Cooler weather moving in overnight with more seasonable temps in place for October. Conditions remain dry and ideal for final fall grooming on the ski trails.
Beautiful weekend with incredible weather for mid October. Great seeing everyone out on the trails! Frosting mornings on Saturday and Sunday with a nice coating of white. Dry conditions back in place after 5″ of rainfall the past 10 days. With dry conditions late summer and fall, the precipitation was welcomed.
Conditions this fall have been great for clearing leaves off the ski trails with the dominating dry weather as we enter our final phase of fall grooming. We have been working on most of the trail system daily clearing leaves off as they fall. Having the trails as clear as possible before the snow flies allows us to open the trails on minimal snow.
We hit our peak of fall color around September 24th but still enjoying some great autumn scenes. The poplar, oak and tamarack trees on a display of nature beauty as we enjoy one of our favorite times of year.
We are focused on having the ski trails in tip top shape going into the winter. We have been on the trails daily, weather permitting, with final mowing and clearing leaves etc. We will continue throughout the fall right up until the frost sets in and snow flies.
The mountain bike trails are open for riding. We will continue maintaining the trails, and will be open, weather permitting, until November 1st. The Maplelag trails are closed to horse travel and motorized vehicles.
Poplar and tamarack trees displaying their autumn gold this week, October 19th, 2021.Late fall color scene at Twin Lakes crossing, October 20th, 2021. Saturday hikers on Rootin Tootin! October 16th, 2021.Frosty coating at start of JibFly trail, October 16th, 2021.Frosty scene at Twin Lakes crossing, October 16th, 2021.Saturday clearing on Skaters Waltz, October 16th, 2021.Moss along the mountain bike singletrack, October 16th, 2021. Moon rise over Maplelag, October 13th, 2021.Leaf clearing on a mossy segment of Skaters Waltz, October 12th, 2021.Clearing a “snow field” on the side of Skaters Waltz, October 12th, 2021. We have random “fields” designated along the trail to collect snow we use to transport to the ski trails vulnerable areas such as south facing, turns and uphills.Porcupine in a tree off in the distance along Skaters Waltz extension October 12th, 2021. Good to see the Maplelag creek flowing again after the weekend rain, October 11th, 2021.Rootin Tootin trail, October 7th, 2021Crossing to the western trails, October 7th, 2021.Mountain bike singletrack, October 6th, 2021. We are clearing leaves off the singletrack this week as well.Another clearing on Suicide Hill, October 5th, 2021.Fall grooming on Sap Run trail, October 4th, 2021.Our wonderful trail volunteer, Denny, out for a hike on Skaters Waltz. Good to see Denny out after hip surgery the end of the summer. October 4th, 2021. Clearing out side of trail on “Kamikaze Hill” on Skaters Waltz, October 4th, 2021. There are select areas we clear along the side of the trail used for “snow farming”. On south facing slopes or other areas that need more snow on the trails, we have spots we can shovel from early season to build up the base. Fall color scene at end of Maplelag driveway, October 1st, 2021.Leaf clearing on Sukkerbusk trail, September 30th, 2021.
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