Cooler weather in place this week with light rain showers accumulating to .21″ of rain since Monday. Great conditions for working in the woods! Few more wildflowers popping up along the trail and sloughs and lot of wildlife sightings this week. 

 The woods have exploded to a lush green and have filled out nicely. The grass on the ski trails is growing fast and mowing has begun on select trails. Just under 3″ of rain so far this month of June after a relatively dry month of May.

Good seeing folks out on the trails this spring. Trails are open to the public for day use. Most trail work has been focused on the mountain bike trail but we also continue cleaning up deadfall from last summer’s storm, using the blocks to split for firewood. The ponds and sloughs active with waterfowl and loons have been numerous on Little Sugarbush. Ice went off on April 19th. 

Thank you to everyone that comes to Maplelag and supports the trails. A MN State trail pass is not required to use the trails at Maplelag. The Maplelag trails are self funded by operations with no grants or state funding. 

Trail side scene, April 21st, 2026.