The second grooming run last night set up nicely thanks to temps in the mid teens. Early afternoon Jake and I checked out the fresh grooming and found some of the best early November skiing have ever experienced. Near 100% humidity made for silky smooth skiing but a relatively solid deck. We were using rock skis but personally I would be comfortable using B skis. This evening back out completing the loops on Sukkerbusk and Skaters Waltz bringing the total amount of groomed trail to around 10km. Trails will be open officially open tomorrow. Deer hunting ended today in our area. We will be working on Sap Run tomorrow to bring total open to 12km. We will be focusing on these trails including Suicide Hill, freezing down the base as much as possible this special early season.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

We are constantly monitoring weather conditions and keeping pulse on forecasts and trends. After additional snow today, the time was right, at dusk, for the first grooming of the year run on 5km. We will be back out tonight and tomorrow night preparing for a soft opening on Monday.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Snow! Around 3" of dry snow the past 24 hours. Cold temps (26 degrees at time of ski) made for great conditions for the first outing. Stayed close to the resort with deer hunting going on but found really nice glide considering the ground is still warm and melting from underneath. Always exciting to see the ground white again. If we receive more snow and cold temps continue, we will try to groom after deer hunting ends on Sunday afternoon.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)