After a hot day on Saturday capping off an above normal in temperature week, cooler temps moving in Sunday and Memorial day with a quick shower Sunday morning. Looks like a slightly cooler week on tap compared to last week. Should be great riding on the bike course this week. Few more wildflowers coming out this week and hummingbirds returned (and a unique phinx moth!). Still a few wet spots in the woods from last weekends rain but riding has been excellent on the bike course and majority of course dry and in excellent condition. Groups of riders hitting the trail almost daily. The woods and underbrush has filled out completely and feels and looks like July!! Dragonflies out in full force with just a few mosquitoes. We cleared the deadfall that was on the course and also did some trail work, building some berms. We have also started mowing on the ski trails, preparing them for winter!
The trails are open for mountain biking, hiking and trail running throughout the Spring and Summer. The trails are closed to horses and motorized use. There is no charge to use the trails and there are no services in the main lodge at this time. The mtb course starts near the Great Northern Cabin and is marked for beginners to advanced riders. Follow the white signs with black arrows. The singletrack sections are labeled easier or more difficult/advanced. The advanced loop is around 7 miles, taking 50min to 1.25 hrs to complete. Please park in the parking lot by the first freight house as you enter the Maplelag property.
After a wet week that saw almost 2″ of precipitation in a 5 day period, Friday dry and sunny with temps climbing to the upper 50’s. The woods will definitely “fill out” with the warm temps and recent rain. Looks relatively dry on the weekend so conditions should be good for travel on the trails.
The trails are open for mountain biking, hiking and trail running throughout the Spring and Summer. The trails are closed to horses and motorized use. There is no charge to use the trails and there are no services in the main lodge at this time. The mtb course starts near the Great Northern Cabin and is marked for beginners to advanced riders. Follow the white signs with black arrows. The singletrack sections are labeled easier or more difficult/advanced.
Off and on rain showers this morning accentuating the sights, sounds and smells in the woods. The warm and early Spring has continues to bring the forest to life for the next season. More wildflowers, underbrush and tree blossoms coming to fruition this week. The loons, swans, geese and return of migratory birds sounds through the woods. Riding on the mountain bike course this week has been been pretty much perfect, thanks to dry conditions and having the short notice race “buff” out the course. Rain Thursday and Friday making conditions soft and muddy again. Walking through the woods and what not it looks more like the middle third week of May instead of the last week of April. Hard to believe two years ago we were still skiing on record snowfall in April!!
The trails are open for mountain biking, hiking and trail running throughout the Spring and Summer. The trails are closed to horses and motorized use. There is no charge to use the trails and services are limited in the main lodge. The mtb course starts near the Great Northern Cabin and is marked for beginners to advanced riders. Follow the white signs with black arrows. The singletrack sections are labeled easier or more difficult/advanced. Rain forecasted the next few days might make for soft conditions but the course remains open.
Beautiful Spring weather continues! Handful of folks hitting the trails this weekend and week and reporting very nice riding on the mountain bike course. The mountain bike course has been marked at all the key intersections. The course has been cleared with a few leaves blowing back in with lack of underbrush, and windy conditions. We have been working on the trail again this week, clearing out the track again. The trail is open for riding at no charge. Riding has been great for early season. There are no services in the main lodge. The trails are closed to motorized use and horse travel. We will be hosting a short notice mountain bike race on Sunday April 25th. Looks like a slight chance of rain on Friday and Saturday which would help “settle the dust” and Sunday looks great at this point. The woods are alive with the sights and sounds of nature including the calling of the loon during the evening hours… a great time of the year to be in the woods with no bugs and nice sight lines through the forest.
A cold morning to start the day as we near the end of March. Temp dropping all the way down to 9 early Thursday morning! The small ponds that were free of ice froze over again and ice formed again on the edge of Little Sugarbush. The contraction and shifting of the winter ice was pushing the new ice on the sides, making for interesting sounds and sights. The trails have been drying up nicely with just a few low spots holding water from the snow melt. We have been on the mountain bike course this past week and won’t be long until we can open the trails for riding. We will begin blowing out the singletrack and clearing the small branches and twigs. Many birds are back at the feeders as well as ducks, geese and trumpeter swans being very active looking for open water.
