Trails are holding up well, especially given the warmer temps yesterday and today. I skied from 10:30 am until 1 pm today. By 1pm the snow was softening as projected. Waxless skis worked well.

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(Glenn Gifford)

Very good to excellent mid winter conditions. Morning low 1 degree, high temperature 12. Sun/cloud mix. 85km trail open. 55km groomed classic, 15km groomed skate, 15km singletrack fat bike groomed. Comments: Today all the skate trails were groomed and track set on North Star and Bullhead Lake to wrap up a complete regroom of the trail system the past three days. Twin Lakes singletrack also groomed for fat biking, touching up rutted areas.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Morning low -5, high temperature 12 degrees, brilliant sunshine, light winds. 85km trail open. 55km groomed classic, 15km groomed skate, 15km singletrack fat bike groomed. Comments: Clouds moved in overnight keeping our low around 0 and didn't drop to the official low until it cleared at sunrise. A nice warmup to the teens and combined with light winds and spectacular late February sunshine, it was a near perfect day on the trails. Classic grooming on the singletrack trails today, Island Lake and Wavy Gravy to the west, Roy's Run and North Loup to the north and Rootin Tootin on the inner trail. Everything groomed out very nice, Roy's and Rootin not quite as clean but still great skiing. Grooming plans: All 15km of skate trails on tap for a gentle renovation and comb as well as a new track to be set on Bullhead Lake.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Temps above zero and the tracks remain in great condition. Photos from Maplelag's Bullhead Trail Extension.

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(Glenn Gifford)

Morning low -19, high temperature of +3. Handful of scattered lingering flurries, a noticeable wind, thanks to dew point close to air temperature. 85km trail open. 55km groomed classic, 15km groomed skate, 15km singletrack fat bike groomed. Comments: People that know me well know I always say it's about the dew point. Whether it's ski trail grooming, skiing or riding hero dirt/snow on the singletrack, the dew point is a game changer. Definitely made it raw out but a little bit easier to condition the snow when grooming. This afternoon and evening tracks were scrubbed out and reset on Mother Hen, JibFly, the easy bypass of JibFly and Sap Run. Fat bike loop "InnerWest" continues to ride fantastic. Grooming plans: Tomorrow plan to reset track on Wavy Gravy, Island Lake, Rootin Tootin, Roy's Run and North Loup.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Had a cool lovely sunny morning ski on Sukkerbusk and sap run. Conditions were perfect. Great tracking and weather. Would keep skiing if didn't have to leave for home. Thanks Maplelag for a great aki.

(Mary Wierschem)

Calling all Day Skiers! Maplelag is groomed and the ski trails are in great condition. Temps today hovered around zero. The classic tracks are good. If you're not skiing the Birkie, check out Maplelag. Ski conditions should be near perfect!

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(Glenn Gifford)

We had a cool beautiful morning skiing wavy gravy. Trail was in good condition. Did Twin lakes trail in the afternoon which is great skiing condition. Freshly tracked. Another sunny cool day skiing. Finished off with Sukkerbusk and rootin tootin. Overall great day of skiing.

(Mary Wierschem)

Morning low -29, warm sunshine, light winds high temperature -3. 85km trail open. 55km groomed classic, 15km groomed skate, 15km singletrack fat bike groomed. Comments: Little bit better action on the tracks today. especially the fresh groomed today. Skate trails still skiing a bit slower but deck is solid. New tracks set today on Sap Run, Loon Return, Sukkerbusk, Twin Lakes, Bullhead Bootleg Lake loop, Kristin's Kutoff and segments of Mother North Star, cleaning up the short segment of that the fat bike loop shares. Grooming plans: New tracks to be cut on additional trail tomorrow on select trails.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Cold day but skiing was great. Beautiful sunny day on cold trails. Skied Rootin tooting, sukkerbusk, Jib fly and inner trails to stay out of wind. All skiing was good and a bit slow due to cold. Tracking was good on all skied. Yesterday skied Mother Northstar which is rough in portions due to mountain bikes. Also skied twin lakes yesterday which is in great shape.

(Mary Wierschem)