Pretty much a postcard day on the trails today. 4-5″ of fluffy snow, no wind and temp reaching 15 degrees which felt almost balmy considering we saw -28 yesterday morning. Lots of smiling faces on the trails including a pair of deer sighted on Skaters Waltz extension. Grooming action on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen, Mother North Star, Twin Lakes, Bullhead lake trail which saw fresh tracks and Skaters Waltz, North Loup, Kristin’s Kutoff, Single and Double green and the extension of Skaters Waltz rollcompacted for the skating. Tracksetting planned on Sukkerbusk, Rootin Tootin, Wavy Gravy, JibFly and Lucky’s Loype and North Loup and the Skaters loops most likely to be packed again for skating.
After one of the coldest mornings this winter (-28 at 7am) we warmed up nicely to around 0. Hard to believe 0 would be “warm” but after what is turning out to be a record cold month of December,…… sunshine and light winds made for a gorgeous day on the trails. I was very impressed by the ski teams at Maplelag this past weekend including two teams that left today that were skiing in the morning in the sub zero temps. Great job!!
Grooming on hold because of the colder temps until after lunch. Fresh tracks set on Loon Return and Wavy Gravy. Skaters Waltz extension, Bullhead, Double Green, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff, and Suicide Hill rollcompacted late afternoon. Planning on setting tracks on Bullhead trail and will set new tracks on other trails, depending on possible new snow. Either way there is some great skiing on the trails right now with all the fresh snow the past two weeks. The compacted base on the trail ranges from 4-7″ and the snow depth in the woods ranges from 10-20″. Tracks are set on about 33km of trail and 13km groomed skate only on North Loup and Skaters Waltz.
Stiff wind and cold temps making it feel like -20ish on the trails on Sunday but Nordic skiers are hearty folks and the trails busy with skiers. Most of the inner trails groomed Sunday morning as well as Twin Lakes and North Loup. Extension of Skaters Waltz packed and hope to have this skating trail groomed this week. Trails groomed are setting up after yesterday’s snowfall and some excellent skiing right now. Grooming tomorrow on Wavy Gravy and Bullhead, possibly, setting fresh tracks. Overall around 28km tracked for classic only and 12km groomed skate only.
A snowy Saturday as members of the Breck, Blake, Bloomington Jefferson, Long Prairie and St. Paul Highland Park ski teams took part in ski clinics led by skinnyski.com ski team members in the morning followed by a 4km classic race in the afternoon. Grooming most of the day on the inner trails and also Twin Lakes. North Loup packed in the afternoon and will be combed in the morning. Grooming in the morning on the inner trails as well. Total snowfall was around 7″. Colder weather moving in but dressed properly, keep moving and protection in the woods make for some nice skiing.
Big time snow falling on Saturday. As of 4:00 pm 7″ of fresh snow has fallen the past 18 hours. We groomed most of the inner trails multiple times this morning and also groomed Twin Lakes. The same trails will be groomed early Sunday morning and possibly North Loup for skating. Check back this evening for pictures of the day.
Another great day on the trails on Friday. Track set on Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead Lake trail and Island Lake trail packed. After Friday’s grooming, all the trails had been either packed/groomed and tracks set (except Skaters Waltz extension) Tracks have been set on Mother Hen, Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, Rootin Tootin, Mother North Star, JibFly, Loon Return, Wavy Gravy, and Twin Lakes. Single green, double green, Kristins Kutoff,Skaters Waltz and North have been groomed for skating. Once we groom out this new snow, conditions should be fantastic. A few rough spots on the marshy crossings but overall the ski conditions are good to excellent.
