Another beautiful day on the trails. Slightly warmer temps with temp near 5, plenty of sunshine and light winds. A handful of skiers on the trails and reports very good to excellent. Tracks set this morning on Mother North Star, JibFly, Twin Lakes, Sukkerbusk, Wavy Gravy and Loon Return. Lucky’s Loype and Roy’s Run packed and track will be set on Lucky’s Friday morning. A few rough spots here and there but overall the trails are in great shape for the snow we have received. Skate trails starting to firm up and very good to excellent skating condition with a few soft spots here and there. Preliminary packing on Bullhead tomorrow and possibly Island Lake trail.
A beautiful day on the trails. The sun was out in full force, light winds and temp right around 0. Cooler temps for sure but if you dress properly, it is like a day at the beach. Pisten Bully groomer in action, setting tracks on Rootin Tootin and Mother Hen and the end of Mother North Star. Just enough snow to use the big machine. Also tracks set on Sap Run trail with the Ginzu groomer. (groomer pulled behind the snowmobile) Skate lanes on Skaters Waltz and North Loup smoothed out and starting to take shape nicely. A bit soft in spots but very nice skiing. Jake checked out the tracks early this evening on Sap Run and reported great skiing. Tracks to be set on Twin Lakes, Wavy Gravy, Island Lake trail, Mother North Star and Sukkerbusk Thursday and possibly Lucky’s Loype. We will also try to pack out Roy’s Run and possibly set track on the weekend. Trails still a bit soft but starting to set up with more grooming. Some trails more firm than others. It will be good to have skiers on the trails to help break down the snow.
Not quite as cold this morning with morning temp at -6. Clear skies, light winds, should be a beautiful day on the trails. Tracks will be set on a few trails and grooming/packing continues on Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Poki Loki, Mother North Star, Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, North Loup, Skaters Waltz, Suicide Hill, Double Green, and Kristin’s Kutoff. Will set tracks on the above trails except Skaters Waltz and North Loup which will be groomed/open for skating. Lucky’s Loype will have a track set as well. Has been skier packed the past few days. Other trails will be packed later this week. A handful of folks on the trails Monday as the ski teams waited for the roads to clear out. Snow depth in the woods ranges from 8-14″ and we have compacted this new snow to a base of 4-6″. We were packing the during the snow storm on Sunday as it fell to get the most out of the snow and things are looking great. Trail photos below from Monday.
A good old fashioned snow storm today. As of 10pm Sunday night, around 10″ has fallen and looks like maybe and inch or two more before everything is all said and done. The ski teams from Minneapolis got snowed in so skiers spent the afternoon having fun on the trails, even though temps were below 0 and heavy snow was falling. In the woods, the wind wasn’t so noticeable and coming from the East, very little drifting on the trails. Grooming on about 30-35km of trail with a minimum of three passes of packing with the roll compactor after 2-3″ of snow had fallen, getting the most out of the snow and some trails seeing five to six passes. Cold temps should set up the snow nicely where packed. This is a fantastic start to the season and we will spend the week packing out other trails and begin tracksetting middle to the end of the week for the next batch of skiers. The trails will be open this week with limited services in the lodge until Thursday afternoon.
A great day to be outside for the skiers at Maplelag this weekend. Frosty trees providing a nice background for skiers on the lake and handful hitting the better sections of trail, mainly on Suicide Hill. Did feel a bit raw with high humidity and a breeze from the East but all in all a nice day. Forecasts still calling for big time snow tonight on through Monday morning. We will be happy with any snow we do get and are ready to groom the trails.
