Happy Winter Solstice!! One of the most special days of the year as we celebrate the astronomical first day of winter and the longer days to come and the appreciation of the beautify of the shorter days that have passed.
Trails are open. A great day of skiing in place! After a early morning low of -12, clouding over and warming up to the upper single digits by sunrise. Yesterday we reset most of the double track trails and also packed and set a single track on Island Lake, Wavy Gravy and Roy’s Run trails. We also set a track on North Loup for classic and groomed a path for skate skiing. In the evening Skaters Waltz was combed along with Eira Bikwadinaa hill.
Thursday we spent most of the morning packing the 6″ of new snow as it was falling. The new snow on top of the existing base making for really nice skiing and mid winter conditions on much of the trail system.
We had a great day on Tuesday of this week hosting the 30th annual Dl Invite Nordic Ski Meet. Nearly 400 skiers from northern, western and central Minnesota convened at Maplelag as Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Jr High skiers competed on Skaters Waltz in skate races.
Classic only skiing on trails with machine set tracks: Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, JibFly, Mother Hen, Rootin Tootin, Mother North Star and Loon Return. Twin Lakes, Wavy Gravy and the first and last part of Island Lake trail now tracked as well. North Loup has a track on the side and a skate path.
Skating on Skater Waltz, the extension of Skater Waltz 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. 18″ of snowfall this season, compacted base on trail 3-5″. Snow depth in woods 6-10″
Season passes can be purchased here.
Fat Bike Trails are open but remain snow covered on top of most recent grooming. Click here for report.
