Trails are now closed for the “dirt” season. Even though the Maplelag trails are on private property, we close the trails out of respect of the area landowners for deer hunting and safety for the riders.

Weather permitting we will plan to open the trails again for fat biking Thanksgiving weekend. We plan on grooming at least 20km of trail including the Twin Lakes and Bootleg singletrack loops again. Connectors in between to make one unique and dynamic loop! We will also groom the new SukkerWest singletrack for beginner fat biking.

Good job to all the riders completing the LagChilada challenge this season! The challenge was to simply ride most of trail system on a loop created on Strava in one ride/day. We provided special custom t-shirts for anyone that completed the challenge. Overall it was another great year of mountain biking at Maplelag, year number 30! Lot’s of new trail build and even though we were not able to host the Laddies Loppet this year, it was great having new and familiar riders on the track.

The lodge is closed and no services are available. Park in the far parking lot where blue recycling dumpsters are located and ride. Porta bathroom available. Trails are closed to horses and motorized equipment.

Trailhead starts near the flagpole in the middle of the cabins for the inner loop. Twin Lakes singletrack loop can be accessed from the driveway. Bootleg singletrack loop is accessed to the east from Hiway 34. Look for orange Maplelag tape at entrance and ride the loop clockwise for Bootleg. For all other trails, look for red signs and white signs for Kids Comp/Citizen (beginner) and Sport/Comp/Expert (intermediate/advanced) options. The Maplelag trails are old school/classic cross country with many slow tech features with roots and rocks. There are beginner segments but most of the riding is intermediate/expert rating. Latest trail map, new map to be released this fall.

Maplelag trails on Trailforks

Three new loops of trail completed this spring and summer on the Maplelag property now open. “Bjorp’s Stump” (1.75 miles) is accessed off the sport comp expert loop and “SukkerWest” (.4miles) is accessed from the end of the driveway. Look for signage. Phase one of “North Loup Gnar”, a loop across the Goat Ranch rd on Maplelag property features many “slow tech” features. We will work on phase two this fall. The phase one loop is just under 2 miles.

There is no trail fee at this time but ask folks to donate to offset trail maintenance costs and property taxes by purchasing a $15 summer pass on our website. The Maplelag trails are self funded on private property and do not receive any grants or outside funding. We love to mountain bike and are happy and glad to share the trail with others!