June 22nd, 2024.
“Chicken of the Woods” mushroom spouting up from a old stump, June 21st, 2024.
Mushrooms galore after the damp and wet spring, June 21st, 2024.
Lichen on a deadfall near the trail, June 19th, 2024.
Standing water in the woods between double green and Rootin Tootin ski trail as a result of heavy rain Tuesday, June 18th, 2024.
A field of Field Hawkweed at the start of Skater extension trail, June 17th, 2024.
Riding on Mother North Star ski as part of the bike course, June 14th, 2024.
Mowing on Mother North Star ski trail, also part of the bike course, June 13th, 2024.
Another mushroom species popping up along the side of the trail, June 10h, 2024.
Sunset near Mother North Star after a day of trail clearing, June 6th, 2024.
Watea arum reading to bloom in slough along ski trail, June 6th, 2024.
Variety of mushrooms popping up after all the recent moisture, June 6th, 2024. 
Clearing deadfall after this weeks wind events, June 6th, 2024.
Scene along the ski trail, June 4th, 2024.
Red Columbine flowers blooming in full force this year, June 3rd, 2024. Like other wildflowers, the abundant moisture has bumper crops.
Great crop of yellow slippers this year, May 31st, 2024.
Calm conditions at sunset on Little Sugarbush after a windy and wet afternoon, May 30th, 2024.
Jack in the Pulpit blooming along ski trail,May 29th, 2024.
First mowing of the season on the ski trails, May 22nd, 2024.
Marsh marigolds blooming this week, May 18th, 2024
Baby snapper on the move, May 18th, 2024.
Planting the last of the potted trees in the new “Memory Grove” at Maplelag, May 13th, 2024. We have started a special grove at Maplelag planting trees in memory Maplelag guests that have passed in the last year and will continue to plant in the future each spring. 
Family fun on the mountain bike singletrack! May 12th, 2024.
Northern Lights, May 10th, 2024.
Planting the last of the seedlings trees, May 8th, 2024. We planted a variety of coniferous trees from spruce, Norway pines and tamaracks this spring with around 500 trees planted.
Golden hour spring sunset, May 7th, 2024. Leaves on the trees starting to pop the past few days. 
Switchyard scene at sunset, May7th, 2024. 
Beautiful spring sunset over Little Sugarbush lake, May 3rd, 2024.
Tree planting has begun for the spring! April 30th, 2024. We will be planting around 1000 trees, mostly coniferous. 
First batch of trees ready for spring tree planting, April 26th, 2024.
Bike Trail

Mountain Bike Trail Report

Trails open. Great day of riding today! Good seeing everyone out today. Should be another nice day of riding on Independence Day. Tacky/hardpack riding surface. This afternoon we blew out Hudson’s Hula singletrack. Tuesday we blew out Feeling Lucky and Monday we brushed out and blew out the Bridge loop on Twin Lakes singletrack.

Nice job to all the riders that completed the LagChilada challengethis year! The opportunity to complete the challenge is available every day the trails are open during the dirt season.

We will continue trail tuning through the summer, brushing out overgrown areas and dirt work to improve drainage, berms and corners and blowing out the trail. The entire 25 mile course has been blown out multiple times this year and we continue touching up areas as needed, mostly focusing on Bullhead Bootleg and the Laddies Loppet MNMBS race loops. Once again we will be hosting the Laddies Loppet for year 34!!

We always try to clear any new deadfall right away but limbs, branches etc. can fall down at any time. As always, good seeing folks out and thanks for the support!   If you encounter any trail issues, please text Jay at 218-849-7669 or if any other trail questions.   

Reference our map, Trailforks or Strava to help with navigating. LagChilada challenge signs are also in place. Click for more information on the LagChilada challenge. Nice job to all the riders that have completed it so far this year! 

Parking across from Brant cabin. The Brant cabin is also available for a changing area and bathrooms and there are also maps located in the Brant.

Summer trail pass to help offset operating and maintenance expenses. We are a self funded/maintained trail system and happy to share our mostly hand built singletrack trails! Thank you.

 Click here to join the Maplelag Mountain Bike Club

“Feeling Lucky” singletrack, July 3rd, 2024.
“Feeling Lucky” singletrack, July 3rd, 2024.
Bridge on Bullhead Bootleg loop, July 2nd, 2024.
Last section of singletrack on the LagChilada course! July 2nd, 2024.

Twin Lakes singletrack, July 2nd, 2024.
Blowing out trail after weedwhackjng, July 1st, 2024.
Monday evening riding, July 1st, 2024.
Saturday riders, June 29th, 2024. Fall like weather making for nice riding conditions this weekend. 
“Feeling Lucky” singletrack, June 29th, 2024.