A beautiful Sunday with sunshine and seasonable temperatures. Great seeing all the skiers out enjoying the early season conditions. Temps slowly warming during the night as a weather system makes it way through with chances of snow later today. Multiple shortwaves this week will bring additional snow chances. Trails are open to skiing again after a couple inches of dense snow Friday evening/Saturday morning and daily grooming.
Early season conditions, watch for rough spots, areas of thin cover and unmarked obstacles but skiable on select trails. Recommended skiing on Sukkerbusk for no track classic skiing and Skaters Waltz for skating. To bypass the long hills on Skaters Waltz which have a rough spot on the long hill to Bullhead bay, use the end of Sap Run as a connector to make a loop of Skaters Waltz. The other trails groomed need a bit more snow before open to skiing but is good to pack and level the existing snow before it begins to dry out and settle. Please do not skate on trails packed for classic.Skating on Skaters Waltz only.
Sunday we packed on the western trails and today we will be clearing and packing on the northern trails.
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.Sunshine, fresh snow and grooming! Great way to start off Sunday. January 7th, 2024.Evening groom, January 6th, 2024.Enjoying the fresh and snow and grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 6th, 2023. Early season conditions, watch for rough spots and areas of thin cover. Roll packing on Sukkerbusk, January 6th, 2024.Combing the big hill down to Bullhead lake, January 6th, 2024.Grooming through the start area, January 6th, 2024.Grooming fresh snow Friday evening, January 5th, 2024.Holy Family Nordic ski team skiing on the lake, January 4th, 2024.Classic skiing drills on the lake, Holy Family Nordic January 3rd, 2024. Just enough snow to ski on the edge! We measured 9″ of ice 1.2/2024.Snow squall!! January 3rd, 2024.Holy Family Nordic ski team out on the trails for a pole bounding workout, January 2nd, 2024.Frosty scene at the trail head, January 1st, 2024.Sunshine on Sap Run, January 1st, 2024.Sukkerbusk ski trail, January 1st, 2024. We combed out a small loop after the most recent snowfall but obviously need more snow….bring it on! New Years Eve ski on the lake! December 31st, 2023. The edges have enough snow (not pictured) for easy classic skiing. Plunge after sauna under the “cold” moon, December 28th, 2023.We have been stoking the sauna every day there are guests staying at Maplelag.
Beautiful frosty morning to kick off the day with much welcomed sunshine and fresh snow! Trails are open to skiing again after a couple inches of dense snow Friday evening/Saturday morning. We groomed most of the inner trails starting Friday evening and most of Saturday. Saturday evening Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz were groomed again. Early morning lows near 0 setting the grooming up firm. Today we will be packing on the western trails, flattening the base and preparing the deck for the next snowfalls.
Early season conditions, watch for rough spots, areas of thin cover and unmarked obstacles but skiable on select trails. Recommended skiing on Sukkerbusk for no track classic skiing and Skaters Waltz for skating. To bypass the long hills on Skaters Waltz which have a rough spot on the long hill to Bullhead bay, use the end of Sap Run as a connector to make a loop of Skaters Waltz. The other trails groomed need a bit more snow before open to skiing but is good to pack the existing snow before it begins to dry out and settle.
Sunshine, fresh snow and grooming! Great way to start off Sunday. January 7th, 2024.Evening groom, January 6th, 2024.Enjoying the fresh and snow and grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 6th, 2023. Early season conditions, watch for rough spots and areas of thin cover. Roll packing on Sukkerbusk, January 6th, 2024.Combing the big hill down to Bullhead lake, January 6th, 2024.Grooming through the start area, January 6th, 2024.Grooming fresh snow Friday evening, January 5th, 2024.Holy Family Nordic ski team skiing on the lake, January 4th, 2024.Classic skiing drills on the lake, Holy Family Nordic January 3rd, 2024. Just enough snow to ski on the edge! We measured 9″ of ice 1.2/2024.Snow squall!! January 3rd, 2024.Holy Family Nordic ski team out on the trails for a pole bounding workout, January 2nd, 2024.Frosty scene at the trail head, January 1st, 2024.Sunshine on Sap Run, January 1st, 2024.Sukkerbusk ski trail, January 1st, 2024. We combed out a small loop after the most recent snowfall but obviously need more snow….bring it on! New Years Eve ski on the lake! December 31st, 2023. The edges have enough snow (not pictured) for easy classic skiing. Plunge after sauna under the “cold” moon, December 28th, 2023.We have been stoking the sauna every day there are guests staying at Maplelag.
Fresh snow! A couple inches of fresh dense snow greeting us this morning. Last night we groomed around 5km and we continued grooming today on all the inner trails, making multiple passes. Trails are open. Early season conditions, watch for rough spots, areas of thin cover and unmarked obstacles but skiable on select trails. Recommended skiing on Sukkerbusk for no track classic skiing and Skaters Waltz for skating. To bypass the long hills on Skaters Waltz which have a rough spot on the long hill to Bullhead bay, use the end of Sap Run as a connector to make a loop of Skaters Waltz. Fat bike trails are open. Latest bike trail report.
Enjoying the fresh and snow and grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 6th, 2023. Early season conditions, watch for rough spots and areas of thin cover. Roll packing on Sukkerbusk, January 6th, 2024.Combing the big hill down to Bullhead lake, January 6th, 2024.Grooming through the start area, January 6th, 2024.Grooming fresh snow Friday evening, January 5th, 2024.Holy Family Nordic ski team skiing on the lake, January 4th, 2024.Classic skiing drills on the lake, Holy Family Nordic January 3rd, 2024. Just enough snow to ski on the edge! We measured 9″ of ice 1.2/2024.Snow squall!! January 3rd, 2024.Holy Family Nordic ski team out on the trails for a pole bounding workout, January 2nd, 2024.Frosty scene at the trail head, January 1st, 2024.Sunshine on Sap Run, January 1st, 2024.Sukkerbusk ski trail, January 1st, 2024. We combed out a small loop after the most recent snowfall but obviously need more snow….bring it on! New Years Eve ski on the lake! December 31st, 2023. The edges have enough snow (not pictured) for easy classic skiing. Plunge after sauna under the “cold” moon, December 28th, 2023.We have been stoking the sauna every day there are guests staying at Maplelag.
Bike trails are open. Fresh snow greeting us this morning with 2-3″ new. We will plan to groom the fat bike trails next week but open now for riding. Good to see a few riders out today packing in the new snow which is very helpful before the next snows and grooming.
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”.
Snow covered singletrack, January 6th, 2024.Singletrack riding, January 4th, 2024.Ski trail portion of bike course on Twin Lakes loop, January 4th, 2024.Singletrack riding New Years Day, January 1srt, 2024.New Years Day riders, January 1st, 2024.
Bike trails are open. Great riding conditions being reported by the riders. Rock solid dirt base with a thin covering of snow, rider packed.
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”.
Singletrack riding, January 4th, 2024.Ski trail portion of bike course on Twin Lakes loop, January 4th, 2024.Singletrack riding New Years Day, January 1srt, 2024.New Years Day riders, January 1st, 2024.
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