Trails are open. The snow is holding out great and we have been enjoying very nice late February conditions. Fresh snow earlier in the week and daily grooming has made for good skiing. Late afternoon Thursday grooming on Skaters Waltz. Next grooming planned this afternoon and Saturday morning. Might be a few areas glazed to start but softening around 11am before quickly freezing down again by mid afternoon. Best skiing tomorrow might be from 11am to 3pm. Groomer’s choices: Sap Run, JibFly, Twin lakes, Bullhead Bootleg loop.
Grooming we have been bringing up old snow to make for more consistent conditions when it warms up. Use caution on south facing or areas facing the sun on the downhills that might be sticky early afternoon. We plan to groom most of the trail system again Friday to have best conditions possible for the weekend, which look great at this point….Just Ski!
Majority of the trail system groomed Tuesday and Wednesday. Lumi’s Lake loop also groomed with skate lane and new track. Only trails not groomed include Island Lake for classic and North Loup for skate. These trails have 2-3″ of new snow on top since most recent grooming, ready for skiers looking to ski in fresh snow! These trails will be groomed Friday afternoon or Saturday morning depending on weather. Grooming we are digging deep in the base, mixing old snow with the new snow. Have the old granulated/corn snow at the surface will make for more consistent skiing when it warms up today. We will be open every day this week. There are no events going on this week.
Skating on Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, North Loup, Single Green, Kristin’s Kutoff and Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. All other trails are tracked for classic skiing. (Please no skating on classic trails) Sukkerbusk is a great starter trail for classic which feeds the outer trails and crosses most of the inner trails providing a good “lay of the land”. One of the first trails at Maplelag!
We have also have a loop on Little Sugarbush Lake “Lumi’s Loop” with a skate lane and track on each side. This is a fun 1.2km loop that makes for a fun ski at sunrise and sunset and under the full moon!
50″ of snow so far this season. We have been grooming daily on the entire trail system since mid November, only missing a few days.
Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here. A MN State trail pass is NOT required to ski at Maplelag. The Maplelag trails are self funded by operations with no grants or state funding. 18 and under day pass is $15, use the summer trail pass option.
Ski rentals are available at a rate of $25 for adults and $15 for 18 and under. Snowshoe rental is $10 a person. There is no charge for children 6 and under.
Snowfall YTD at 50″ Compacted base on trail 3-8″. Total snowfall in February at 11″. January at 15″. December: 17″. Snowfall in November: 7″. October precipitation (rain) at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.
