Couple inches of new snow overnight is being groomed in this morning on the skater trails of North Loup, Skaters Waltz (bypassing Kamikaze hill), Single Green and Suicide Hill. New track to be cut on side of North Loup and double track on Sukkerbusk. These above trails still have excellent coverage with a compacted base of 4-8". Snow depth in woods ranges from 4-24". With temps in the 20's and dry snow, should be special day of late season skiing! Roy's Run will also ski well for classic skiing. Use caution if skiing other trails not mentioned as a few thin areas now exist on south facing segments. Enjoy!

(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Great couple days of spring skiing despite intense sun thinning the base in a few areas. Late this afternoon we groomed Sukkerbusk and Sap Run setting one new track and also groomed on Skaters Waltz renovating and structuring the skate lanes. Get out before 11am for consistent fast skiing or wait until 1pm for consistent slower skiing.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Mild March temps, and plenty of snow and sunshine made for a fun ski. We were on the trails from 5pm-7pm. Roy's Run was in great shape, having been groomed earlier in the week. Jay was out with his grooming gear, still making ski trail magic. So nice to have professionally groomed trails late in the season...thanks, Jay!

(Glenn Gifford)

Great spring skiing conditions! Warmer day yesterday was good for breaking the snow down to one consistency. Bit cooler today after a hard freeze last night had the tracks and skate deck faster longer but softening mid afternoon. Pretty much ideal spring skiing. A classic ski on the outer trails at noon found the tracks in very good to excellent shape on Twin Lakes and Roy's Run. Bit more broken down in areas on the inner loops but still very nice skiing. Reports from the skaters today were good. This early evening we renovated and structured the skate lanes on Skaters Waltz, North Loup, Suicide Hill and Single Green. The Twin Lakes singletrack for fat biking is in fantastic shape, velcro like surface. Much wildlife on the move including trumpeter swans that can be heard and seen flying above the trail system. Trails will be open this weekend for day skiing and fat biking. Please ride before noon if fat biking. No lodging or services available in the main lodge.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Temps continue to remain cool keeping the base deep and late season skiing fantastic. The track skiing is very good but also just as good in the off trail skiing. This afternoon I did a back country touring ski with metal edge light weight fish scale skis on the ungroomed ski trails to link to area lakes and ski through the woods. The base is solid and able to support. Along with the new snow on top now transformed making for really fun skiing. Late afternoon skaters waltz was groomed, freshening up the skate lane. We will most likely not reset any tracks this week but the current sets are well defined and holding out great and should last nicely the rest of the week. Skate deck grooming will continue on Skaters Waltz and North Loup this week on into the weekend.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

A top 10 ski day at Maplelag late this afternoon. The trail conditions were outstanding! (And with Daylight Savings Time there is an extra hour to enjoy the skiing).

(Glenn Gifford)

Incredible conditions for March 11th. Groomed Roy's Run, Rootin Tootin and Sukkerbusk, setting new track in virgin sugar powder on Rootin Tootin and Roy's Run. Skaters Waltz and Suicide Hill also groomed for skating. Skied late afternoon on tracks set this morning and a few other trails fresh tracked yesterday. One of those afternoons you don't want to get off the trail. The snow was sugary on the bottom but firm tracks and snappy glide. It was cloudy all day until clearing later afternoon with temps below freezing, keeping the snow and grooming intact. Should be another fantastic day tomorrow at least until early afternoon.
We are closed for the season for lodging and services in the lodge but we will continue grooming select trails until the snow is gone. Park in the lot and just ski. Trail hours for day skiing are 8am to 6pm. Ski at own risk. No evacuation or ski patrol services available now.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

We groomed two new trails this morning, Twin Lakes and Mother North Star that we had been saving the snow on from the 6-7" of new snow Monday. Reports from folks hitting the trails were good to fantastic. The other 25km of trail groomed this week has been skiing great as well. The snow is fresh, the temps have been below freezing all week and cloud cover today keeping everything as is, for the most part. For March 10th, the skiing is as good as it gets. We will be back out in the morning grooming two new trails, Rootin Tootin and Roy's Run for close to 40km of groomed trails for Sunday skiing. 30km tracked, 10km groomed skate.

(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Maplelag's trails remain in excellent shape. There is snow everywhere. I went out for a short ski before work this morning and enjoyed picture perfect trail conditions with March temperatures...a great combination!

(Glenn Gifford)

Cooled down nicely last night with temp near 0. Feels more like January today but the sunshine is warming and a gorgeous day on the trails. We touched up the 20km of trail today and everything is skiing really nice with the cooler temps. Jonell and I went out for a lunch ski and was about as good as it gets. We won't groom tomorrow with the cooler temps but tomorrow could be the best day of skiing this week! Enjoy!

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)