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Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Beautiful frost day on tap with trees coated with a white rime. Fantastic skiing conditions. A couple of light dustings of snow this week keeping the trails fresh along with daily grooming on the entire trail system setting the weekend up for some great skiing. 

Trails groomed for classic and open include Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Loon Return, Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, Rootin Tootin, North Loup, Roy’s Run, Island Lake, Wavy Gravy and Twin Lakes. For skating Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, Single Green, Kristin’s Cutoff and North Loup.

Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead trail are snow covered, no grooming and open for bushwhacking. We have packed a loop on Bullhead lake and set a track on the perimeter for classic. 

Has been a nice start to the ski season with excellent conditions. Great seeing so many people out this year, thanks for purchase of day and season passes. 

Total snowfall this season at 39″. Compacted base on trail 5-10″. 

Trails will be open every day there is skiable snow including all Holidays and weekends. There is no ski rental at Maplelag. MN Tru North in Perham MN is offering ski rental 218-346-5253

(Trail maps posted here)  

There are now services available Parking in the far lot with portable bathrooms. No lodging or meal service. The Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables, parking available across from Brant cabin as well. There are no ski rentals available.

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes. Thank you. 

Fat bike trails are groomed and open, click here for latest report

Pisten Bully grooming on JibFly trail, January 20th, 2023.
Singletrack grooming on Roy’s Run, January 19th, 2023.
Resetting track on North Loup, January 19th, 2023. Skate lanes set for regroom on Friday morning. 
Setting double track on Mother North Star, January 18th, 2023.
Setting track on Island Lake trail, January 18th, 2023.

Bike Trail

Fat Bike Trail Report

Trails are open. Great riding on rock solid base. Entire FatLagChilada groomed again Wednesday, smoothing and structuring the dusting of new snow from Tuesday. Very thin coating of snow falling on top Thursday, rider packed. Should be a really nice weekend of riding with good temps. 

The entire FatLagChilada loop consists of Skaters Waltz starting to the right, the main singletrack loops Bullhead Bootleg, Twin Lakes and Sukkerwest. We also have groomed select segments in between to make the “FatLagChilada” loop. The above loops can be ridden separately. To access the inner loops, go to the start of Skaters Waltz and veer right. There are orange signs from that point and at key intersections where to turn to make the full loop. Please only ride on the designated areas for fat biking.

The Maplelag driveway is a good feeder to access Sukkerwest, Bjorps across from Sukkerwest which leads into North Star and crosses the road again to Twin Lakes.

With the hardpack conditions on the ski trails, the skate loops Skaters Waltz, the extension loops and North Loup are open for riding making for around 35km of groomed riding options.

Rolling along Twin Lakes lakeside, January 19th, 2023.
Twin Lakes Singletrack. Still lots of snow and great riding conditions, January 16th, 2023.
Rolling through on Bullhead Bootleg loop, January 16th, 2023.
Rolling through Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, January 14th, 2023.
Riding across Bullhead Lake, January 14th, 2023.
Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Very good to excellent conditions. A couple of light dustings of snow this week keeping the trails fresh along with daily grooming on the entire trail system setting the weekend up for some great skiing.

Trails groomed for classic and open include Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Loon Return, Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, Rootin Tootin, North Loup, Roy’s Run, Island Lake, Wavy Gravy and Twin Lakes. For skating Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, Single Green, Kristin’s Cutoff and North Loup.

Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead trail are snow covered, no grooming and open for bushwhacking. We have packed a loop on Bullhead lake and set a track on the perimeter for classic. 

Has been a nice start to the ski season with excellent conditions. Great seeing so many people out this year, thanks for purchase of day and season passes. 

Total snowfall this season at 38″. Compacted base on trail 5-10″. 

Trails will be open every day there is skiable snow including all Holidays and weekends. There is no ski rental at Maplelag. MN Tru North in Perham MN is offering ski rental 218-346-5253

(Trail maps posted here)  

There are now services available Parking in the far lot with portable bathrooms. No lodging or meal service. The Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables, parking available across from Brant cabin as well. There are no ski rentals available.

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes. Thank you. 

Fat bike trails are groomed and open, click here for latest report

Pisten Bully grooming on JibFly trail, January 20th, 2023.
Singletrack grooming on Roy’s Run, January 19th, 2023.
Resetting track on North Loup, January 19th, 2023. Skate lanes set for regroom on Friday morning.
Setting double track on Mother North Star, January 18th, 2023.
Setting track on Island Lake trail, January 18th, 2023.
“Mac’s Mess”, January 18th, 2023.
Twin Lakes, January 18th, 2023.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 17th, 2023. All skate trails groomed today after the fresh snow.
MLK day skiers, January 16th, 2023.
Bike Trail

Fat Bike Trail Report

Trails are open. Great riding on rock solid base. Entire FatLagChilada groomed again Wednesday, smoothing and structuring the dusting of new snow from Tuesday. Very thin coating of snow falling on top Thursday, rider packed. Should be a really nice weekend of riding with good temps.

The entire FatLagChilada loop consists of Skaters Waltz starting to the right, the main singletrack loops Bullhead Bootleg, Twin Lakes and Sukkerwest. We also have groomed select segments in between to make the “FatLagChilada” loop. The above loops can be ridden separately. To access the inner loops, go to the start of Skaters Waltz and veer right. There are orange signs from that point and at key intersections where to turn to make the full loop. Please only ride on the designated areas for fat biking.

The Maplelag driveway is a good feeder to access Sukkerwest, Bjorps across from Sukkerwest which leads into North Star and crosses the road again to Twin Lakes.

With the hardpack conditions on the ski trails, the skate loops Skaters Waltz, the extension loops and North Loup are open for riding making for around 35km of groomed riding options.

Rolling along Twin Lakes lakeside, January 19th, 2023.
Twin Lakes Singletrack. Still lots of snow and great riding conditions, January 16th, 2023.
Rolling through on Bullhead Bootleg loop, January 16th, 2023.
Rolling through Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, January 14th, 2023.
Riding across Bullhead Lake, January 14th, 2023.
Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Good to excellent conditions. Light snow falling today, light accumulations expected. A dusting of snow earlier this week, no rain, no ice. Yesterday we reset the tracks on all the western trails and set a new track on Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, Sap Run and JibFly. We groomed all the skate trails Tuesday morning. Today we will reset tracks to the north (North Loup and Roy’s Run) and Rootin Tootin on the inner system finishing a complete regroom of the trail system. Recommended classic trails to ski are the ones groomed yesterday and Tuesday.

Trails groomed for classic and open include Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Loon Return, Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, Rootin Tootin, North Loup, Roy’s Run, Island Lake, Wavy Gravy and Twin Lakes. For skating Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, Single Green, Kristin’s Cutoff and North Loup.

Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead trail are snow covered, no grooming and open for bushwhacking. We have packed a loop on Bullhead lake and set a track on the perimeter for classic. 

Has been a nice start to the ski season with excellent conditions. Great seeing so many people out this year, thanks for purchase of day and season passes. 

Total snowfall this season at 38″. Compacted base on trail 5-10″. 

Trails will be open every day there is skiable snow including all Holidays and weekends. There is no ski rental at Maplelag. MN Tru North in Perham MN is offering ski rental 218-346-5253

(Trail maps posted here)  

There are now services available Parking in the far lot with portable bathrooms. No lodging or meal service. The Brant cabin available as a warming area with restrooms and sitting area and tables, parking available across from Brant cabin as well. There are no ski rentals available.

Ski trail season passes can be purchased on our website. (scroll down to bottom of page) Purchasing season pass helps with operating and maintenance costs to prepare the trails, equipment repairs to the grooming equipment and property taxes. Thank you. 

Fat bike trails are groomed and open, click here for latest report

Setting double track on Mother North Star, January 18th, 2023.
Setting track on Island Lake trail, January 18th, 2023.
“Mac’s Mess”, January 18th, 2023.
Twin Lakes, January 18th, 2023.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 17th, 2023. All skate trails groomed today after the fresh snow.
MLK day skiers, January 16th, 2023.