Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Excellent conditions. A beautiful winter day with snow falling off and on most of the day. Around 2″ of fluff snow the past 24 hours. We groomed all the skate lanes this morning and once the wind settled down and snow stopped this afternoon, all the double track trails groomed into the evening. We will be back out in the mid morning grooming most of the singletrack trails.

Despite the recent cooler weather, trails were busy this past MLK weekend. The trails are always open regardless of cold temperatures and we typically stay open during warm spells. The snow is seasoned or transformed so it endures the warmer days and the bottom 2-3″ of base is like concrete! 

We get asked how long we will be open for the season and based on this year’s weather pattern at Maplelag, we are optimistic to have skiing until late March.

Grooming most recent on the following trails: Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Mother Hen, Twin Lakes, Mother North Star, North Loup, and Skaters Waltz/Eira Bikwadinaa Hill.

Groomer’s Picks for Thursday: Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Mother Hen, Sap Run, and Mother North Star. Twin Lakes, for outer loop.

Classic only skiing on trails with machine set tracks: Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, JibFly, Mother Hen, Rootin Tootin, Mother North Star and Loon Return. Roys Run, Twin Lakes, Wavy Gravy and the first and last part of Island Lake trail now tracked as well. Mac’s Mess in between Twin Lakes is not groomed but skier made track and passable. Might have to take skis off for just a little bit. North Loup has a track on the side and a skate path. The crossing on the north end of Bullhead lake trail is a bit rough. Take skis off and walk for the adventure! Lucky’s Loype and double green not groomed, skier made track. Watch for branches etc. on AMA land.   

Skating on Skater Waltz, the extension of Skater Waltz, Single Green climb, Kristin’s Kutoff, Eira Bikwadinaa hill and North Loup.  Please do not skate on trails outside of the designated skate trails. Thank you!

We have been grooming and skiing since November 20th and have only missed four days of grooming since that first snowfall we skied on after grooming. 

2″ new snowfall past 24 hours. 8″ new snow past 10 days. 26″ of snowfall this season, compacted base on trail 3-6″. Snow depth in woods 4-12″   

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Afternoon snow showers, January 22nd, 2025
Setting track on Mother North Star, January 22nd, 2025.
Setting track on Twin Lakes at dusk, January 22nd, 2025.

Evening groom on Sap Run, January 22nd, 2025.
Great skiing on Roy’s Run, January 20th, 2025. 
Sunday skiers, January 19th, 2025.
Setting track on Roy’s Run, January 19th, 2025.
Every day is a great day for winter play! January 19th, 2025.
Trail head sign getting closer to completion! January 19th, 2025.
Sun dogs over Bullhead Bay, January 18th, 2025.
Members of the Moorhead Nordic ski team out for early morning training, January 18th, 2025.
Sap Run skiing! January 18th, 2025.
Tracking to Twin Lakes! January 18th, 2025.
Moonlight grooming on Sap Run, January 18th, 2025.
New track cut on North Loup, January 18th, 2025.
Setting track on Rootin Tootin, January 18th, 2025.
Frosted! January 18th, 2025.
Family Ski! January 17th, 2025.
Fresh turkey tracks on North Loup, January 17th, 2025.
Fresh snow falling on Friday, January 17th, 2025.
Sunset grooming on Skaters Waltz, January 16th, 2025.