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Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Dusting of fluff snow overnight accumulating to an inch or so. Trees touched with a hint of frost with the snow covering as well making for winter wonderland conditions.

Trails are taking shape nicely after nearly a foot of snow the past week and daily grooming. We continue to groom daily, setting track on more trails and leveling and combing out the skate trails. Still some rough spots, mainly on the outer trails and always be aware for areas of thin cover, organic forest matter etc. but overall very nice early season skiing.

Grooming report: Today we set track on Roy’s Run, combed and leveling out the skate trails Skaters Waltz, the extensions and North Loup. We also packed out the Bootleg extension on Bullhead lake trail. Yesterday a track was set on Rootin Tootin, JibFly, Twin Lakes and the first part of Island Lake and the return of Wavy Gravy. The remainder of Wavy and Island will be tracked on Thursday, if conditions warrant.

Tracks have been set on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes, Mother North Star and Roy’s Run for classic skiing. Some of the trails only have one track set. We are preserving the other side for future tracksetting. Please no skating on the classic trails. Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, and North Loup designated trails for skating.

All trails are one way except Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz. Skiing correct direction, especially in early season, helps us maintain the integrity of the base. Thank youi!

Snowfall past 24 hours: 1″

Snowfall past 7 days: 12″

Snowfall to date: 18″

Compacted base on trail 2-5″

Fat Bike trails open. First grooming of the year on Tuesday. Click here for report.

Lodging for the winter season operations will begin the December 17th weekend. There is no lodging available for winter operations before. Day and season passes can be purchased here.

NO services in the lodge at this time. Parking in far lot near porta potties and recycling bins.

Setting track on Roy’s Run, December 8th, 2021. Track set on 75% of the loop. Some areas thin and rough but groomed with no track for option to step
Setting track on Roy’s Run, December 8th, 2021.
Setting track on two way segment of trail to access Twin Lakes and western trails, December 7th, 2021. Stay to right going down in track, come up right side where no track!
Setting track on JibFly, December 7th, 2021. Please no skating on the non track side. The second side in reserve for future tracksetting.
JibFly, December 7th, 2021.
Setting track on Twin Lakes trail, December 7th, 2021. Please no skating on the non track side. The second side in reserve for future tracksetting.
Setting single track on Island Lake trail, December 7th, 2021. A few more areas of thin cover on the singletrack trails.
First fat bike grooming on the Bootleg loop fat bike trail, December 7th, 2021.
Sukkerbusk after new track setting, December 6th, 2021.
Combing and leveling on Skaters Waltz, December 6th, 2021.
Setting track on Mother North Star, December 6th, 2021.
Sun dogs over Maplelag! December 6th, 2021.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, December 6th, 2021.
Last run of the day at dusk on Sukkerbusk setting track, December 5th, 2021.
Rollpacking and combing on Rootin Tootin, December 5th, 2021.
Packing and combing on North Loup, December 5th, 2021.
Peder A no track striding on Sukkerbusk, December 5th, 2021.
Rollpacking on Skaters extension, December 5th, 2021.
Faces in the forest! December 5th, 2021.
Interesting beaver chew at bottom of Suicide Hill, December 5th, 2021.
Saturday skiers back out for another ski, December 4th, 2021.
Jonell out for a ski at dusk, December 4th, 2021.

Fat Bike Trail Report

New snow on Sunday around 8-9″. We will begin grooming the designated fat bike trails, Bullhead Bootleg, Twin Lakes, SukkerWest and the inner segments used as connectors once we get caught up on the ski trail grooming. Hopefully today and tomorrow!

A great day on the trails Saturday for “Global Fat Bike Day”.

Rolling on Bootleg singletrack, December 4th, 2021.

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Snowfall of 8-9″ on Sunday bringing the conditions to very good. Additional snow on top of the previous base leveling into the low spots nicely. Still some rough spots, mainly on the outer trails and always be aware for areas of thin cover but overall very nice early season skiing.

Grooming report: Today we are combing and leveling out the skate trails Skaters Waltz, the extensions and North Loup. Track to be set on Rootin Tootin, JibFly and Twin Lakes.

Sunday and Monday we rollpacked, combed and leveled all the inner trails as well as Twin Lakes to the west and North Loup to the north on Sunday. We groomed all day on Sunday while it was snowing to maximize the base building and before the temps got cold and snow dried out.

Tracks have been set on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen and Mother North Star for classic skiing. Some of the trails only have one track set. We are preserving the other side for future tracksetting. Please no skating on the classic trails. Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, and North Loup designated trails for skating.

All trails are one way except Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz. Skiing correct direction, especially in early season, helps us maintain the integrity of the base. Thank youi!

Snowfall past 24 hours: Trace

Snowfall past 7 days: 11″

Snowfall to date: 17″

Compacted base on trail 2-5″

Fat Bike trails open. Click here for report.

Lodging for the winter season operations will begin the December 17th weekend. There is no lodging available for winter operations before. Day and season passes can be purchased here.

NO services in the lodge at this time. Parking in far lot near porta potties and recycling bins.

Sukkerbusk after new track setting, December 6th, 2021.
Combing and leveling on Skaters Waltz, December 6th, 2021.
Setting track on Mother North Star, December 6th, 2021.
Sun dogs over Maplelag! December 6th, 2021.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, December 6th, 2021.
Last run of the day at dusk on Sukkerbusk setting track, December 5th, 2021.
Rollpacking and combing on Rootin Tootin, December 5th, 2021.
Packing and combing on North Loup, December 5th, 2021.
Peder A no track striding on Sukkerbusk, December 5th, 2021.
Rollpacking on Skaters extension, December 5th, 2021.
Faces in the forest! December 5th, 2021.
Interesting beaver chew at bottom of Suicide Hill, December 5th, 2021.
Saturday skiers back out for another ski, December 4th, 2021.
Jonell out for a ski at dusk, December 4th, 2021.

Ski Trail Report

Fresh snow! Total accumulation from Sunday’s storm around 8-9″.

We rollpacked, combed and leveled all the inner trails as well as Twin Lakes to the west and North Loup to the north on Sunday. End of the day we set track on Sukkerbusk and Sap Run. Today we will be back out packing the trails we groomed today and also hitting the rest of the north and western trails. New track set on Mother North Star and track reset on Sap Run, Sukkerbusk and Mother Hen. Tomorrow we will comb out the skate trails Skaters Waltz and the extensions and North Loup. Track to be set on Rootin Tootin, JibFly and Twin Lakes. New snow a great addition to the existing base and the trails are taking shape nicely and skiing very nice.

A great day on the trails Saturday and good seeing folks out. We had a 3km loop open and groomed after snow this week was groomed into the existing crusty base. Thanks for sending in the reports!

Snowfall past 24 hours: 9″

Snowfall to date: 17″

Compacted base on trail 2-5″

Fat Bike trails Open and trail report.

Lodging for the winter season operations will begin the December 17th weekend. There is no lodging available for winter operations before. Day and season passes can be purchased here.

NO services in the lodge at this time. Parking in far lot near porta potties and recycling bins.

Sukkerbusk after new track setting, December 6th, 2021.
Combing and leveling on Skaters Waltz, December 6th, 2021.
Setting track on Mother North Star, December 6th, 2021.
Sun dogs over Maplelag! December 6th, 2021.
Grooming on Skaters Waltz, December 6th, 2021.
Last run of the day at dusk on Sukkerbusk setting track, December 5th, 2021.
Rollpacking and combing on Rootin Tootin, December 5th, 2021.
Packing and combing on North Loup, December 5th, 2021.
Peder A no track striding on Sukkerbusk, December 5th, 2021.
Rollpacking on Skaters extension, December 5th, 2021.
Faces in the forest! December 5th, 2021.
Interesting beaver chew at bottom of Suicide Hill, December 5th, 2021.
Saturday skiers back out for another ski, December 4th, 2021.
Jonell out for a ski at dusk, December 4th, 2021.
Sukkerbusk late afternoon, December 3rd, 2021. Nice “early season skiing” after all the grooming and new snow!
Sukkerbusk, December 3rd, 2021. Despite the thin base the skiing is good on the segments we have groomed the past 24 hours.
Groomer dinged a few areas when mixing all the snow types together but easily avoided mostly grass, December 3rd, 2021.
Skinny Field December 3rd, 2021. Use as connector to link the groomed segments.
Grooming through the soccer field which is access to the early season loop consisting of segments of Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz, December 3rd, 2021. No tracks set.
Another pass on Suicide Hill, December 3rd, 2021.

Fat Bike Trail Report

Snowy Sunday! New snow on Sunday around 8-9″. We will begin grooming the designated fat bike trails, Bullhead Bootleg, Twin Lakes, SukkerWest and the inner segments used as connectors once we get caught up on the ski trail grooming.

A great day on the trails Saturday for “Global Fat Bike Day”.

Rolling on Bootleg singletrack, December 4th, 2021.
Twin Lakes singletrack, December 4th, 2021.
Bridge crossing on Bootleg singletrack, December 4th, 2021. Bobcat tracks on the bridge!