Trails are open but will be tough riding with the 3-4″ of new snow the past 24 hours and many areas drifted over on the trail. It might not be until Monday or Tuesday until we can groom.
To pick up the trail and start of the FatLagChilada, head to the skaters waltz trail and go right. (The large LagChilada sign is for the summer start, not winter) Signs are out marking the key intersections. To access the west side trails, use the driveway to access Twin Lake singletrack and Sukkerwest which is a good starter trail for first time riders. A good loop to start with is taking the skaters waltz and following the signs and groomed singletrack to access Bjorps and Sukkerwest.
Any questions on riding, text Jay 218-849-7669.
First singletrack section on “InnerWest” loop, January 16th, 2026.
Trails are open. A beautiful start to the day with fresh snow, around 2-3″ fluff snow, and calm conditions. Around 11am wind moving in with almost blizzard like conditions. Despite the gnarly weather, the trails were busy with skiers, bundled up taking short laps but still a good number of skiers skiing the outer loops. Nice work everyone. All the double track trails were groomed 1-4 times today. We will be back out grooming Monday, most likely later morning and in the afternoon. Best classic trails to ski tomorrow are Sukkerbusk, Sap Run and Mother North Star.
Saturday the trails were busy despite the cooler weather and windy conditions in the morning. Sun came out with beautiful sun dogs making for a great day of skiing! Thanks everyone for coming out and getting out!
2-3″ of new snow the past 24 hours. Saturday grooming on all the double track and combing Skaters Waltz. The trails groomed out beautifully mixing old snow with new snow. Evening grooming on Rootin Tootin and Roy’s Run. Will not be grooming Island Lake, Wavy Gravy or Bullhead lake this weekend with the drifting. These trails remain open but expect some fun drifts to break through…old school skiing! Skaters extension and North Loup roll packed Friday afternoon, dusting of new snow on top.
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. A new track was set on one side 1/14. Track is now drifted over and will do our best to have skiable with the wind but best bet this weekend is to ski in the woods!
It’s been great seeing so many people out on the trails so far this winter season and we deeply appreciate the support! Want to share your ski experience at Maplelag, file a report on Skinnyski.com
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”.
34″ 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.
Snowfall YTD at 34″ Compacted base on trail 3-7″. Total snowfall in January at 10″. 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″.
Grooming on Mother North Star, January 18th, 2026.Heading to the western trails to break through the powder on Island Lake trail! January 18th, 2026.Morning skiers on Skaters Waltz, January 18th, 2026.Grooming on Sukkerbusk, January 18th, 2026. Didn’t take long for the tracks to fill in with snow today!Sundog over the start! January 17th, 2026. After a blustery start turned out to be a beautiful day to ski!Grooming break to check the tracks, January 17th, 2026.Setting new double track on Twin Lakes, January 17th, 2026. Grooming mixing the old granulated snow deep in the base with the new snow for fast setting tracks!Double track fun on a good ol’ winter day! January 17th, 2026.Morning on Mother North Star! January 17th, 2026.Cutting track on Single Green trail, January 17th, 2026. Also a skate lane. Combing Skaters Waltz, January 17th, 2026.First tracks on Sukkerbusk, January 17th, 2026.Moorhead Nordic post practice fun, January 17th, 2026. Nice work Spuds skiing in the cold temps!Skiing in the storm! January 16th, 2026.Grooming the new snow with the granulated snow on Mother North Star, January 16th, 2026. Trails are grooming out nice. Wind is filling in the track just a little but still great skiing. We will be refreshing all the double track Saturday, 1/17.Time to ski! Skiers heading out to the trail, January 16th, 2026.
Trails are open. Turned out to be a great day of skiing with sun coming out and wind slowly settling down. Great to see everyone out….nice work to Just Ski!
2-3″ of new snow the past 24 hours. Today we reset all the double track and combed out Skaters Waltz. The trails groomed out beautifully mixing old snow with new snow. Tonight Rootin Tootin and Roy’s Run were groomed for Sunday morning fresh set. Will not be grooming Island Lake, Wavy Gravy or Bullhead lake this weekend with the drifting. These trails remain open but expect some fun drifts to break through…old school skiing! Skaters extension and North Loup roll packed Friday afternoon, dusting of new snow on top.
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. A new track was set on one side 1/14. Track is now drifted over and will do our best to have skiable with the wind but best bet this weekend is to ski in the woods!
It’s been great seeing so many people out on the trails so far this winter season and we deeply appreciate the support! Want to share your ski experience at Maplelag, file a report on Skinnyski.com
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”.
27″ 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.
Snowfall YTD at 31″ Compacted base on trail 3-6″. Total snowfall in January at 7″. 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″.
Sundog over the start! January 17th, 2026.Grooming break to check the tracks, January 17th, 2026.Setting new double track on Twin Lakes, January 17th, 2026. Grooming mixing the old granulated snow deep in the base with the new snow for fast setting tracks!Double track fun on a good ol’ winter day! January 17th, 2026.Morning on Mother North Star! January 17th, 2026.Cutting track on Single Green trail, January 17th, 2026. Also a skate lane. Combing Skaters Waltz, January 17th, 2026.First tracks on Sukkerbusk, January 17th, 2026.Skiing in the storm! January 16th, 2026.Grooming the new snow with the granulated snow on Mother North Star, January 16th, 2026. Trails are grooming out nice. Wind is filling in the track just a little but still great skiing. We will be refreshing all the double track Saturday, 1/17.Time to ski! Skiers heading out to the trail, January 16th, 2026.
Trails are open: Around 2″ of snow today with wind and drifting. Pretty tough riding where drifted until we can groom. Looking at the forecast, next grooming most likely on Monday. The deck is solid after freezing down after the most recent groom on the entire 25km FatLagChilada course.
To pick up the trail and start of the FatLagChilada, head to the skaters waltz trail and go right. (The large LagChilada sign is for the summer start, not winter) Signs are out marking the key intersections. To access the west side trails, use the driveway to access Twin Lake singletrack and Sukkerwest which is a good starter trail for first time riders. A good loop to start with is taking the skaters waltz and following the signs and groomed singletrack to access Bjorps and Sukkerwest.
Any questions on riding, text Jay 218-849-7669.
First singletrack section on “InnerWest” loop, January 16th, 2026.Fat bike trail in great shape after freezing down again after Tuesday’s warm day, January 14th, 2026.
Trails are open. Around 2″ of snow today with snow still falling at 7pm. Wind creating drifting in certain areas. This morning Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star,JibFly, Mother Hen and Twin Lakes groomed with tracks set. Singletrack grooming on Rootin Tootin and Roy’s Run. Skater trails rolled along with Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. We also plan grooming Saturday resetting all the double track and combing out Skaters Waltz. With the wind and snow tough to have fresh groomed but people are out skiing and conditions are great. Winter! Just Ski!
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. A new track was set on one side 1/14. Track is now drifted over and will do our best to have skiable with the wind but best bet this weekend is to ski in the woods!
It’s been great seeing so many people out on the trails so far this winter season and we deeply appreciate the support! Want to share your ski experience at Maplelag, file a report on Skinnyski.com
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”.
27″ 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.
Snowfall YTD at 31″ Compacted base on trail 3-6″. Total snowfall in January at 7″. 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″.
Grooming the new snow with the granulated snow on Mother North Star, January 16th, 2026. Trails are grooming out nice. Wind is filling in the track just a little but still great skiing. We will be refreshing all the double track Saturday, 1/17.Time to ski! Skiers heading out to the trail, January 16th, 2026.Cutting new track on Sukkebusk for the afternoon skiers, January 15th, 2026.Renovating and cutting new track on Twin Lakes, January 14th, 2026.Rootin Tootin trail striders, January 14th, 2026.Track reset on lake loop, “Lumi’s Loop”, January 14th, 2026. With snow and wind possible on the weekend, lake king might be difficult and we recommend skiing in the woods!All smiles after a morning ski! January 13th, 2026.Lumi’s Loopers! The groomed lake loop has been popular. Where this is wind the track might fill in but we try to groom it every time it needs a touch up.“Great morning ski” January 13th, 2026.If you see and the packed snowshoe trails….thanks Joel! January 13th, 2026.
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