Great weekend of skiing on tap after daily grooming and a few light dustings of snow this week. This morning we will have a low key HS race from 10am to 11am on Skaters Waltz. All trails open all day! No reason not to ski.
We have been grooming daily and all 64km of trail. Currently we have 34km of trail tracked for classic and 15km open for skating. All other trails are open for 15km of no track classic skiing. 4km of bushwhacking/adventure skiing with a skier made track (Lucky’s Loype) Thursday we packed Bootleg extension loop using Bullhead lake as an access point. Once we get a few more inches to track Bootleg, we will track a loop around the lake. Currently the lake is tracked across the lake.
Tracks are set on Sap Run, JibFly, Sukkerbusk, Mother Hen, Poki Loki, Loon Return, Rootin Tootin, Wavy Gravy, Mother North Star, Twin Lakes and North Loup. Please do not skate on trails packed for classic.Skating on Skaters Waltz and the extension loops and North Loup only. Top choices for classic skiing are Rootin Tootin and North Loup.
Early season conditions, the base is still thin watch for rough spots, areas of thin cover and unmarked obstacles but very skiable and reports from the skiers have been good.
The Brant cabin is open as a warming house. The main lounge area has a Kuerig for hot chocolate/coffe/tea and there are simple snacks available to purchase on honor system. The store will be open Saturday, January 20th from 11am to 1pm.
Cutting second track on Mother North Star, January 19th, 2024.Ginzu blades cutting high spots on Skaters Waltz and combing after, January 19th, 2024.Bullhead/Bootleg packed with snowmobile, January 18th, 2024. Open for no track classic skiing.Sunset striding on Sukkerbusk, January 18th, 2024.Groomed trail across Bullhead lake to access Bootleg extension, January 18th, 2024. An inch or so of new snow we will track on land and also a loop around the lake!North Loup skiers, January 17th, 2024. The track is in good shape considering the base depth and skate lane skiing good as well Groomer’s choice! Setting track on Wavy Gravy, January 17th, 2024. Base is a bit thinner on the west side of the trail system. Easy to step out of tracks if need be.Packing and combing on Island Lake trail, January 17th, 2024. Open for no track classic skiing. Mac’s Mess, January 17th, 2024. Not groomed but skier made track. More rough on east side but skiable throughout. Cross country skiing! Tracking Loon Return, January 17th, 2024.Rootin Tooting at sunrise after fresh tracking, January 17th, 2024.Packing and combing Roy’s Run, January 17th, 2024. We haven’t packed Roy’s like the other trails so we were not able to set a track we were happy with. It did level and comb out nice with the current snow depth we have. Just an inch or two of snow and we can set track. Start of Roy’s Run and North Loup, January 17th, 2024. Although there is a track at the start, it only runs to the bottom of the hill. North Loup groomed skate and classic and currently the recommendation is to classic/stride North Loup. Skaters, be sure to hop in the track on the downhills! Setting track on North Loup, January 16th, 2024. North Loup groomed for both skate and classic. Setting track on Twin Lakes, January 16th, 2024.Combing the inner loop of Skater Waltz extension, January 16th, 2024.Resetting double track on Sap Run, January 16th, 2024.Sunset on Twin Lakes trail, January 16th, 2024.Sunset off Twin Lakes trail, January 16th, 2024.Sun dogs over Sukkerbusk, January 15th, 2024. (Cheryl Lawther photo) Sunday smiles on Sukkerbusk! January 14th, 2024.Cutting track on Mother North Start, January 14th, 2024.Sunday skiing! January 24th, 2024.The beauty of snow. January 14th, 2024.Successful outing on the northern trails. Thanks Rob for skiing in a track on Roy’s Run! North Loup packed and combed, January 13th, 2024.Frosty day on the trails, January 13th, 2024.Family fun on the trails! January 13th, 2024.Bushwhacked track on Double green trail, January 13th, 2024.Afternoon skiers on Sukkebusk, January 12th, 2024.Morning skiers on Sap Run, January 12th, 2024.Tons of tracks everywhere with the low snow cover, January 11th, 2024.First proper sun dog on the season, January 11th, 2024.Frosty snowy tamarack trees, January 10th, 2024.
Fat bike trails are open. Trails are rolling great, firm deck, few soft spots here and there. Wednesday grooming was completed on the entire 25km “FatLagChilada” course. The loop consists of the InnerEast loop and InnerWest loop. This was our fourth grooming run of the season. Very thin coating of snow on top of the most recent grooming.
The Inner East loops starts on Skaters Waltz to the right and follows along the side dipping into singletrack before going across Bullhead lake to access the Bootleg singletrack loop. Back across the lake to skaters waltz and more singletrack before crossing the road and left in to Maplelag. Signs are out marking the Fat Bike trail and we are woking on placing the FatLagChilada signs. The west or Twin Lakes loop can be accessed from the Maplelag driveway including the Sukkerwest loop which is at the end of the Maplelag driveway.
Afternoon ride on the fat bike trails, January 19th, 2024.Afternoon ride on the fat bike trails, January 19th, 2024.FatLagChilada signs are out on the course, January 18th, 2024.Inner groomed singletrack, January 18th, 2024.Bootleg singletrack, January 18th, 2024.Twin Lakes singletrack groomed for fat biking, January 18th, 2024.
Very light dusting of snow overnight slowed the skiing down today for the first classic skiers but after a few passes glide improving and a nice day of skiing. Grooming today on Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star and Skaters Waltz. Saturday morning we will have a low key HS race from 10am to 11am on Skaters Waltz. All trails open all day. No reason not to ski!
We have been grooming daily and all 64km of trail open. Currently we have 34km of trail tracked for classic and 15km open for skating. All other trails are open for 15km of no track classic skiing. 4km of bushwhacking/adventure skiing with a skier made track (Lucky’s Loype) Thursday we packed Bootleg extension loop using Bullhead lake as an access point. Once we get a few more inches to track Bootleg, we will track a loop around the lake. Currently the lake is tracked across the lake.
Tracks are set on Sap Run, JibFly, Sukkerbusk, Mother Hen, Poki Loki, Loon Return, Rootin Tootin, Wavy Gravy, Mother North Star, Twin Lakes and North Loup. Please do not skate on trails packed for classic.Skating on Skaters Waltz and the extension loops and North Loup only. Top choices for classic skiing are Rootin Tootin and North Loup.
Early season conditions, the base is still thin watch for rough spots, areas of thin cover and unmarked obstacles but very skiable and reports from the skiers have been good.
The Brant cabin is open as a warming house. The main lounge area has a Kuerig for hot chocolate/coffe/tea and there are simple snacks available to purchase on honor system. The store will be open Saturday, January 20th from 11am to 1pm.
Cutting second track on Mother North Star, January 19th, 2024.Ginzu blades cutting high spots on Skaters Waltz and combing after, January 19th, 2024.Bullhead/Bootleg packed with snowmobile, January 18th, 2024. Open for no track classic skiing.Sunset striding on Sukkerbusk, January 18th, 2024.Groomed trail across Bullhead lake to access Bootleg extension, January 18th, 2024. An inch or so of new snow we will track on land and also a loop around the lake!North Loup skiers, January 17th, 2024. The track is in good shape considering the base depth and skate lane skiing good as well Groomer’s choice! Setting track on Wavy Gravy, January 17th, 2024. Base is a bit thinner on the west side of the trail system. Easy to step out of tracks if need be.Packing and combing on Island Lake trail, January 17th, 2024. Open for no track classic skiing. Mac’s Mess, January 17th, 2024. Not groomed but skier made track. More rough on east side but skiable throughout. Cross country skiing! Tracking Loon Return, January 17th, 2024.Rootin Tooting at sunrise after fresh tracking, January 17th, 2024.Packing and combing Roy’s Run, January 17th, 2024. We haven’t packed Roy’s like the other trails so we were not able to set a track we were happy with. It did level and comb out nice with the current snow depth we have. Just an inch or two of snow and we can set track. Start of Roy’s Run and North Loup, January 17th, 2024. Although there is a track at the start, it only runs to the bottom of the hill. North Loup groomed skate and classic and currently the recommendation is to classic/stride North Loup. Skaters, be sure to hop in the track on the downhills! Setting track on North Loup, January 16th, 2024. North Loup groomed for both skate and classic. Setting track on Twin Lakes, January 16th, 2024.Combing the inner loop of Skater Waltz extension, January 16th, 2024.Resetting double track on Sap Run, January 16th, 2024.Sunset on Twin Lakes trail, January 16th, 2024.Sunset off Twin Lakes trail, January 16th, 2024.Sun dogs over Sukkerbusk, January 15th, 2024. (Cheryl Lawther photo) Sunday smiles on Sukkerbusk! January 14th, 2024.Cutting track on Mother North Start, January 14th, 2024.Sunday skiing! January 24th, 2024.The beauty of snow. January 14th, 2024.Successful outing on the northern trails. Thanks Rob for skiing in a track on Roy’s Run! North Loup packed and combed, January 13th, 2024.Frosty day on the trails, January 13th, 2024.Family fun on the trails! January 13th, 2024.Bushwhacked track on Double green trail, January 13th, 2024.Afternoon skiers on Sukkebusk, January 12th, 2024.Morning skiers on Sap Run, January 12th, 2024.Tons of tracks everywhere with the low snow cover, January 11th, 2024.First proper sun dog on the season, January 11th, 2024.Frosty snowy tamarack trees, January 10th, 2024.
Fat bike trails are open. Wednesday grooming was completed on the entire 25km “FatLagChilada” course. The loop consists of the InnerEast loop and InnerWest loop. This was our fourth grooming run of the season.
The Inner East loops starts on Skaters Waltz to the right and follows along the side dipping into singletrack before going across Bullhead lake to access the Bootleg singletrack loop. Back across the lake to skaters waltz and more singletrack before crossing the road and left in to Maplelag. Signs are out marking the Fat Bike trail and we are woking on placing the FatLagChilada signs. The west or Twin Lakes loop can be accessed from the Maplelag driveway including the Sukkerwest loop which is at the end of the Maplelag driveway.
Twin Lakes singletrack groomed for fat biking, January 18th, 2024.
All 64km of trail is open. Currently we have 34km of trail tracked for classic only and 15km open for skating only. All other trails are open for no track classic skiing or bushwhacking/adventure skiing with a skier made track (Lucky’s Loype) Today we packed Bootleg extension loop using Bullhead lake as an access point. Once we get a few more inches we will track Bootleg and a loop around the lake. Today we just tracked across the lake.
We have been grooming daily this week, tracking more trails for classic skiing and combing out the skate trails. Yesterday morning we tracked Loon Return, Rootin Tootin and much of Wavy Gravy. We also tried to set track on Roy’s Run but need a bit more snow and Island Lakes trail but need another inch to set track but both trails are packed and combed and open for no track classic skiing with good coverage mostly throughout. Tuesday we tracked Twin Lakes and North Loop. North Loup now groomed for skate and classic.
Tracks are set on Sap Run, JibFly, Sukkerbusk, Mother Hen, Poki Loki, Loon Return, Rootin Tootin, Wavy Gravy, Mother North Star, Twin Lakes and North Loup. Please do not skate on trails packed for classic.Skating on Skaters Waltz and the extension loops and North Loup.
Early season conditions, the base is still thin watch for rough spots, areas of thin cover and unmarked obstacles but very skiable and reports from the skiers have been good. Steady dustings the past week continues to improve the conditions. Trees are frosted nicely and lots of tracks in the woods making for a great outings in the woods.
The Brant cabin is open as a warming house. The main lounge area has a Kuerig for hot chocolate/coffe/tea and there are simple snacks available to purchase on honor system. The store will be open Saturday, January 20th from 11am to 1pm.
Bullhead/Bootleg packed with snowmobile, January 18th, 2024. Open for no track classic skiing.Sunset striding on Sukkerbusk, January 18th, 2024.Groomed trail across Bullhead lake to access Bootleg extension, January 18th, 2024. An inch or so of new snow we will track on land and also a loop around the lake!North Loup skiers, January 17th, 2024. The track is in good shape considering the base depth and skate lane skiing good as well Groomer’s choice! Setting track on Wavy Gravy, January 17th, 2024. Base is a bit thinner on the west side of the trail system. Easy to step out of tracks if need be.Packing and combing on Island Lake trail, January 17th, 2024. Open for no track classic skiing. Mac’s Mess, January 17th, 2024. Not groomed but skier made track. More rough on east side but skiable throughout. Cross country skiing! Tracking Loon Return, January 17th, 2024.Rootin Tooting at sunrise after fresh tracking, January 17th, 2024.Packing and combing Roy’s Run, January 17th, 2024. We haven’t packed Roy’s like the other trails so we were not able to set a track we were happy with. It did level and comb out nice with the current snow depth we have. Just an inch or two of snow and we can set track. Start of Roy’s Run and North Loup, January 17th, 2024. Although there is a track at the start, it only runs to the bottom of the hill. North Loup groomed skate and classic and currently the recommendation is to classic/stride North Loup. Skaters, be sure to hop in the track on the downhills! Setting track on North Loup, January 16th, 2024. North Loup groomed for both skate and classic. Setting track on Twin Lakes, January 16th, 2024.Combing the inner loop of Skater Waltz extension, January 16th, 2024.Resetting double track on Sap Run, January 16th, 2024.Sunset on Twin Lakes trail, January 16th, 2024.Sunset off Twin Lakes trail, January 16th, 2024.Sun dogs over Sukkerbusk, January 15th, 2024. (Cheryl Lawther photo) Sunday smiles on Sukkerbusk! January 14th, 2024.Cutting track on Mother North Start, January 14th, 2024.Sunday skiing! January 24th, 2024.The beauty of snow. January 14th, 2024.Successful outing on the northern trails. Thanks Rob for skiing in a track on Roy’s Run! North Loup packed and combed, January 13th, 2024.Frosty day on the trails, January 13th, 2024.Family fun on the trails! January 13th, 2024.Bushwhacked track on Double green trail, January 13th, 2024.Afternoon skiers on Sukkebusk, January 12th, 2024.Morning skiers on Sap Run, January 12th, 2024.Tons of tracks everywhere with the low snow cover, January 11th, 2024.First proper sun dog on the season, January 11th, 2024.Frosty snowy tamarack trees, January 10th, 2024.
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