Excellent conditions. Great weather and a recent dustings of snow making for very nice skiing. We are grooming the skate trails this morning and plan on touch up grooming daily this week on the entire trail system.
Great day for the Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships. Nice job to all the skiers and thanks to everyone who helped make it a great day. Results and Photos on skinnyski.com
89km of trail open. Around 50km of ski trail with tracks for classic skiing and 15km for skate. Around 5km no tracked/groomed for bushwhack skier made track skiing. 30km of trail designated for fat biking including the Twin Lakes and new Bootleg singletrack. Snowshoe trail has seen good use and also many areas to explore fresh powder. Check board in entry of lodge for latest reports.
Bullhead lake trail along the north end through the non groomed AMA segments skier made track. Bootleg extension ski trail groomed as well as the north end of Bullhead trail. This scenic trail is designated as adventure skiing. Also, please use caution if skiing Lucky’s Loype, in particular on the AMA segments.
Total snow depth in the woods 26-40″. Total snowfall on the season at 50″. Compacted base on trail 10-14″.
Sledding hill is open with plenty of powder and ice skating rink is open and ready for skaters!
Ski rental available to day skiers (subject to availability.) Lunch and day skiing packages available midweek outside of the weekends and holiday seasons. There is no lodge or facility use (hot tub etc.) available for day use outside of the wax room and day skiing lounge room in lower level of lodge. Contact us for pricing, availability questions on the above items via email and we will be glad to help. [email protected] Thank you!
Top of Lucky’s Loype after first climb with nice views on to Little Suguarbush. Fresh groomed on non AMA segments, February 10th, 2020. Grooming under the moonlight, February 9th, 2020.Sun shining on Sukkerbusk! Tracks in great shape and skiing nicely, February 7th, 2020.Skaters Waltz Extension, February 7th, 2020.Fresh groomed skate deck, February 7th, 2020.Excellent fat biking conditions on the singletrack, February 7th, 2020.Setting new track on Sukkerbusk as it passes through the skinny field, February 6th, 2020.Setting new track on Rootin Tootin, February 6th, 2020.Sunshine and first tracks on a freshly groomed skate deck! February 5th, 2020.Jonell on JibFly! Tracks in great shape and skiing nice on Section course segments. February 5th, 2020.Racing action in Girls Pursuit, Section 8 Champs. February 4th, 2020.Nemeth brothers from Sartell/Cathredal batting for top spot, Section 8 Championships, February 4th, 2020.Girls Section 8 champion Abby Ishaug on JibFly, February 4th, 2020.Thanks Denny, Terry and Keith for your help on the courses! February 4th, 2020.Grooming on connector to western trails, February 3rd, 2020.Resetting new track on Twin Lakes, February 3rd, 2020.Island Lake trail, February 3rd, 2020. Track is in great shape but icy. Will be groomed on Thursday. Nature scene at Twin Lakes crossing, February 3rd, 2020.Setting new track on Sukkerbusk, February 3rd, 2020.Fat Bike trails in excellent condition, February 3rd, 2020.Evening grooming, February 2nd, 2020.Members of the Bemidji Nordic ski team training on section course, February 1st, 2020.Frosty grooming on Twin Lakes, January 30th, 2020.Lucky’s Loype, January 30th, 2020.Frosty skate skier, January 30th 2020.Fantastic skiing on JibFly, January 29th, 2020.Thanks Denny for all your help on the trails trimming brush! January 29th, 2020.Setting fresh tracks on Sukkerbusk, January 29th, 2020.Steve and Jennifer heading out for afternoon ski, January 29th, 2020. Be sure to stop and look at all the wildlife and nature scenes!Skaters Waltz skiing nicely, January 29th, 2020.North Loup remains groomed for both skate and classic, excellent conditions for both! January 29th, 2020.All smiles on the double track, January 27th, 2020.Ella and Lily on Suicide Hill repeats! January 27th, 2020.Bootleg extension of Bullhead lake trail some of the best skiing in years! January 27th, 2020.Frosty scene between Twin Lakes on Wavy Gravy trail, January 27th, 2020.Bushwhacking on Bullhead lake trail on non groomed AMA segment, January 27th, 2020. Nice skier made track. Watch for uneven areas on non groomed areas, use extra caution! MPLS Washburn skiers ready to hit the trails, January 24th, 2020.Group of skiers heading down Poki Loki trail, January 24th, 2020.Night grooming, January 23rd, 2020.Beautiful skiing on JibFly ski trail, January 22nd, 2020.Skaters Waltz, January 22nd, 2020.Resetting tracks on Twin Lakes, January 21st, 2020. Resetting tracks on Poki Loki at start of new Mother Hen, January 21st, 2020.Twin Lakes ski trail before another grooming pass, January 19th, 2020. Groomer’s Choice!Lucky’s Loype, before grooming new snow, January 16th, 2020.Grooming through the pines on Lucky’s Loype singletrack classic trail, January 16th, 2020.Grooming on Twin Lakes trail, January 15th, 2020.Skaters Waltz, January 15th, 2020.North end of Bullhead lake, January 15th, 2020. Packing before tracking!Morning grooming on Sukkerbusk before clearing later in day, January 15th, 2020.Afternoon sun filtering through the snow covered branches. January 14th, 2020.Setting fresh tracks on Sap Run, January 14th, 2020. New snow mixed with the existing base and ideal temps making for top notch classic skiing. Fresh grooming at the Switchyard trailhead, January 14th, 2020.Trail access from the Brant cabin, January 14th, 2020.Excellent classic skiing on Sukkerbusk and throughout most of the trail system, January 11th, 2020.First time skiers! January 11th, 2020.Setting new track after renovating on Twin Lakes, January 10th, 2020.Grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 10th, 2020.Setting new track on JibFly, January 10th, 2020.
Great skiing! Classic skiing some of the best of the year. Deep base of snow and conditions are holding out very well. We have been grooming daily since middle of December. Bit more debris on the singletrack trails with recent wind otherwise good skiing. No ice or crust.
80km of trail open. Around 50km of ski trail with tracks for classic skiing and 15km for skate. Around 5km no tracked/groomed for bushwhack skier made track skiing. 13km of trail designated for fat biking including the Twin Lakes singletrack. Snowshoe trail has seen good use and also many areas to explore fresh powder. Check board in entry of lodge for latest reports.
Bullhead lake trail along with the Bootleg extension now open and groomed. A few rough spots on the non groomed AMA segments and the north crossing. This scenic trail is designated as adventure skiing, and recommended to not use “race skis”. Please use caution if skiing Lucky’s Loype. Will be groomed again before the weekend. Check board in lodge for latest information.
Total snow depth in the woods 18-30″. Total snowfall on the season at 34″.
Sledding hill is open with plenty of powder and ice skating rink is open and ready for skaters!
Ski rental available to day skiers (subject to availability.) Lunch and day skiing packages available midweek outside of the weekends and holiday seasons. There is no lodge or facility use (hot tub etc.) available for day use outside of the wax room and day skiing lounge room in lower level of lodge. Contact us for pricing, availability questions on the above items via email and we will be glad to help. [email protected] Thank you!
Excellent classic skiing on Sukkerbusk and throughout most of the trail system, January 11th, 2020.First time skiers! January 11th, 2020.Setting new track after renovating on Twin Lakes, January 10th, 2020.Grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 10th, 2020.Setting new track on JibFly, January 10th, 2020.End of Bullhead lake trail, January 10th, 2020. Dusting of new snow, scattered drifted spots and organic matter on singletrack classic trails. Overall good skiing on these trails. Start of Boys Varsity, DL Invite, January 9th, 2020.Racing down Suicide Hill! January 9th, 2020.Start of Girls Varsity, January 9th, 2020.Girls Varsity, Kamikaze Hill, January 9th, 2020.Thanks to Denny and Knut and everyone who helped out with the race! January 9th, 2020.Roy’s Run freshly groomed, January 7th, 2020.Renovating and resetting track on Twin Lakes trail, January 6th, 2020.Skate trail grooming, January 6th, 2020.Twin Lakes crossing, January 6th, 2020.Island Lake trail, January 6th, 2020.Trailhead at the Switchyard, January 6th, 2020.Striding on return from Twin Lakes, January 4th, 2020.Roy’s Run, January 4th, 2020.Twin Lakes crossing, January 4th, 2020.Sunset over Wavy Gravy trail, January 4th, 2020.Grooming on north side of Bullhead Lake, January 4th, 2020. First half of Bullhead lake trail is not groomed. Skier made track until the halfway point than groomed rest of way including Bootleg extension. Fun adventure combination ski! Just Ski!Fantastic skate ski conditions, January 3rd, 2020.Hopkins Nordic Ski Team working on drills, January 3rd, 2020.Porcupine on Bootleg extension. Porcupines also spotted on Roy’s Run and Island Lake just past Henning’s Bru. January 3rd, 2020.Peder heading out to the western trails, January 1st, 2020.Setting new track on Twin Lakes on Charlie Beck conditions, January 1st, 2020.Afternoon skate on the ice rink, January 1st, 2020.North Loup, December 31st, 2019.Skaters Waltz, December 31st, 2019.Lucky’s Loype, December 31st, 2019.North Loup, December 31st, 2019.Beautiful bluebird day, December 31st, 2019.Setting track on Roy’s Run, December 30th, 2019.Rootin Tootin, December 30th, 2019.North end Bullhead, December 30th, 2019. Watch for slushy spots on marsh area. Skiable throughout.Trail head, December 30th, 2019.Second pass on Sukkerbusk, December 29th, 2019. Four passes today keeping on top of the snowfall!Setting track on Twin Lakes, didn’t take long for the tracks to get covered! Just Ski! Members of the Minnetonka Nordic Ski team enjoying the fresh snow, December 29th, 2019.Snowy scene at the rustic log cabins, December 29th, 2019.Snow covered cars in the parking lot! December 29th, 2019. Maplelag driveway and parking lot has been cleared. Everyone has made it in and out after some pushing and shoveling!Members of the Mesabi East Nordic team enjoying the fresh snow, December 29th, 2019.Packing, rolling and combing on Skaters Waltz, December 29th, 2019.Setting new singletrack on Bullhead Bootleg, December 28th, 2019.Minneapolis SW skiers enjoying fresh snow on Lucky’s Loype, December 28th, 2019.Sunrise on the singletrack, fresh grooming on Island Lake trail, December 27th, 2019.Beautiful sunrise at the Twin Lakes crossing, December 27th, 2019.Tamarack stand in between Twin Lakes, December 27th, 2019.First time skiers from Atlanta enjoying fresh snow! December 26th, 2019.North Loup freshly groomed today, new snow skied in on recent grooming on Roy’s Run, December 26th, 2019.Grooming on Skaters Waltz extension, December 26th, 2019.Fresh snow fresh grooming! December 26th, 2019.Setting track on Sukkerbusk, December 26th, 2019.Early morning grooming new snow, December 26th, 2019.
Trails are open. Cooler temps in place after warmer weather on the weekend. Snow is holding out great and skiing is good. Most recent grooming on Twin Lakes, JibFly, Loon Return and Mother Hen, Sap Run, Sukkerbusk and the skate trails. Recommended skiing on these trails. Skiing reported as good to excellent. Trails not groomed past few days have a worn track in spots with a few icy areas. Use caution on outer trails, especially far end on Roy’s Run. Overall good to very good skiing. Keeping eye on possible snow tonight and into the weekend!
90km of trail open. Around 50km of trail groomed with tracks for classic only skiing and 15km groomed separately for skate only. Around 5km no tracked/groomed for bushwhack skier made track skiing. 20km of trail groomed separately for fat biking.
Bullhead lake trail along with the Bootleg extension now open and groomed. A few rough spots on the non groomed AMA segments and the north crossing. This scenic trail is designated as adventure skiing, and recommended to not use “race skis”. Check board in lodge for latest information.
Total snow depth in the woods 14-16″. Total snowfall on the season at 19″.
Sledding hill is open with plenty of powder and ice skating rink is open and ready for skaters!
Ski rental available to day skiers (subject to availability.) Lunch and day skiing packages available midweek outside of the weekends and holiday seasons. There is no lodge or facility use (hot tub etc.) available for day use outside of the wax room and day skiing lounge room in lower level of lodge. Contact us for pricing, availability questions on the above items via email and we will be glad to help. [email protected] Thank you!
Setting new track on Twin Lakes, December 24th, 2019.Island Lake trail, December 24th, 2019. Use caution on certain areas on the singletrack outer trails. A few icy/rough spots.Striding on Twin Lakes, December 22nd, 2019. Tracks holding out well from weekend skiers. Might be a few glazed areas on direct south facing areas.Sunset skate on the rink! December 22nd, 2019. Great ice conditions this year. Skates available in warming house to use at no charge. Sunrise over Skaters Waltz, December 22nd, 2019. Fun skating conditions with sugary silky snow!Setting new double track on Twin Lakes, December 19th, 2019.Twin Lakes crossing, December 19th, 2019. Fat bikers on the left! December 19th, 2019.Combing Skaters Waltz, December 19th, 2019.Fresh double track on Rootin Tootin, December 19th, 2019.North Loup renovated and combed, December 19th, 2019.
Fat bike trails groomed this week, December 19th,2019. Please no walking or skiing on these trails. Thank you.Night skate on the rink. December 19th, 2019. Ice in great shape this year! Watch for a few bumps as always. Cutting new track on Island Lake trail, December 18th, 2019.Cutting new track on Wavy Gravy trail, December 18th, 2019.Wolf tracks on Island lake trail before grooming, December 19th, 2019. Lot of wildlife sign on the trails and in the woods. We have seen many deer, turkeys, grouse, eagles, mink, otters to name a few. Look for the the active eagle nest just off the side of Island Lake trail!Grooming on the east side of Bullhead Lake trail, December 17th, 2019.Setting track on north side of Bullhead lake. December 17th, 2019.Scenic view on north side of Bullhead lake trail, December 17th, 2019.Setting track on Bootleg extension ski trail, December 17th, 2019.Ice rink is now open and ready for skaters! Fresh snow on Lucky’s Loype, December 15th, 2019.Through the pines on Lucky’s Loype, December 15th, 2019.Skier made track on Lucky’s Loype, December 15th, 2019. Watch for unmarked obstacles on AMA segments. Lucky’s Loype, December 15th, 2019.Highland Park skiers on Sukkerbusk, December 14th, 2019.Highland Park time trial, December 14th, 2019.Always great to see first time skiers! December 14th, 2019.Groomed segment on Lucky’s Great skate ski conditions on the skate trails, December 14th, 2019.Wavy Gravy trail, December 14th, 2019.Highland Park skiers at Twin Lakes crossing, December 14th, 2019. Great to see kids experience authentic ross country skiing!!Setting track on Lucky’s Loype for first time this year, December 13th, 2019.Setting track on Roy’s Run, December 13th, 2019.Lucky’s Loype, December 13th, 2019.Island Lake trail, December 13th, 2019.Roy’s Run, December 13th, 2019.Highland Park skiers enjoying the fresh snow during first day ski camp, December 13th, 2019.Sukkerbusk after fresh track setting, December 12th, 2019.Skaters Waltz after packing and combing, December 12th, 2019.Rootin Tootin with one new track set, second track to be set on Friday. December 12th, 2019.Istvan enjoying the fresh snow and grooming, December 12th, 2019.Sap Run, December 11th, 2019. Tracks holding good form with not much traffic this week. Will be reset on Thursday and Friday for weekend skiing. Tracksetting at end of Sap Run, December 9th, 2019.Skaters Waltz after roll packing, December 9th, 2019. Skate trails will be combed on Thursday. Setting track on JibFly, December 9th, 2019.Setting track on Twin Lakes, December 9th, 2019.North Loup roll packed today, December 9th, 2019.Setting track on Sukkerbusk as it passes through, December 9th, 2019.Sun dogs over Twin Lakes crossing, December 9th, 2019.
Bridge crossing on Bootleg singletrack, March 24th, 2020
When fully opened, Maplelag has skiing and fat biking on 90km of trail. Around 50km of trail groomed with tracks for classic only skiing and 15km groomed separately for skate only. Around 5km no tracked/groomed for bushwhack skier made track skiing. 20km of trail groomed separately for fat biking. Over 400 acres available to explore via snowshoe, powder stashes on the sledding hill and the ice rink for skating! Full trails report on the trail report page along with day activity information.
Trails are taking shape nicely with daily grooming after 8-9″ of snow last weekend. We started packing select trails Saturday night and have been packing and grooming daily since.
Tracks have been set on Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, Mother Hen, Poki Loki, Mother North Star, JibFly and Twin Lakes. Skating open on Skaters Waltz, North Loup, Single Green, Suicide Hill and Skaters Extension trails. Groomed/combed for no track classic skiing on Roy’s Run, Island Lake, Wavy Gravy, and Rootin Tootin. Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead Bootleg trails skiable but recommended to ski after more snow. Good to excellent early season conditions. A few bumpy spots and a few thin areas but overall great skiing for early December. We will continue packing and grooming on the entire trail system the rest of the week.
With high water tables, there are a few low areas with flowing water that we have managed. Use caution on JibFly low area and Sukkerbusk on the one low area in between the road crossings.Bullhead trail best to wait to ski until colder weather.
We had a good final weeks clearing on the western trails and North Loup. Lots of deadfall from October storms we were able to finally clear.
Testing the tracks on Sukkerbusk, excellent early season skiing on this trail. December 4th, 2019.Great early season classic skiing on Twin Lakes. Other than a couple thin areas, fantastic skiing. December 4th, 2019.Winter scene at Twin Lakes crossing, December 4th, 2019.Skaters Waltz in excellent early season condition, December 4th, 2019.Fat bike grooming on Twin Lakes singletrack, December 5th, 2019. Both Twin Lakes and the new Bootleg loop groomed for fat biking.Grooming across bridge on Bootleg singletrack, December 5th, 2019.The new Mother Hen is now groomed and open with a track set. Beginner trail 1.3km. December 4th, 2019.Night ride on the fat bike trail, December 4th, 2019. Grooming planned Thursday evening! Fresh cut double tracks on Sukkerbusk, December 3rd, 2019.Cutting track on Twin Lakes, December 3rd, 2019.Combing out Suicide Hill, December 3rd, 2019.Grooming around Roy’s field on Skaters Waltz extension, December 3rd, 2019.
Grooming on Single Green, December 3rd, 2019.
Sunset ski on Skaters Waltz, December 3rd, 2019. Great early season conditions!Packing and combing on Skaters Waltz, December 1st, 2019.
Grooming through the skinny field, December 1st, 2019.
Beautiful day to groom, December 1st, 2019.
Sunset ski on Skaters Waltz, December 1st, 2019. Great early season conditions. Heading out for evening group. November 30th, 2019.
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