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Bike Trail

Mountain Bike Trail Report

A very wet Tuesday with over 3″ of rain. Despite the heavy rain, the singletrack weathered and drained well and should be rideable in the afternoon. There will be some greasy and slick spots on the corners and low spots to watch out for.

We will continue with trail tuning, brushing out overgrown areas and dirt work to improve drainage, berms and corners and blowing out the trail when possible this week. Friday we blew out much of Bullhead Bootleg and all of the Hudson’s Hula loop on Twin Lakes singletrack.  

The woods have really filled out the past week with the leaves coming full circle and wild flowers popping up on the forest floor. 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!     

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

Singletrack scene, June 16th, 2024.
Last downhill on Twin Lakes singletrack, June 15th, 2024.
North Loup Gnar singletrack, June 15th, 2024.
Fresh cleared singletrack, June 14th, 2024.
Lakeside singletrack, June 14th, 2024. The original lakeside segment brushed and cleared this week. 
Mowing on ski trail segment of bike course, June 13th, 2024. 
Checking out fresh dirt work on Bullhead Bootleg loop, June 13th, 2024. 
Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, June 11th, 2024. We have been doing dirt work on certain spots like the one in the photo.
Clearing debris on lakeside singletrack, June 11th, 2024.
Dirt work on North Loup Gnar, June 10th, 2024. We’ve started tuning select parts of the trail and will continue throughout the summer! 
Trail tuning has begun and will continue throughout the summer.
Ski Trail

Trail Report

A wet Tuesday with 3.5″ of rain. This equals more than half of our total rainfall in June which is now at 5.60″. Overall June has been very nice. Temperatures have been pleasant, a bit cooler for this time of year and average rainfall. The woods are very lush and green thanks to abundant moisture in the spring. Many wildflowers popping up each week. We have startedt mowing on the ski trails as we continually clear deadfall and blow downs from the wind events this spring.    

It was a very wet month of May with right around 8″ of rain. Since January 1st, we have received almost 13″ 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 pretty much 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.

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.
Ski Trail

Trail Report

A wet Tuesday with 3″ of rain the past 24 hours as of 3pm. This equals more than half of our total rainfall in June which is now at 5.10″. Overall June has been very nice. Temperatures have been pleasant, a bit cooler for this time of year and average rainfall. The woods are very lush and green thanks to abundant moisture in the spring. Many wildflowers popping up each week. We have startedt mowing on the ski trails as we continually clear deadfall and blow downs from the wind events this spring.    

It was a very wet month of May with right around 8″ of rain. Since January 1st, we have received almost 13″ 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 pretty much 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.

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

Riding on hold today with heavy rain early this morning. Rain continuing off and on today so far. Should start to dry out this afternoon and be rideable again Wednesday morning. Nice job to the riders that rode theLagChilada challenge this weekend. 

We will continue with trail tuning, brushing out overgrown areas and dirt work to improve drainage, berms and corners and blowing out the trail when possible this week. Friday we blew out much of Bullhead Bootleg and all of the Hudson’s Hula loop on Twin Lakes singletrack. 

The woods have really filled out the past week with the leaves coming full circle and wild flowers popping up on the forest floor. 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!     

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. 

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

Singletrack scene, June 16th, 2024.
Last downhill on Twin Lakes singletrack, June 15th, 2024.
North Loup Gnar singletrack, June 15th, 2024.
Fresh cleared singletrack, June 14th, 2024.
Lakeside singletrack, June 14th, 2024. The original lakeside segment brushed and cleared this week. 
Mowing on ski trail segment of bike course, June 13th, 2024. 
Checking out fresh dirt work on Bullhead Bootleg loop, June 13th, 2024. 
Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, June 11th, 2024. We have been doing dirt work on certain spots like the one in the photo.
Clearing debris on lakeside singletrack, June 11th, 2024.
Dirt work on North Loup Gnar, June 10th, 2024. We’ve started tuning select parts of the trail and will continue throughout the summer! 
Trail tuning has begun and will continue throughout the summer.
Ski Trail

Trail Report

Beautiful start to the month of June. The temperatures have been pleasant, a bit cooler for this time of year and average rainfall. The woods are drying out after a very wet cycle in May and very lush and green thanks to abundant moisture in the spring. Many wildflowers popping up each week. We have startedt mowing on the ski trails as we continually clear deadfall and blow downs from the wind events this spring.   

Total rainfall the month of June just under 2″ of rain with most recent rain the 15th with .24″. It was a very wet month of May with right around 8″ of rain. Since January 1st, we have received almost 13″ 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 pretty much 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.

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.