Trail Report

Snow bubble day! Beautiful fluff snow falling today accumulating to 3-4″ as of 6pm. Lovely skiing on the trails. We will be out in the morning grooming the snow on select trails. Entire trail system groomed Thursday and Friday. Touch up grooming on skater trails Saturday morning. Grooming throughout the week conditioning the snow and mixing in any new snow keeping conditions and skiing very good. Trails are not icy.

Be sure to look for porcupines off Mother North Star and Roy’s Run trails, about 1/3rd the way in on both trails. Lots of other tracks including deer, wolf, coyote, pine marten, fox, and beaver to name a few. Also look for the new and active eagle nest at the start of Island Lake trail. You can also see the next at the top of “eagle view” at the top of the last downhill on Twin Lakes trail. Many birds also to keep an eye for including the swooping pileated woodpecker.

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 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: Entire groomed trail system groomed Thursday and Friday. Skate trails on tap for grooming again Saturday morning.

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: First part of Bullhead and Lucky’s are not machine groomed and are “adventure” ski trails with skier made track. Bootleg extension is now groomed. The north end is rough and probably best to take skis off and walk through. The first part of Bullhead remains an adventure trail. To access the Bootleg loop without skiing the adventure part, one can ski the last part of Bullhead to the extension, ski the extension loop than back out on Bullhead trail.

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

Total new snowfall past 24 hours at 1″. Snowfall past 24 days around 21″. Total snowfall on season 34″ (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.

Morning grooming on Skaters Waltz catching a glimpse of the sun before snow moved in, January 23rd, 2021.
Morning grooming on Skaters Waltz extension catching a glimpse of the sun before snow moved in, January 23rd, 2021.
Snow falling in the afternoon! January 23rd, 2021.
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Setting track on Bullhead Bootleg extension for first time this year, January 22nd, 2021. The north end is rough and probably best to take skis off and walk through. The first part of Bullhead remains an adventure trail. To access the Bootleg loop without skiing the adventure part, one can ski the last part of Bullhead to the extension, ski the extension loop than back out on Bullhead trail.
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Suicide Hill touched up this afternoon, January 22nd, 2021.
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Fun in the fresh falling snow! January 22nd, 2021.
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Dusting of snow on top of recent grooming making for nice skiing, January 21st, 2021.
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Setting track on Bullhead Bootleg extension for first time this year, January 22nd, 2021.
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Cutting fresh track on Island Lake trail, January 21st, 2021.
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Cutting new track on Roy’s Run, January 21st, 2021.
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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