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Fat Bike Trail Report

Designated fat bike trails are open. Temps look to remain below freezing moving forward with a chance of snow Thursday evening.

Current conditions: crusty frozen base with variable surface conditions. Open trails include Twin lakes singletrack, Bullhead Bootleg singletrack and SukkerWest singletrack segments.

Once we receive enough snow to groom, we will begin grooming on the above trails including connector segments to complete the two loops for one full loop.

Bootleg singletrack, December 2nd, 2021.
Bootleg singletrack, December 2nd, 2021.
Bootleg singletrack, December 2nd, 2021.
Bullhead Booteg singletrack, November 30th, 2021.
Twin Lakes bridge section, November 28th, 2021. (Bryan S photo)
Twin Lakes singletrack, November 26th, 2021.
Skaters Waltz ski trail, November 26th, 2021.
Bootleg singletrack, November 24th, 2021.
Typical riding surface on Bootleg singletrack, November 24th, 2021.
Climbing Suicide Hill, November 24th, 2021. Skaters Waltz ski trail and Sukkerbusk open to fat biking until further notice.
Twin Lakes singletrack, November 22nd, 2021.
Weekend riding, November 20th, 2021. (Ben Olson photo).
Bridge crossing on Bootleg singletrack, November 18th, 2021.
Area of deeper snow on Bootleg singletrack, November 18th, 2021.
Lakeside Bootleg singletrack, November 18th, 2021.

Ski Trail Report

Warm day melted much of the new snow that fell Tuesday evening. Thankfully froze down hard last night and preserved some of the base. This afternoon we were grooming and patching thin areas on the “early season loop” grooming the crown, and tenderizing the frozen down base. A ski later found skiable conditions. If we can pick up snow this evening, groom it in proper and provide improved skiable conditions, we will have this loop open for skiing Friday afternoon and the weekend. We also are grooming a connector to Suicide Hill that has good coverage.

Snowfall past 24 hours: Trace

Snowfall to date: 8″

Fat bike trails remain open provided temps are below freezing. (Click here on 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. Park in far parking lot where recycling and porta potties are located.

Afternoon grooming on Suicide Hill, December 2nd, 2021.
Sukkerbusk as part of the early season loop, December 2nd, 2021.
Section of Skaters Waltz part of the early season loop with good coverage, December 2nd, 2021.
Sukkerbusk, same area as photos below, December 2nd, 2021.
Sukkerbusk late afternoon (same location as below), December 1st, 2021.
Sukkerbusk mid morning, December 1st, 2021.
Skaters Waltz late afternoon, December 1st, 2021.
Skaters Waltz mid morning, December 1st, 2021.
Top of Suicide Hill mid morning, December 1st, 2021.
Grooming new snow into the existing frozen base on Sukkerbusk ski trail, December 1st, 2021.
Intersection Skaters Waltz (left) and Sukkerbusk, (right), November 29th, 2021.

Fat Bike Trail Report

Designated fat bike trails are open for fat biking (provided temps below freezing). Dusting of snow on top of crusty frozen base with variable surface conditions. Open trails include Twin lakes singletrack, Bullhead Bootleg singletrack and SukkerWest singletrack segments. With new snow and warm temps, please no riding on the ski trails or inner trails until colder weather.

Once we receive enough snow to groom, we will begin grooming on the above trails including connector segments to complete the two loops for one full loop.

Bullhead Booteg singletrack, November 30th, 2021.
Twin Lakes bridge section, November 28th, 2021. (Bryan S photo)
Twin Lakes singletrack, November 26th, 2021.
Skaters Waltz ski trail, November 26th, 2021.
Bootleg singletrack, November 24th, 2021.
Typical riding surface on Bootleg singletrack, November 24th, 2021.
Climbing Suicide Hill, November 24th, 2021. Skaters Waltz ski trail and Sukkerbusk open to fat biking until further notice.
Twin Lakes singletrack, November 22nd, 2021.
Weekend riding, November 20th, 2021. (Ben Olson photo).
Bridge crossing on Bootleg singletrack, November 18th, 2021.
Area of deeper snow on Bootleg singletrack, November 18th, 2021.
Lakeside Bootleg singletrack, November 18th, 2021.

Ski Trail Report

December starting out nicely with an inch or so of wet snow early morning. We groomed on Skaters Waltz, Sukkerbusk and Suicide Hill into the early morning, rolling and combing the new snow into the existing frozen base. We groomed early this morning instead of waiting in effort to save the snow as much as possible by compressing the snow so it could freeze down better. The new snow freshening up the grounds nicely and should help protect the existing base. Skiing was very good this morning but due to the warm temps today, the trails remained closed. If we survive the warm today and tomorrow, we will put effort into having a 2km loop open for skiing on the weekend.

Fat bike trails remain open provided temps are below freezing. (Click here on 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. Park in far parking lot where recycling and porta potties are located.

Sukkerbusk late afternoon (same location as below), December 1st, 2021.
Sukkerbusk mid morning, December 1st, 2021.
Skaters Waltz late afternoon, December 1st, 2021.
Skaters Waltz mid morning, December 1st, 2021.
Top of Suicide Hill mid morning, December 1st, 2021.
Grooming new snow into the existing frozen base on Sukkerbusk ski trail, December 1st, 2021.
Intersection Skaters Waltz (left) and Sukkerbusk, (right), November 29th, 2021.

Ski Trail Report

The trails are closed to skiing.

Trails are covered with a rock solid ice/crust base of 1-3″ from snowfall earlier in November. Out of caution, we have the trails closed due to icy conditions, areas of thin cover and scattered open spots.The trails we groomed the past few weeks have the best coverage and just an inch or so will allow us to open these trails again. This week we are working on Skaters Waltz, patching areas of thin cover.

Long term snow models looking good for snow end of weekend (keep in mind this is a long term model, bit more on the conservative side).

We had great early season run thanks to 6″ of snow the middle of November and was good to see so many people out. We will continue to work on Skaters Waltz and Sukkerbusk, patching thin areas. We are grateful to have the coverage as it won’t take much to open the trails back up!

Fat bike trails remain open (Click here on 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. Park in far parking lot where recycling and porta potties are located.

Intersection Skaters Waltz (left) and Sukkerbusk, (right), November 29th, 2021.
Thin area on Skaters Waltz near Bullhead bay, November 29th, 2021.
Area of thinner cover on Sukkerbusk, November 29th, 2021.
Segment with good coverage on Skaters Waltz, November 29th, 2021.
Patching a thin area on Skaters Waltz at dusk, November 29th, 2021.
Patching thin areas on Suicide Hill, November 29th, 2021.