Trails are open. A great last weekend of the dirt season is in place….get out there one more time before trails close at dusk on Sunday night on November 2nd!
The entire 25 mile LagChilada course has been blown out the past 10 days. A few leaves blowing in after blowing last week but trail cleared this week, mostly on inner trails, is in primo condition. Overall all nice Fall riding as most of the leaves have dropped from the trees. With fresh blown trail, great sight lines etc. we are in the “sweet spot” of Fall riding.
We will have the trails open for the dirt season until November 2nd. Close for three weeks until deer hunting is over and open again for winter season around Thanksgiving.
Be aware trees may fall without warning and assume full responsibility while riding.
The LagChilada challenge is riding all the trails at Maplelag. (25 mile ride) Click here for more details. Look for signs at key intersection or Click here for the Strava map which can be downloaded. Nice job to everyone completing the challenge this year including the riders doing a double and a TRIPLE!!
Maps: Trailforks and click on Maplelag map for reference of the trails. The Maplelag trails are described as classic or old style. Featuring more narrow singletrack with roots and rocks and generally more technical in nature. A good beginner loop is the Citizen Loop and a good intermediate loop is the Sport loop.
Maplelag is a family owned and operated business. We are one of the few MTB trail systems in the Midwest that maintain the trails ourselves with no outside funding or assistance and pay property taxes that in turn help support other trails locally and in the state! Please consider a trail pass to offset some of our expenses. We love to mountain bike and share the trail with others…what it is all about! Thank you.
Bjorps Stump singletrack freshly cleared today, October 31st, 2025.Start of the first singletrack segment, October 30th, 2025. Conditions about as good as it gets for late Fall riding! Fresh blown singletrack! October 29th, 2025.Awesome dirt on Bullhead Bootleg track after rain earlier in the day, October 28th, 2025.Incredible sunset over Bullhead Lake, October 28th, 2025. Late October sunsets always some of the best! Bullhead Bootleg track, October 28th, 2025.Hudson’s Hula before the rain, October 27th, 2025. White lines means very dry soil! The rain in the evening is welcomed! Sun setting on a beautiful weekend of riding! October 26th, 2025.Twin Lakeside singletrack, October 26th, 2025.Twin Lakes “rock garden”, October 26th, 2025. (Option to ride around) Beautiful sunset riding, October 24th, 2025.Twin Lakes singletrack, October 24th, 2025.Start of Feeling Lucky loop and the LagChilada, October 21s,t 2025. Feeling Lucky fresh cleared today! Start of Lakeside singletrack, October 20th, 2025. Beautiful Autumn riding, October 18th, 2025.Bullhead Bootleg freshly cleared today, October 18th, 2025.
Another great week of trail work! A few drizzly days but nothing to prevent us from working on the trails. We finished clearing the blow downs from the Solstice storm on all the trails we had scheduled to clear this Fall. Only trail not cleared was Lucky’s Loype which we will clear after deer hunting season, weather permitting. We also were mowing and blowing leaves off all the trails so they are in the best shape possible for the early snow.
A very nice rain event on Monday evening and Tuesday. Slow rainfall measuring 1.2″ in a 24 hour period. This would be a great system for the winter…sustained slow moisture with little wind! The rain is much welcomed as it is ideal to have the topsoil damp before we freeze down for the year. This allows the snow to have a better “bed” to rest on.
Big thanks to everyone that has helped with tree clearing this season. We are just over 600 trees cleared off the trail since June 21st!
A relatively dry fall. Total precipitation in October at 2.7″ and around 1″ in September.
Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.
Fall grooming on Bullhead Lake trail, October 31st, 2025.Mossy maple! October 31st, 2025.Fall grooming on Mother Hen, October 29th, 2025.Incredible sunset over Bullhead Lake on the mountain bike track, October 28th, 2025.A great day of fall grooming on the northern trails, Roy’s Run, North Loup and the extension loops of Skaters Waltz, October 27th, 2025. Ready for snow but will continue with touch up as needed. Fall grooming on Island Lake trail, October 25th, 2025.Power of nature on display along Island Lake trail, October 25th, 2025.Tamarac seedlings in between Twin Lakes, October 24th, 2025. Great to see them regenerate and emerge here. Both Island Lake and Twin Lake trails pass through here. Frosty foliage! October 24th, 2025.First ice of the season, October 24th, 2025.
Assessing the mess on Island Lake trail, October 21st, 2025.
Thanks Steve for the help today! Fall grooming in the “back bowl” sledding area, October 15th, 2025.Fall grooming on Wavy Gravy trail, October 14th, 2025. Still pockets of Autumn scenery in the woods.“Mac’s Mess” at Wavy Gravy trail, October 14th, 2025.Autumn scene at “Mac’s Mess”, October 14th, 2025. Leaf clearing after tree clearing on North Loup, October 9th, 2025.North Loup, October 9th, 2025.Fall grooming on Skaters extension, October 7th, 2025.Thanks Laurens and Jack for helping clear trail today! October 7th, 2025.Clearing deadfall on Bullhead Bootleg ski trail, October 7th, 2025.Clearing leaves on Sap Run, October 7th, 2025.Monday’s trail crew! October 6th, 2025.Fall grooming on Roy’s Run, October 6th, 2025.Thick grass on Skaters Waltz extension, October 6th, 2025.Super moon over Bullhead Lake, October 6th, 2025.Members for the Moorhead Nordic ski team ready to hit the trails for deadfall/blowdown clearing, October 4th, 2025. Thanks very much!!Clearing blocks! October 4th, 2025.Fall grooming on Wavy Gravy trail, October 3rd, 2025.Tamarac trees showing a tinge of change, September 30th, 2025. The only pine tree to change color and lose its needles. Typically full color around Maplelag mid October. Fall grooming on Mother North Star trail, September 29th, 2025.Clearing deadfall from the Soltice storm on Bullhead Lake trail, September 27th, 2025.Saturday trail crew! Thanks for the help guys, September 27th, 2025.Mowing on Eira Bikwadinna hill after tree clearing, September 27th, 2025.Maplelag driveway, September 26th, 2025.Fall grooming, September 26th, 2025.Fall grooming on Twin Lakes, September 25th, 2025.Late afternoon fall scene at south Twin Lake, September 24th, 2025.Autumn scene around Norwegian Log cabin, September 24th, 2025.Mountain bike singletrack, September 24th, 2025.Autumn scene at Bullhead Lake, September 22nd, 2025.Fall color in the Switchyard, September 22nd, 2025.Fall color on the Maplelag driveway, September 21st, 2025.Autumn scene at Maplelag, September 21st, 2025.Autumn scene on the Maplelag driveway, September 20th, 2025.Calm Autumn scene on Little Sugarbush lake next to Maplelag, September 20th, 2025.Sun breaking through after a cloudy/drizzly day, September 18th, 2025.Fall color, September 18th, 2025.Fall grooming on Mother North Star ski trail, September 18th, 2025.Mountain bike trail, September 18th, 2025.Fresh batch of “chicken in the woods” mushroom, September 18th, 2025.Fall grooming on Sukkerbusk, September 18th, 2025.Coral tooth mushroom along the side of the trail, September 18th, 2025.Fall color scene on Little Sugarbush, September 17th, 2025. Beautiful evening for the local mtb team practice, September 16th, 2025. Some trees are hitting their peak of color already.
Trails are open. Great late season riding! We are leaf clearing on Bjorp’s segment today. Overall everything is rolling about as good as it gets for end of season. A very light shower this morning keeping the dirt fresh and ripe! A great last weekend of the dirt season is in place….get out there one more time before trails close at dusk on November 2nd!
The entire 25 mile LagChilada course has been blown out the past 10 days. A few leaves blowing in after blowing last week but overall all nice Fall riding as most of the leaves have dropped from the trees. With fresh blown trail, great sight lines etc. we are in the “sweet spot” of Fall riding.
We will have the trails open for the dirt season until November 2nd. Close for three weeks until deer hunting is over and open again for winter season around Thanksgiving.
Be aware trees may fall without warning and assume full responsibility while riding.
The LagChilada challenge is riding all the trails at Maplelag. (25 mile ride) Click here for more details. Look for signs at key intersection or Click here for the Strava map which can be downloaded. Nice job to everyone completing the challenge this year including the riders doing a double and a TRIPLE!!
Maps: Trailforks and click on Maplelag map for reference of the trails. The Maplelag trails are described as classic or old style. Featuring more narrow singletrack with roots and rocks and generally more technical in nature. A good beginner loop is the Citizen Loop and a good intermediate loop is the Sport loop.
Maplelag is a family owned and operated business. We are one of the few MTB trail systems in the Midwest that maintain the trails ourselves with no outside funding or assistance and pay property taxes that in turn help support other trails locally and in the state! Please consider a trail pass to offset some of our expenses. We love to mountain bike and share the trail with others…what it is all about! Thank you.
Start of the first singletrack segment, October 30th, 2025. Conditions about as good as it gets for late Fall riding! Fresh blown singletrack! October 29th, 2025.Awesome dirt on Bullhead Bootleg track after rain earlier in the day, October 28th, 2025.Incredible sunset over Bullhead Lake, October 28th, 2025. Late October sunsets always some of the best! Bullhead Bootleg track, October 28th, 2025.Hudson’s Hula before the rain, October 27th, 2025. White lines means very dry soil! The rain in the evening is welcomed! Sun setting on a beautiful weekend of riding! October 26th, 2025.Twin Lakeside singletrack, October 26th, 2025.Twin Lakes “rock garden”, October 26th, 2025. (Option to ride around) Beautiful sunset riding, October 24th, 2025.Twin Lakes singletrack, October 24th, 2025.Start of Feeling Lucky loop and the LagChilada, October 21s,t 2025. Feeling Lucky fresh cleared today! Start of Lakeside singletrack, October 20th, 2025. Beautiful Autumn riding, October 18th, 2025.Bullhead Bootleg freshly cleared today, October 18th, 2025.
Trails are open. Great late season riding! We are leaf clearing on select segments today and the rest of the week. Overall everything is rolling about as good as it gets for end of season.
The entire 25 mile LagChilada course has been blown out the past 10 days. A few leaves blowing in after blowing last week but overall all nice Fall riding as most of the leaves have dropped from the trees. With fresh blown trail, great sight lines etc. we are in the “sweet spot” of Fall riding.
We will have the trails open for the dirt season until November 2nd. Close for three weeks until deer hunting is over and open again for winter season around Thanksgiving.
Be aware trees may fall without warning and assume full responsibility while riding.
The LagChilada challenge is riding all the trails at Maplelag. (25 mile ride) Click here for more details. Look for signs at key intersection or Click here for the Strava map which can be downloaded. Nice job to everyone completing the challenge this year including the riders doing a double and a TRIPLE!!
Maps: Trailforks and click on Maplelag map for reference of the trails. The Maplelag trails are described as classic or old style. Featuring more narrow singletrack with roots and rocks and generally more technical in nature. A good beginner loop is the Citizen Loop and a good intermediate loop is the Sport loop.
Maplelag is a family owned and operated business. We are one of the few MTB trail systems in the Midwest that maintain the trails ourselves with no outside funding or assistance and pay property taxes that in turn help support other trails locally and in the state! Please consider a trail pass to offset some of our expenses. We love to mountain bike and share the trail with others…what it is all about! Thank you.
Fresh blown singletrack! October 29th, 2025.Awesome dirt on Bullhead Bootleg track after rain earlier in the day, October 28th, 2025.Incredible sunset over Bullhead Lake, October 28th, 2025. Late October sunsets always some of the best! Bullhead Bootleg track, October 28th, 2025.Hudson’s Hula before the rain, October 27th, 2025. White lines means very dry soil! The rain in the evening is welcomed! Sun setting on a beautiful weekend of riding! October 26th, 2025.Twin Lakeside singletrack, October 26th, 2025.Twin Lakes “rock garden”, October 26th, 2025. (Option to ride around) Beautiful sunset riding, October 24th, 2025.Twin Lakes singletrack, October 24th, 2025.Start of Feeling Lucky loop and the LagChilada, October 21s,t 2025. Feeling Lucky fresh cleared today! Start of Lakeside singletrack, October 20th, 2025. Beautiful Autumn riding, October 18th, 2025.Bullhead Bootleg freshly cleared today, October 18th, 2025.
Beautiful sunny and dry Wednesday making for a great day to be on the trails. We finished clearing the blow downs from the Solstice storm on all the trails we had scheduled to clear this Fall. Only trail not cleared was Lucky’s Loype which we will clear after deer hunting season, weather permitting.
A very nice rain event on Monday evening and Tuesday. Slow rainfall measuring 1.2″ in a 24 hour period. This would be a great system for the winter…sustained slow moisture with little wind! The rain is much welcomed as it is ideal to have the topsoil damp before we freeze down for the year. This allows the snow to have a better “bed” to rest on.
It was a very windy weekend but dry with nice sunshine and a beautiful weekend in the woods. Nice to see folks out riding and hiking! It has been a great month for trail work, clearing leaves and removing deadfall on the ski and bike trails. We are out on the trails daily preparing for the winter season soon to come!
Big thanks to everyone that has helped with tree clearing this season. We are up to 600 trees cleared off the trail since June 21st!
A relatively dry fall. Total precipitation so far in October at 2.1″ and around 1″ in September.
Support the trails! Day and season pass purchases help us offset costs to maintain the trails. Thanks everyone for the support.
Fall grooming on Mother Hen, October 29th, 2025.Incredible sunset over Bullhead Lake on the mountain bike track, October 28th, 2025.A great day of fall grooming on the northern trails, Roy’s Run, North Loup and the extension loops of Skaters Waltz, October 27th, 2025. Ready for snow but will continue with touch up as needed. Fall grooming on Island Lake trail, October 25th, 2025.Power of nature on display along Island Lake trail, October 25th, 2025.Tamarac seedlings in between Twin Lakes, October 24th, 2025. Great to see them regenerate and emerge here. Both Island Lake and Twin Lake trails pass through here. Frosty foliage! October 24th, 2025.First ice of the season, October 24th, 2025.
Assessing the mess on Island Lake trail, October 21st, 2025.
Thanks Steve for the help today! Fall grooming in the “back bowl” sledding area, October 15th, 2025.Fall grooming on Wavy Gravy trail, October 14th, 2025. Still pockets of Autumn scenery in the woods.“Mac’s Mess” at Wavy Gravy trail, October 14th, 2025.Autumn scene at “Mac’s Mess”, October 14th, 2025. Leaf clearing after tree clearing on North Loup, October 9th, 2025.North Loup, October 9th, 2025.Fall grooming on Skaters extension, October 7th, 2025.Thanks Laurens and Jack for helping clear trail today! October 7th, 2025.Clearing deadfall on Bullhead Bootleg ski trail, October 7th, 2025.Clearing leaves on Sap Run, October 7th, 2025.Monday’s trail crew! October 6th, 2025.Fall grooming on Roy’s Run, October 6th, 2025.Thick grass on Skaters Waltz extension, October 6th, 2025.Super moon over Bullhead Lake, October 6th, 2025.Members for the Moorhead Nordic ski team ready to hit the trails for deadfall/blowdown clearing, October 4th, 2025. Thanks very much!!Clearing blocks! October 4th, 2025.Fall grooming on Wavy Gravy trail, October 3rd, 2025.Tamarac trees showing a tinge of change, September 30th, 2025. The only pine tree to change color and lose its needles. Typically full color around Maplelag mid October. Fall grooming on Mother North Star trail, September 29th, 2025.Clearing deadfall from the Soltice storm on Bullhead Lake trail, September 27th, 2025.Saturday trail crew! Thanks for the help guys, September 27th, 2025.Mowing on Eira Bikwadinna hill after tree clearing, September 27th, 2025.Maplelag driveway, September 26th, 2025.Fall grooming, September 26th, 2025.Fall grooming on Twin Lakes, September 25th, 2025.Late afternoon fall scene at south Twin Lake, September 24th, 2025.Autumn scene around Norwegian Log cabin, September 24th, 2025.Mountain bike singletrack, September 24th, 2025.Autumn scene at Bullhead Lake, September 22nd, 2025.Fall color in the Switchyard, September 22nd, 2025.Fall color on the Maplelag driveway, September 21st, 2025.Autumn scene at Maplelag, September 21st, 2025.Autumn scene on the Maplelag driveway, September 20th, 2025.Calm Autumn scene on Little Sugarbush lake next to Maplelag, September 20th, 2025.Sun breaking through after a cloudy/drizzly day, September 18th, 2025.Fall color, September 18th, 2025.Fall grooming on Mother North Star ski trail, September 18th, 2025.Mountain bike trail, September 18th, 2025.Fresh batch of “chicken in the woods” mushroom, September 18th, 2025.Fall grooming on Sukkerbusk, September 18th, 2025.Coral tooth mushroom along the side of the trail, September 18th, 2025.Fall color scene on Little Sugarbush, September 17th, 2025. Beautiful evening for the local mtb team practice, September 16th, 2025. Some trees are hitting their peak of color already.
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