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Fantastic Frost

January 21, 2016 Jay Richards

Incredible frosty conditions on Wednesday January 20th, 2016.

More frost photos and latest trail report on the trail report page.

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Ice Skating

January 21, 2016 Jay Richards

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Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships

January 20, 2016 admin

2016 Section 8 Nordic Ski Racing Meet
February 2, 2016
Time Schedule: 9:15 Coaches Meeting
10:00 Girls Freestyle
11:00 Boys Freestyle
Break
1:30 Girls Classical
2:30 Boys Classical
Awards Ceremony

Teams: Alexandria, Bemidji, Detroit Lakes, Little Falls, Moorhead, Rocori, TrekNorth, Saint John’s Prep, Saint Cloud Tech, Willmar,Coop 60 – Brainerd/Pillager/ Pequot Lakes,
Coop 162 – OTNSA – Fergus Falls/Hillcrest Academy, Coop 394 – St. Cloud Apollo / Sauk Rapids Rice, Coop 395 – St. Cloud Cathedral / Sartell

Please note: The inner trails will be closed on Monday and Tuesday for Sections. For recreational and day skiing, the western and northern trails will be open

We are excited once again to be hosting the Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships!!

Section Previews on Skinnyski.com

It is inspiring to see our youth competing in such a great sport being active and the races are always exciting!

Lunch available for sale. All profits donated back to support high school Nordic skiing. Lunch donated by Maplelag for coaches, bus drivers and race officials.

Menu for the day will be home made from scratch:

Chicken Wild Rice Soup

Sloppy Joes

Vegan/Gluten Free Squash Bisque

Chicken Noodle Soup

Ham and Cheese sandwhiches

Chips, salads and bars featuring Maplelag’s famous double fudge brownies and rice krispie bars

Gatorade and bottled water.
PLEASE NO PETS and PLEASE NO WALKING ON SKI TRAILS

Berit Ramstad-Skoyles leading the front group up Suicide Hill during the pursuit race, Section 8 Nordic Ski Championships. February 3rd, 2015.

Reports, Ski Trail

Trail Report

January 18, 2016 Jay Richards

Despite temps in the negative double digits most of the MLK weekend, we had a great weekend of skiing. Cold weather not stopping the guests staying at Maplelag over the weekend from hitting the trails. Looks to gradually warm up and with the mid winter ski conditions, doesn’t get any better. Great job to all the skiers that braved the cold including the early morning skiers that went out in -30 temps on Sunday morning. Dressed properly, protected from the wind and abundant sunshine make for great January skiing.

We groomed all of the trails we have been grooming this year on Friday. The 6″ of snow from Thursday groomed in nicely and making for very nice conditions. The trails are always open and will not close because of cold weather or windchill.

Trails that have been groomed and open with tracks set: Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, North Loup, Rootin Tootin, Mother North Star, Sap Run, Wavy Gravy, Island Lake and JibFly. Skaters Waltz, the extension groomed for skating. Please no skating on trails other than Skaters Waltz, and the extension of Skaters. Trails open with skier made track include Roy’s Run, Lucky’s Loype and Bullhead. Please note portions of certain trails will not be groomed this year due to change in the lease on AMA property.

Total snowfall since December 15th=19″, compacted base on trail 4-6″. Overall the trails have very good coverage, a few rough spots on the marsh/lake crossings to use caution, especially on Bullhead trail. Ski with caution and enjoy! Total snowfall since December 1st, 25″. Total snowfall since November 20th= 27″. We had a warm spell that melted most of the snow from November 20th and December 1st other than the north facing areas. First grooming of the season on November 20th after 2″ of snowfall.

The trails are open for public day skiing. Trail access pass is $15. Ski rental is $15 a day. After January 3rd, lunch will be available for day skiers during the Midweek by reservation. Contact us to reserve and for pricing.