Trail Report

A few scattered flurries this morning. After a warmer day yesterday with winds gusting to 50mph, cooler temps on the moving with falling temps expected during the day. Once the wind settles down, we will begin a regroom of the entire groomed system, cleaning up the trails. A interesting day yesterday with wind and warm temps and pieces of ice falling from the trees from last weeks storm! Grooming should clean the trails up nicely and a great end of the week and weekend of skiing on tap.

Trails are open for day use. All day and season passes for non overnight guests must be purchased online through the website. (click here)

Note: Please do not snowshoe or walk on ski or fat bike trails. Thank you! We have designated snowshoe trails for snowshoeing and walking. We take pride in having as “clean” as possible ski and fat bike trails.

Select singletrack loops groomed for fat biking totaling 25km. Report on the Fat Bike trail report.

Lotvola Cup is Back! Click here for more details.

We will be hosting a high school race today, Tuesday January 26th. With COVID restrictions, it will be a all day event. It will be a classic race on Sap Run, Sukkebusk and Twin Lakes at various times of the day. All other trails will be open. Grooming will occur on Monday the 25th and the above trails will be closed late afternoon. All other trails will be open for skiing.

All day and season passes for non overnight guests must be purchased online through the website.(click here) Parking in first parking lot as you enter Maplelag. Click here for trail map. There are no services in the main lodge. No ski rental available at this time.

Grooming Update: We groomed the entire groomed system all day Friday when the snow was still warm and before temps dropped that eventually hardened the base and dried out the snow. Timing is critical to maintain the best conditions possible.. Touch up grooming occurs as needed. Total regroomed planned before the weekend.

Trails groomed for double track include Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Mother North Star and Mother Hen.

Trails groomed for singletrack classic skiing include Wavy Gravy, Island Lake, and Roy’s Run. North Loup now groomed with track on side of skate lane.

Skate trails groomed include Skaters Waltz, Suicide Hill, Single Green, Krisitin’s Kutoff, Skaters Extension and North Loup.

Adventure trails: Bullhead and Lucky’s are not machine groomed and are “adventure” ski trails with skier made track. We will groom the Bootleg extension once there is more snow at the north end. Skiable with skier made track and now machine packed.

Please no snowshoeing or walking on ski and fat bike trails.

Total new snowfall past 24 hours at 1″. Snowfall past 24 days around 20″. Total snowfall on season 33″ (since October 14th) Compacted base on trail 4-8″.

Snowshoe trail is open for snowshoeing. Please no hiking or walking on the ski trails!

First part of Bullhead Lake and Lucky’s Loype that traverse on AMA land not groomed. Use caution as unmarked obstacles etc. may exist. Not recommended to ski, assume all risk.

Trails are open for day use. All day and season passes for non overnight guests must be purchased online through the website. (click here)

Please no snowshoeing or walking on ski and fat bike trails.

Please note the lodge will be closed to day skiers as a result of COVID-19 precautions. This includes no ski rental availability. If you do enter the lodge, please follow signs for entering and exiting. Restrooms located downstairs. Porta bathrooms in far parking lot. Please help keep Maplelag open by limiting inside use.

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Fresh snow on the double track, January 19th, 2021.
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Setting new track on Mother Hen at sunset, January 19th, 2021.
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Skiers in HS Nordic ski race heading up Single Green, January 19th, 2021.
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Heading down Suicide Hill, HS Nordic ski race, January 19th, 2021.
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Heading up Single Green, January 19th, 2021. Moorhead Invite at Maplelag