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Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. A great weekend of skiing on tap! Cooler temps keeping the snow fresh and winds are light making for primo ski conditions in the woods. A welcomed inch of snow Friday evening that was groomed in on Skaters Waltz, Eira Bikwadinaa hill and a reset of double track on Sap Run and Sukkerbusk. Thank you to everyone that comes to ski and supports the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here

Overall the trails are skiing very nice for early season and we are off to a great start with the base we have. Friday we packed and combed out Bullhead lake trail. The north end is rough and needs more snow but another few days ice should be good to groom across. Also touched up a few inner trails.

Best track skiing is on Sukkerbusk and Sap Run and best skating on Skaters Waltz. Extension skiing fine as well. North Loup is skiable, watch for rough spots on middle segment to the far north. Tracks also set intermittently on Mother Hen, JibFly and Twin Lakes. We need another 1-3″ to set full depth tracks on more trails otherwise still some very nice early season skiing to be had and no reason not to ski! All the trails are open, use extra caution if venturing on the trails not recommended.  Please do not skate on trails outside Skaters Waltz, the extension loops and North Loup so we can preserve the base for setting classic tracks, hopefully next week!

We have been grooming daily this week, working on all the trails and filling in thin areas. Tuesday we packed out Roy’s Run, Wavy Gravy and Island Lake trails just with the snowmobile. Next snowfall we will comb out and set a track if enough new snow on the above singletrack trails.

A great Thanksgiving week of skiing thanks to the early snowfall. Thank you to everyone that came out to ski and supported the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here

 Click here for fat bike trail report.

We had a great Autumn of Fall grooming clearing leaves and debris off the trails and the new snow is packing in well with the clean deck before the snow. 

We cleared over 600 trees since the Solstice 2025 storm. Big thanks to everyone that has helped!

A relatively dry fall. Total snowfall in November at 7″. October precipitation at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.

Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.

Grooming in fresh snow Friday evening setting double track on Sap Run, December 5th, 2025.
Smoothing and combing out Eira Bikwadinaa hill, December 4th, 2025.
Shoveling snow on a thin area on Twin Lakes, December 4th, 2025.
Setting track on Sap Run, December 3rd, 2025.
Connector back to the trailhead, December 3rd, 2025.
Evening ski on JibFly, December 3rd, 2025.
Leveling the edges on Skaters Waltz, December 3rd, 2025.
Members of the Moorhead Nordic team heading out for practice, December 2nd, 2025.
Combing the deck with Ginzu groomer on Sukkerbusk, December 1st, 2025.
Roll combing on Mother North Star, December 1st, 2025.
Sunset on Skaters Waltz capping off a great Thanksgiving weekend of skiing, November 30th, 2025. 
Members of the Moorhead Nordic ski team on trail today, November 29th, 2025.
Evening grooming, November 25th, 2025. 
Thanksgiving skiers, November 27th 2025.
Roll combing on Skaters Waltz, November 26th, 2025.
Roll packing on Eira Bikwadinaa hill after the seasons first snowfall, November 25th, 2025.

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. A great day on the trails ending with a surprise inch of snow this evening which was later groomed on Skaters Waltz and Eira Bikwadinaa hill. Overall the trails are skiing very nice for early season and we are off to a great start with the base we have. Today we packed and combed out Bullhead lake trail. The north end is rough and needs more snow but another few days ice should be good to groom across. Also touched up a few inner trails. Should be another great weekend of early season skiing!

Best track skiing is on Sukkerbusk and Sap Run and best skating on Skaters Waltz. Extension skiing fine as well. North Loup is skiable, watch for rough spots on middle segment to the far north. We need another 1-3″ to set full depth tracks on more trails otherwise still some very nice early season skiing to be had and no reason not to ski! All the trails are open, use extra caution if venturing on the trails not recommended. Please do not skate on trails outside Skaters Waltz, the extension loops and North Loup so we can preserve the base for setting classic tracks, hopefully next week!

We have been grooming daily this week, working on all the trails and filling in thin areas. Tuesday we packed out Roy’s Run, Wavy Gravy and Island Lake trails just with the snowmobile. Next snowfall we will comb out and set a track if enough new snow on the above singletrack trails.

A great Thanksgiving week of skiing thanks to the early snowfall. Thank you to everyone that came out to ski and supported the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here

 Click here for fat bike trail report.

We had a great Autumn of Fall grooming clearing leaves and debris off the trails and the new snow is packing in well with the clean deck before the snow. 

We cleared over 600 trees since the Solstice 2025 storm. Big thanks to everyone that has helped!

A relatively dry fall. Total snowfall in November at 7″. October precipitation at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.

Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.

Smoothing and combing out Eira Bikwadinaa hill, December 4th, 2025.
Shoveling snow on a thin area on Twin Lakes, December 4th, 2025.
Setting track on Sap Run, December 3rd, 2025.
Connector back to the trailhead, December 3rd, 2025.
Evening ski on JibFly, December 3rd, 2025.
Leveling the edges on Skaters Waltz, December 3rd, 2025.
Members of the Moorhead Nordic team heading out for practice, December 2nd, 2025.
Combing the deck with Ginzu groomer on Sukkerbusk, December 1st, 2025.
Roll combing on Mother North Star, December 1st, 2025.
Sunset on Skaters Waltz capping off a great Thanksgiving weekend of skiing, November 30th, 2025. 
Members of the Moorhead Nordic ski team on trail today, November 29th, 2025.
Evening grooming, November 25th, 2025. 
Thanksgiving skiers, November 27th 2025.
Roll combing on Skaters Waltz, November 26th, 2025.
Roll packing on Eira Bikwadinaa hill after the seasons first snowfall, November 25th, 2025.

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. A crisp and clear night before clouds moving in with scattered lingering flurries this morning. Chance of snow later today with a dusting to 1″ possible. Some of the coldest temperatures of the year last night with low at -10 before southerly winds ushering in warmer air today.  Overall the trails are skiing very nice for early season and we are off to a great start with the base we have. 

Yesterday we reset the tracks on Sukkerbusk and easy loop of JibFly as well as tracks on Sap Run and Mother Hen. Best track skiing is on Sukkerbusk and Sap Run and best skating on Skaters Waltz. Extension skiing fine as well. We need another 1-3″ to set full depth tracks on more trails otherwise still some very nice early season skiing to be had and no reason not to ski!

We have been grooming daily this week, working on all the trails and filling in thin areas. Mother North Star, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes, North Loup and Skaters extension and JibFly have been roll combed. Tuesday we packed out Roy’s Run, Wavy Gravy and Island Lake trails just with the snowmobile. Next snowfall we will comb out and set a track if enough new snow on the above singletrack trails.

A great Thanksgiving week of skiing thanks to the early snowfall. Thank you to everyone that came out to ski and supported the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here

 Click here for fat bike trail report.

We had a great Autumn of Fall grooming clearing leaves and debris off the trails and the new snow is packing in well with the clean deck before the snow. 

We cleared over 600 trees since the Solstice 2025 storm. Big thanks to everyone that has helped!

A relatively dry fall. Total snowfall in November at 7″. October precipitation at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.

Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.

Setting track on Sap Run, December 3rd, 2025.
Connector back to the trailhead, December 3rd, 2025.
Evening ski on JibFly, December 3rd, 2025.
Leveling the edges on Skaters Waltz, December 3rd, 2025.
Members of the Moorhead Nordic team heading out for practice, December 2nd, 2025.
Combing the deck with Ginzu groomer on Sukkerbusk, December 1st, 2025.
Roll combing on Mother North Star, December 1st, 2025.
Sunset on Skaters Waltz capping off a great Thanksgiving weekend of skiing, November 30th, 2025. 
Members of the Moorhead Nordic ski team on trail today, November 29th, 2025.
Evening grooming, November 25th, 2025. 
Thanksgiving skiers, November 27th 2025.
Roll combing on Eira Bikwadinaa hill, November 26th, 2025.
Roll packing on Eira Bikwadinaa hill, November 25th, 2025.

Fat Bike Trail Report

The fat bike trails are covered with 3-4″ of snow after last weeks 6″ snowfall. We continue to work on ski trail grooming this week. We have a few repairs to take care of on the fat bike groomer and hopeful end of week we can groom a little trail. The Twin Lakes and Bullhead Bootleg loops are open for riding but will most likely be slow going with snow to pack.

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Beautiful sunny day! Overall the trails are skiing very nice for early season. Temps down to 0 last night and drier air setting up the base firmly overnight. Today we are resetting the tracks on Sukkerbusk and easy loop of JibFly after heavy use yesterday and touch up grooming on other trails. Skaters Waltz groomed last night and should be very nice skate skiing today.

We will continue with daily grooming this week, working on all the trails and filling in thin areas. Tuesday a shallow track was set on Sukkerbusk, easy loop of JibFly and parts of Sap Run and Mother Hen. We need another 1-3″ to set full depth tracks on more trails. Still some nice no track classic skiing to be had until then! Monday Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Skaters Waltz were combed with the 5′ Ginzu groomer. North Star, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes, North Loup and Skaters extension and JibFly were roll combed. Tuesday we also packed out Roy’s Run, Wavy Gravy and Island Lake trails.

A great Thanksgiving week of skiing. Thank you to everyone that came out to ski and supported the trails with season pass purchases. Day passes can be purchased here

Early season conditions, use a little extra caution watching for thin cover and rough spots but very skiable. 30km of trail packed and roll combed. No tracks set. Recommended to ski Sukkerbusk and the easy loop of JibFly for no track classic skiing and skating on Skaters Waltz bypassing the Kamikaze hill segment. Other trails packed and groomed will have a bit more rough spots…..Just Ski! 

All inner trails have been packed and combed. Twin Lakes to the west and North Loup and the extension loops of Skaters Waltz to the north also packed and combed. 

 Click here for fat bike trail report.

We had a great Autumn of Fall grooming clearing leaves and debris off the trails and the new snow is packing in well with the clean deck before the snow. 

We cleared over 600 trees since the Solstice 2025 storm. Big thanks to everyone that has helped!

A relatively dry fall. Total snowfall in November at 7″. October precipitation at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September. Total precipitation ytd (rain) at Maplelag is at 25.12″.

Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.

Setting track on Sap Run, December 3rd, 2025.
Setting track, December 2nd, 2025. A shallow track was set on Sukkerbusk, easy loop of JibFly and parts of Sap Run and Mother Hen. We need another 1-3″ to set full tracks on more trails. Still some nice no track classic skiing to be had until then!
Members of the Moorhead Nordic team heading out for practice, December 2nd, 2025.
Combing the deck with Ginzu groomer on Sukkerbusk, December 1st, 2025.
Roll combing on Mother North Star, December 1st, 2025.
Sunset on Skaters Waltz capping off a great Thanksgiving weekend of skiing, November 30th, 2025. 
Members of the Moorhead Nordic ski team on trail today, November 29th, 2025.
Evening grooming, November 25th, 2025. 
Thanksgiving skiers, November 27th 2025.
Roll combing on Eira Bikwadinaa hill, November 26th, 2025.
Roll packing on Eira Bikwadinaa hill, November 25th, 2025.