Snowfall past 24 hours 1-2", 48 hour storm total:13, snow depth in woods 20-30". 120km of grooming logged today between the groomers on entire 70km trail system. 55km tracked, 15km groomed skate only. We will be back out in the morning structuring the skate lanes and resetting select classic trail. We will also be setting a track on the side of North Loup for the first time this year. With all the recent heavy snow, there is slush on the lake crossings that should freeze down hard tonight with temps near single digits. Overall excellent skiing, winter wonderland conditions.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

As of 2pm around 10" of new snow. The temp early this morning when we started grooming at 4:30am was 31.5 and has dropped a few degrees to 29 degrees as of 2pm. We have been focusing on 40km of trail today making multiple passes, etc. 25km double track classic, 15km skate only. We plan to be back out this afternoon touching up these 40km than again in the morning. Later tomorrow morning we will focus on the outer singletrack classic. The singletrack has been skied today, skied in nicely by the skiers.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

As of 2pm around 3" of new snow. We groomed and reset all the double track trails this morning and set new track on singletrack trails Bullhead Bootleg and Lucky's Loype. We will be back out this afternoon and tomorrow morning to groom any additional new snow. The skate trails have been skied in nicely today on top of the recent grooming by the ski teams here for training camp.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

3" of new snow overnight current temp is 19 degrees. 50km of trail groomed today. Early this morning we groomed all the double track trails resetting tracks and groomed the skate only trails. We will be back out grooming the skate trails this evening after the skiers are off the trail. Fat Bike Loops being groomed this afternoon. Tomorrow morning we will be grooming the outer singletrack trails and touching up select double track. The new snow mixing with the transformed snow in the base making for nice skiing under winter wonderland conditions.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

100% open on 90km of trail. 50km tracked for classic only skiing, 15km groomed skate only and 5km designated as adventure skiing with skier made track. 20km of separate fat bike trail.
The trails survived the warm weather over the weekend just fine and skiing has been reported good to excellent. A few south facing areas not groomed today glazed and a couple bumpy/choppy spots on the outer trails the only negatives. Overall plenty of positives for great skiing. We groomed all the skate trails this morning than touched up Skaters Waltz again this evening. This morning Sap Run and Sukkerbusk were renovated and new tracks set. At dusk we groomed those trails again. Skiing was very good to excellent on trails groomed today. Tomorrow morning we plan to be renovating and resetting track on Loon Return and Twin Lakes trail. The fat bike trails are riding superb, best conditions of the year. We are open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

We skied at Maplelag Resort this past weekend. The trails where in great condition all around. It was a winter wonderland, and everyone had a wonderful time skiing along with top notch food. We even got to see a porcupine on the trail! Well done Maplelag family, thank you.

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(Charlie Rietschel)

100% open on 90km of trail. 50km tracked for classic only skiing, 15km groomed skate only and 5km designated as adventure skiing with skier made track. 20km of separate fat bike trail regroomed Wednesday evening. All double track trails reset and all skate trails Ginzu renovated and combed yesterday. Final grooming on singletrack outer trail, Roy's Run, reset this morning. Excellent early season conditions. Check board in main lodge for specifics.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

100% open on 90km of trail. 50km tracked for classic only skiing, 15km groomed skate only and 5km designated as adventure skiing with skier made track. 20km of separate fat bike trail with grooming planned this evening on fat bike trails. Daily dustings of fluffy silk snow combined with regular grooming making for excellent conditions. Still some powder stashes on the sledding hill, the ice rink is ready and over 400 acres to explore on snowshoe. Enjoy winter!
We have been working on the outer trails this week with Bullhead and Bootleg Extension trails now opened and groomed (outside of the "adventure ski" segments). With the high water tables this year and abundant snowfall, water is running in unusual areas. We have been building temp bridges and until they are completed, simply ski around these areas (not recommended to use race skis on the "adventure skiing" segments.) Enjoy nature!

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

The trails were awesome! Highland Park Nordic was able to ski for hours without repeating any trails! Thanks to the awesome Maplelag crew who hosted an incredible ski camp for us!

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(Maeve Moening)

The trails at Maplelag are in great condition. Skiing was excellent today! We skied the Island Lake and Twin Lake trails, starting about noon. And while it was cold outside, being able to enjoy Maplelag's warm hospitality in the lodge was the perfect antidote for the weather following a couple of good hours on their ski trails...the cookie jars are full and the coffee is on. A very fine start for the 2019-20 Nordic ski season!

(Glenn Gifford)