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Ski Trail

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Turned out to be a great day of skiing with sun coming out and wind slowly settling down. Great to see everyone out….nice work to Just Ski!

2-3″ of new snow the past 24 hours. Today we reset all the double track and combed out Skaters Waltz. The trails groomed out beautifully mixing old snow with new snow. Tonight Rootin Tootin and Roy’s Run were groomed for Sunday morning fresh set. Will not be grooming Island Lake, Wavy Gravy or Bullhead lake this weekend with the drifting. These trails remain open but expect some fun drifts to break through…old school skiing! Skaters extension and North Loup roll packed Friday afternoon, dusting of new snow on top.

We have also have a loop on Little Sugarbush Lake “Lumi’s Loop” with a skate lane and track on each side. This is a fun 1.2km loop that makes for a fun ski at sunrise and sunset. A new track was set on one side 1/14. Track is now drifted over and will do our best to have skiable with the wind but best bet this weekend is to ski in the woods!

It’s been great seeing so many people out on the trails so far this winter season and we deeply appreciate the support! Want to share your ski experience at Maplelag, file a report on Skinnyski.com

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”.  

27″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since mid November, only missing a few days.  

Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here. A 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.  18 and under day pass is $15, use the summer trail pass option. 

Ski rentals are available at a rate of $25 for adults and $15 for 18 and under. Snowshoe rental is $10 a person. 

The entire 25km FatLagChilada loop is now open. Click here for fat bike trail report. 

Snowfall YTD at 31″ Compacted base on trail 3-6″. Total snowfall in January at 7″. December: 17″. Snowfall in November: 7″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″. 

Sundog over the start! January 17th, 2026.
Grooming break to check the tracks, January 17th, 2026.
Setting new double track on Twin Lakes, January 17th, 2026. Grooming mixing the old granulated snow deep in the base with the new snow for fast setting tracks!
Double track fun on a good ol’ winter day! January 17th, 2026.
Morning on Mother North Star! January 17th, 2026.
Cutting track on Single Green trail, January 17th, 2026. Also a skate lane.
Combing Skaters Waltz, January 17th, 2026.
First tracks on Sukkerbusk, January 17th, 2026.
Skiing in the storm! January 16th, 2026.
Grooming the new snow with the granulated snow on Mother North Star, January 16th, 2026. Trails are grooming out nice. Wind is filling in the track just a little but still great skiing. We will be refreshing all the double track Saturday, 1/17.
Time to ski! Skiers heading out to the trail, January 16th, 2026.