Trails open Cold start to the day on Saturday but no wind and February sunshine followed by light snow in the afternoon making for a great day of winter play! A snowy week with 8-10″ total snowfall. Grooming yesterday mixed all the snow types together and conditions are very good to excellent.
Grooming update: Grooming today on the skate trails and Suicide Hill. Friday we groomed on 45-50km of trail. This weekends grooming focusing on the inner trails, Twin Lakes to the west and Roy’s Run and North Loup to the north. Noth Loup will be groomed classic only for this weekend. Skaters Waltz main trail for skating. Skating on Suicide Hill, Singlegreen and Kristin’s Kutoff as well.
Nature Notes: Wildlife has been active the last few weeks. We have been seeing porcupines along the snowshoe trail and Roy’s Run. We have also seen hawks, owls near JibFly and North Star, fox, deer of course, pileated woodpeckers and tons of tracks.
Trails are open for day use. Day and season passes can be purchased here. Please note due to COVID protocols, there are no lodge services for day use. This includes no ski rental or access to coffee bar. Parking in far lot near blue recycling bins where porta potties are located.Please respect this policy so Maplelag can operate as safe as possible and remain open. There are no dogs or pets allowed.
Fat Bike trails open. Click here for report
Classic skiing on Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Mother Hen, JibFly, Rootin Tootin, Twin Lakes, Mother North Star, Wavy Gravy, Island Lake trail North Loup and Roy’s Run. Please no skating on the classic trails. Bullhead/Bootleg has now been tracked on the Bootleg extension and return. Lucky’s Loype is adventure skiing (no grooming).
Skaters Waltz, the extension loops, Suicide Hill, Single Green and Kristin’s Kutoff designated trails groomed for skating.
All trails are one way except Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz. Skiing correct direction, especially in early season, helps us maintain the integrity of the base. Thank you!
Trails are open for day skiing for non lodging guests. Lodge is closed to day use.
Day and season passes can be purchased here.
Snowshoe trails are open and packed.
Snowfall past 24 hours: 3″
Snowfall past 7 days: 8″
Snowfall to date: 74″
Compacted base on trail: 10-20″
Snow depth in woods: 18-47″
Day and season passes can be purchased here.
NO services in the lodge at this time or ski rental available for day skiing. Parking in far lot near porta bathrooms and recycling bins. Please respect this policy so Maplelag can operate as safe as possible and remain open.
