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Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Today we are hosting the 29th DL Invitational ski meet. Always a fun day with great energy and we are looking forward to another fun day! Trails use for the race include Poki Loki/Mother North Star, Sap Run and Skaters Waltz.

For day skiers today, please try to ski before noon to preserve the snow based on forecasted warmth today. 

All the classic trails are now tracked. Has been 4-5 years since everything was tracked this early in the year. Bullhead lake segment has a skied in track on the lake. Follow the track and pick up the grooming on the other side and full Bullhead and Bootleg loop. Thursday we set track on all the singletrack classic trails.

Skating on Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff and Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. All other trails are tracked for classic skiing. (Please no skating on classic trails) Sukkerbusk is a great starter trail for classic which feeds the outer trails and crosses most of the inner trails providing a good “lay of the land”. 

17″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system the past two weeks. 

Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased hereA MN State trail pass is NOT required to ski at Maplelag. The Maplelag trails are self funded by operations with no grants or state funding. 

 Fat bike trails are not groomed yet. Click here for fat bike trail report.

We had a great Autumn of Fall grooming clearing leaves and debris off the trails and the new snow is packing in well with the clean deck before the snow. 

We cleared over 600 trees since the Solstice 2025 storm. Big thanks to everyone that has helped!

Total snowfall in December: 10″. Snowfall in November: 7″. Snowfall YTD at 16″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.

Final day of ski camp for St Paul Highland Park Nordic ski team, December 14th, 2025. Nice job skiing in the cold this weekend!
Roy’s Run, December 14th, 2025.
Rootin Tootin trail, December 14th, 2025.
SP Highland Park skiers putting in a full day of skiing despite the cool temps, December 13th, 2025.
SP Highland Park skiers putting in a full day of skiing despite the cool temps, December 13th, 2025.
Saturday smiles. Great day on the trails, December 13th, 2025.
Magical afternoon on the trails, December 12th, 2025.
Afternoon sun dogs, December 12th, 2025.
Hill repeats on Eira Bikwadinaa hill, St Paul Highland Park skiers , December 12th, 2025.
St Paul Highland Park skiers on Eira Bikwadinaa hill, December 12th, 2025.