After a cool start to the week with cold temps enough to glaze the ponds, sloughs and edges of small lakes with ice, slightly warmer air moving in. Exciting to see the first flakes of snow on Sunday and Monday! Colder weather getting us excited for the upcoming winter season and potential for snow and skiing later this month. Cold temps good for cooling down the soil and preparing the ground for frost.
We have had a fantastic fall of trail work and continuing this week up until deer hunting. The trails are now closed for the upcoming deer hunting season. We will open the trails again when there is enough snow to groom for the ski and fat bike trails. Lodging for the winter season operations will begin the December 17th weekend. There is no lodging available for winter operations before that but if skiable snow, we will have the trails open for day skiing.
Ice on the edge of Bullhead Lake, November 3rd, 2021.Touch up fall grooming on Sap Run trail as it intersects Skaters Waltz, November 3rd, 2021.Start of northern trails, North Loup and Roy’s Run, November 3rd, 2021.Swamp scene, November 3rd, 2021.
Feels a bit like winter to start off the month of November. First flakes of snow on Sunday and Monday and a hard freeze last night with temps down in the 20’s. Colder weather getting us excited for the upcoming winter season and potential for snow and skiing later this month.
We have had a fantastic fall of trail work and continuing this week up until deer hunting. The trails are now closed for the upcoming deer hunting season. We will open the trails again when there is enough snow to groom for the ski and fat bike trails. Lodging for the winter season operations will begin the December 17th weekend. There is no lodging available for winter operations before that but if skiable snow, we will have the trails open for day skiing.
Last of the poplar leaves coming down, November 1st, 2021.Brief moment of sunshine at top of “Toot” hill, November 1st, 2021.
The mountain bike trails are now closed for the dirt season. The trails will open again for the winter season and fat biking, weather permitting, Thanksgiving weekend. Once again we will be grooming over 20km of trail for fat biking. Thanks everyone that helped make it another fantastic year of Mountain Biking at Maplelag!
Sunset ride on Bulhead Bootleg, October 31st, 2021. Trails closed at sunset on November 1st.Grooming fat bike trails at Maplelag, February 13th, 2021. Once again we will have over 20km of fat biking available featuring the Twin Lakes and Bullhead Bootleg singletrack loops.
Happy November 1st! First flakes of snow last night lingering into today! We are excited for the upcoming winter season and potential for snow and skiing later this month. We have had a fantastic fall of trail work and continuing this week up until deer hunting. The trails are closing at sunset today for “dirt play”. We will open the trails again when there is enough snow to groom for the ski and fat bike trails. Lodging for the winter season operations will begin the December 17th weekend. There is no lodging available for winter operations before that but if skiable snow, we will have the trails open for day skiing.
Still some fall color with the tamaracks at peak in the middle of Kohlepp slough, October 23rd, 2021.Bullhead lake as seen from the Bullhead lake trail, October 23rd, 2021.End of Twin Lakes ski trail, October 21st, 2021. Ready for winter snows!Looking across slough towards south Twin Lake, October 21st, 2021. Ice on the edges! Clearing deadfall on Twin Lakes trail, October 21st, 2021.Poplar and tamarack trees displaying their autumn gold this week, October 19th, 2021.Late fall color scene at Twin Lakes crossing, October 20th, 2021. Saturday hikers on Rootin Tootin! October 16th, 2021.Frosty coating at start of JibFly trail, October 16th, 2021.Frosty scene at Twin Lakes crossing, October 16th, 2021.Saturday clearing on Skaters Waltz, October 16th, 2021.
Trails are open. Overall mostly tacky conditions. Nice weekend of riding in place. Best conditions will be in the afternoon. This is the last weekend to ride for the dirt season. Trails will be closed for deer hunting at sunset on November 1st. We will open the trails again for the winter season, weather permitting, Thanksgiving weekend.
One more ride on Bullhead Bootleg, October 25th, 2021. (Ben Olson photo)Navigating the “Moorhead” singletrack rock garden, October 25th, 2021. (Jamie Jepson photo)Wooden feature on “Bjorp’s” singletrack, October 25th, 2021. (Jepson photo).Twin Lakes singletrack, October 23rd, 2021.Bullhead Bootleg singletrack, October 21s,2021. Great sight lines with the leaves down. Suicide Hill, October 21st, 2021.Lakeside singletrack, October 19th, 2021.Sunday Funday! Incredible riding conditions for October 17th.
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