Crisp and cold temps in place. Didn’t stop folks from hitting the trails today! Great seeing so many people out. Tails are open for skiing. Early season conditions, watch for rough spots, areas of thin cover and unmarked obstacles but skiable on most trails. Trees are frosted nicely and lots of tracks in the woods making for a great outings in the woods.
Recommended skiing on Sukkerbusk for classic skiing and Skaters Waltz and the extension of Skaters Waltz for skating. People have been skiing on the other trails, use extra caution on the downhills for rough spots etc. Wavy Gravy best bet for outer trail, skier made track in fresh dusting on top of previous packing. Twin Lakes packed with no track set.
Please do not skate on trails packed for classic.Skating on Skaters Waltz only and extension only.
Trails are closed to hiking at this time to preserve the base. Fat biking allowed on side of Skaters Waltz to access singletrack as part of the “FatLagChilada” course. Fat bike trails are open and groomed. Latest bike trail report.
Sunday we packed on the western trails and Monday we cleared and packed on the northern trails. All the trail have now been packed.
Afternoon skiers on Sukkebusk, January 12th, 2024.Morning skiers on Sap Run, January 12th, 2024.Setting a “hasty” track on Sukkerbusk, January 11th, 2024.Combing new snow on Skaters Waltz extension, January 11th, 2024. Better conditions for skating on the extension loops. Combing new snow on North Loup, January 11th, 2024. This section is very rough with rocks. Skiable but a inch or two more will be be better. 70% of the loop is fair early season skiing. Skiing thin track on top of the previously packed base, Wavy Gravy trail, January 11th, 2024. Tons of tracks everywhere with the low snow cover, January 11th, 2024.Breaking trail in between Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, January 11th, 2024.First proper sun dog on the season, January 11th, 2024.Bullhead lake trail grooming, January 10th, 2024.Roll packing on JibFly, January 10th, 2024. Frosty snowy tamarack trees, January 10th, 2024.Evening groom, January 10th, 2024.Afternoon skier on Skaters Waltz, January 9th, 2024.Smoothing out the sledding hill, January 9th, 2024.Farming snow to Skaters Waltz on Kamikaze Hill, January 9th, 2024.Grooming after snow farming, January 9th, 2024.Roll packing on Skaters Waltz extension, January 8th, 2024.Frosty scene in between Twin Lakes, January 7th, 2024.Sunset over the Goat Ranch rd and Maplelag entrance, January 7th, 2024.
Fat bike trails are open. Today we plan to groom again on the trails. Should set up nicely and be good early season riding on the weekend.
Wednesday we groomed the Twin Lakes fat bike singletrack loop. Tuesday we groomed the “InnerEast” loop and also the bridge section of Twin lakes. The Inner East loops starts on Skaters Waltz 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. We will be putting signs out this week labeled “FatLagChilada” to follow. Friday we plan to groom the full loop again.
Once again we will plan to groom around 25km of trail for fat biking once we have meaningful snow. The main loops groomed are Bullhead Bootleg and Twin Lakes singletrack with inner segments to connect to make a “FatLagChilada”.
Night riding on Twin Lakes singletrack, January 10th, 2024.Bridge on Twin Lakes singletrack, January 10th, 2024.Grooming the first singletrack segment, January 9th, 2024.Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, January 9th, 2024.Bullhead bootleg singletrack, January 7th, 2024.Access from Bullhead lake to Bootleg loop, January 7th, 2024.Twin Lakes singletrack after a handful of riders, January 7th, 2024.
Fat bike trails are open. Wednesday we groomed the Twin Lakes fat bike singletrack loop. Tuesday we groomed the “InnerEast” loop and also the bridge section of Twin lakes. The Inner East loops starts on Skaters Waltz 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. We will be putting signs out this week labeled “FatLagChilada” to follow. Friday we plan to groom the full loop again.
Once again we will plan to groom around 25km of trail for fat biking once we have meaningful snow. The main loops groomed are Bullhead Bootleg and Twin Lakes singletrack with inner segments to connect to make a “FatLagChilada”.
Night riding on Twin Lakes singletrack, January 10th, 2024.Bridge on Twin Lakes singletrack, January 10th, 2024.Grooming the first singletrack segment, January 9th, 2024.Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, January 9th, 2024.Bullhead bootleg singletrack, January 7th, 2024.Access from Bullhead lake to Bootleg loop, January 7th, 2024.Twin Lakes singletrack after a handful of riders, January 7th, 2024.
Frosty haze snow this morning as a cold front continues to push through. Around 2″ of dry fluffy new snow the past 24 hours. Yesterday we started grooming in the afternoon and resumed in the evening as the temperature dropped nearly 20 degrees. A good time to groom to get the most out of the snow and have it firm up! We are back out on the trails today packing and combing. The new snow improving the conditions and we are getting closer to setting track on some of the trails. We did set a track around 75% of Sukkerbusk. Shallow track with some thin areas.
Select trails are open for skiing. Early season conditions, watch for rough spots, areas of thin cover and unmarked obstacles but skiable on most trails.
Recommended skiing on Sukkerbusk for no track classic skiing and Skaters Waltz for skating. People have been skiing on the other trails, use extra caution on the downhills for rough spots etc.
Please do not skate on trails packed for classic.Skating on Skaters Waltz only.
Trails are closed to hiking at this time to preserve the base. Fat biking allowed on side of Skaters Waltz to access singletrack as part of the “FatLagChilada” course. Fat bike trails are open and groomed. Latest bike trail report.
Sunday we packed on the western trails and Monday we cleared and packed on the northern trails. All the trail have now been packed.
Setting a “hasty” track on Sukkerbusk, January 11th, 2024.Skiing thin track on top of the previously packed base, Wavy Gravy trail, January 11th, 2024. Tons of tracks everywhere with the low snow cover, January 11th, 2024.Breaking trail in between Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, January 11th, 2024.First proper sun dog on the season, January 11th, 2024.Bullhead lake trail grooming, January 10th, 2024.Roll packing on JibFly, January 10th, 2024. Frosty snowy tamarack trees, January 10th, 2024.Evening groom, January 10th, 2024.Afternoon skier on Skaters Waltz, January 9th, 2024.Smoothing out the sledding hill, January 9th, 2024.Farming snow to Skaters Waltz on Kamikaze Hill, January 9th, 2024.Grooming after snow farming, January 9th, 2024.Packing on the north trails, North Loup and Roy’s Run. Not open for skiing (or other modes of travel) until more snow. January 8th, 2024.Roll packing on Skaters Waltz extension, January 8th, 2024.Transporting snow to rough spot on Skaters Waltz, January 8th, 2024.Packing and combing on Loon Return, January 7th, 2024.Twin Lakes ski trail, January 7th, 2024.Island Lake trail, January 7th, 2024. Snow is a little thinner on the outer western trails but leveling and packing what is there will better prepare for the next snows.Frosty scene in between Twin Lakes, January 7th, 2024.Deadfall to clear on Wavy Gravy, January 7th, 2024.Sunset over the Goat Ranch rd and Maplelag entrance, January 7th, 2024.
Bike trails are open. Tuesday we did the first grooming of the year, grooming the “InnerEast” loop and also the bridge section of Twin lakes. The Inner East loops starts on Skaters Waltz 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. We will be putting signs out this week labeled “FatLagChilada” to follow. Today we will groom the “race loop” of Twin Lakes.
Once again we will plan to groom around 25km of trail for fat biking once we have meaningful snow. The main loops groomed are Bullhead Bootleg and Twin Lakes singletrack with inner segments to connect to make a “FatLagChilada”.
Grooming the first singletrack segment, January 9th, 2024.Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, January 9th, 2024.Bullhead bootleg singletrack, January 7th, 2024.Access from Bullhead lake to Bootleg loop, January 7th, 2024.Twin Lakes singletrack after a handful of riders, January 7th, 2024.
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