We woke up to a fresh dusting of snow which was great for working into the base and allowed us to set track on a few more trails. We now have 35km open and groomed. 20km groomed classic only and 15km groomed skate only. We also have been grooming on the northern skate loops the past two days. Went out for a late afternoon classic ski on all the trails groomed with tracks. Found best conditions on Sap Run, JibFly and Sukkerbusk. B skis can be used. Other classic trails have some rough and thin spots, can be easily avoided but recommend rock skis. Skaters Waltz and the extension loops best trails for skiing with B skis. North Loop, Kristins Kutoff and Single Green best to play safe with rock skis. We've been double tracking the better trails using a rotation method so we can reset tracks again probably on Friday after any warming. The deer have been very active where there are acorns and kicking leaves on to the trail. Deer hunting season is over in our area. No does were allowed to be harvested so we have a lot of deer in the area! Grooming plans: Tomorrow we will pack and clear the remaining singletrack classic trails to the west.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Just enough snow along with the magic from the Maplelag groomers had Skaters Waltz skiing very well. More trails being groomed while I skied today means more to be open soon!

(Ben Olson)

The snow quality and coverage are incredibly nice, especially for early season skiing. Jay has set a classic track on Sukkerbusk and JibFly trails. I skied an hour in the late afternoon, exploring both trails, and they are in good shape. Skater's Waltz is groomed and waiting for skaters. Temps in the low 20's, great coverage with no exposed patches. Bring your good skis. It's Maplelag... just ski!

(Glenn Gifford)

We skied Skaters Waltz in the afternoon and it was in great shape! This was our first time at Maplelag and we really enjoyed it.

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(Adam Farm)

A really nice opening weekend of early season skiing. Great seeing so many people out. Today was about as good as it gets for November skiing. The first skiers were greeted with a light silky dusting on top of Saturday's grooming. I got out on the groomed classic trails at dusk and was fantastic. No ice dirt or thin areas. The usual early season bumpiness but overall lovely skiing and I had no problem using good skis. Early evening went out grooming and cleaned up the start area than packed and set one track on Sap Run. A few more rough spots and would use rock skis on this trail but the thin areas are easily avoidable by stepping out of the track and skiing where combed. Tomorrow we plan to pack additional trail to the west and north. Probably not enough snow to set track on the new trails being groomed but open for no track classic skiing. Skaters please skate on the skate only trails Skaters Waltz. By midweek we hope to have the extensions of Skaters Waltz and North Loop open for additional skate trail.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Daily snow and grooming with 8" of natural snowfall this week. Trails will be open for early season organic skiing starting Saturday morning. Track set on Sukkerbusk and JibFly trails for classic, Skaters Waltz groomed skate only. We plan to groom again Saturday morning. Please purchase pass online through our website and park in first parking lot to left.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

We continue to work on 10km of ski trail packing and combing the daily dustings of snow. We also groomed 12km of fat bike trail today. Looking good for opening the fresh groomed on the weekend!

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Another couple of inches overnight on top of past weekend's snow was enough for the first grooming of the year on 10km of trail. Pressing the snow into the deck to set the base for the next snowfall. A few more inches of snow and subsequent grooming before we can open for early season skiing.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)