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Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. Turned out to be a snow globe day and a lovely day of fluff powder skiing! Around 4-5″ of very fluffy snow the past 24 hours. Skate trails were rolled this morning and new tracks cut and set on Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, JibFly and Mother Hen. Other trails were skied in after being groomed yesterday.

At Maplelag we don’t talk about cold and windchill, instead we embrace winter and enjoy the incredible beauty. The sounds of squeaky snow, the cracks of the trees and the booming of the ice, doesn’t get any better. Just Ski. 

Despite the cooler weather and windy conditions this weekend the trails were busy. Thanks everyone for coming out and good job getting out! 

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. We plan to groom today 1/20. 

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 hereA 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. 

The entire 25km FatLagChilada loop is now open. Click here for fat bike trail report

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″. 

Cutting new track on Twin Lakes, January 21st, 2026.
Looking back at Eagle View downhill on Twin Lakes, January 21st, 2026.
Plenty of snow on Skaters Waltz! January 21st, 2026.
Rare moment of sunshine on Skaters extension, January 21st, 2026.
Wavy Gravy after skiers “skiing in” the snow from today, January 21st, 2026.
Cutting new track on Bullhead Lake trail, January 20th, 2026.
Cutting new track on north side of Bullhead Lake, January 20th, 2026.
MLK skiers! January 19th, 2026.
Out to the trails, January 19th, 2026.
Incredible sun dog morning, January 19th, 2026.
Morning grooming, January 19th, 2026.
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.

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. A great day of skiing and grooming! Late afternoon into the early evening light snow started to fall, coming straight down. Around an inch or so of new. The first half inch was very fine grained, second half inch or so was light and fluffy! This dusting on top of the grooming will make for very nice skiing Wednesday morning. We highly recommend local skiers getting out tomorrow morning! We wrapped up an entire groom of the trail system today setting track on singletrack trails, Bullhead Bootleg, Wavy Gravy and Island Lake.

At Maplelag we don’t talk about cold and windchill, instead we embrace winter and enjoy the incredible beauty. The sounds of squeaky snow, the cracks of the trees and the booming of the ice, doesn’t get any better. Just Ski.

Despite the cooler weather and windy conditions this weekend the trails were busy. Thanks everyone for coming out and good job getting out! 

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. We plan to groom today 1/20.

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 hereA 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. 

The entire 25km FatLagChilada loop is now open. Click here for fat bike trail report

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″. 

Cutting new track on Bullhead Lake trail, January 20th, 2026.
Cutting new track on north side of Bullhead Lake, January 20th, 2026.
MLK skiers! January 19th, 2026.
Out to the trails, January 19th, 2026.
Incredible sun dog morning, January 19th, 2026.
Morning grooming, January 19th, 2026.
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.

Fat Bike Trail Report

Trails are open but will be tough riding with all the recent new snow and many areas drifted over on the trail. It might not be until Wednesday or Thursday 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.

Bullhead Bootleg singletrack buried in snow, January 20th, 2026.
First singletrack section on “InnerWest” loop, January 16th, 2026.

Ski Trail Report

Trails are open. A beautiful January day!! At Maplelag we don’t talk about cold and windchill, instead we embrace winter and enjoy the incredible beauty. The sounds of squeaky snow, the cracks of the trees and the booming of the ice, doesn’t get any better. Just Ski. All double track trails groomed, all skate trails roll packed and singletrack trails Rootin Tootin and Roy’s Run tracked today. Tuesday grooming planned on Wavy Gravy, Island Lake and Bullhead Lake trail. The snow is a bit granular from the wind making for slower conditions but all around nice skiing.

Despite the cooler weather and windy conditions this weekend the trails have been busy. Thanks everyone for coming out and good job getting out! 

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 hereA 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. 

The entire 25km FatLagChilada loop is now open. Click here for fat bike trail report

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″. 

Out to the trails, January 19th, 2026.
Incredible sun dog morning, January 19th, 2026.
Morning grooming, January 19th, 2026.
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.

Ski Trail Report

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 hereA 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. 

The entire 25km FatLagChilada loop is now open. Click here for fat bike trail report

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.