Although the trails are snow free, we had a great weekend in the woods, hiking, fat biking and skating on the lake. Despite the mild temps, today was below freezing adding more frost to the ground. Overall the trails are in great shape and won't take much snow to have them open for skiing with frost down at least 4". There is 6-8" of ice on the lakes.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

We packed and combed the dusting of new snow last night on top of the existing scattered crunchy base. There has been no issue of being cold enough with temps near zero and dewpoints well below 0 the past few mornings. This is a great start to the season! Although we have been skiing select areas including Suicide Hill, we still need a few more inches until we can officially open once deer season ends after this coming weekend.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

We've enjoyed a taste of winter this week, grooming a small loop after dustings of snow earlier in the week. The ground warm has been melting the snow from underneath diminishing the base but we've still been able to sneak in a few rock skis. The gap between temperature and dew point finally occurred until last night which resulted in a solid freeze. Trails will be closed during deer hunting and we hope to open for early season skiing the weekend of November 17th.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

We woke up to a dusting of snow that was just enough for a early morning ski before sunrise. Great to be back on the boards! Overall it has been a great fall tuning the trails for when the snow flies for real.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)