Classic skied this morning as a half inch of new snow was falling. Temps were still in the mid 20's, the new snow skied very nice on the well defined tracks. Early afternoon as the temp was dropping to the lower teens,Skaters Waltz was groomed and the tracks on Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, JibFly, and Twin Lakes were renovated and reset. The 17km InnerWest fat bike loop is now fully open and groomed and best riding condition of the season. Total new snow today less than an inch. No rain. Grooming plans: Tomorrow afternoon the same trails will be groomed and the track on North Loup will also be renovated/reset.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

All the classic trails we've been grooming for the late season skiing sessions got a fresh set this afternoon/early evening with the heavily weighted Ginzu groomer. Should be really nice skiing Wednesday morning. I suggest to get out before noon. After grooming I hit the Skaters Waltz trail for a few skate skiing laps. The snow has seasoned nicely and the deck was pretty firm and provided good action. Just a few death chips to pay attention to since the Pisten Bully basically plowed the snow off yesterday. We also groomed out the Twin Lakes singletrack for fat biking today. A short ride found pretty nice riding. Should be even better in the morning after it sets up overnight. Might be a few soft spot where it was drifted a couple feet before grooming. Grooming plans: Plan to reset all the tracks again and compress the deck when it warms up before the next round of snow and groom the inner singletrack loops for fat biking.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

A great day of grooming under outstanding mid March weather. Pisten Bully, Ginzu and SnowDog all saw grooming action today working on 30km of trail. Classic trails groomed include Sap Run, Sukkerbusk, JibFly, Twin Lakes and North Loup. Skaters Waltz groomed skate only. We groomed about 5km of fat bike trail but had to bail due to mechanical issues from the deep snow. Jonell and I skied Twin Lakes at sunset and was good as it gets for mid March. Dry snow, silky glide. Grooming plans: Tomorrow plan to touch up on trails groomed today and get back on that singletrack after some repairs to the Dog.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Close to one foot of new snow the past 24 hours. Once the blizzard subsided this afternoon, the Pisten Bully was out grooming on Sap Run, Sukkerbusk and the Caboose connector for the evening skiers. Went out for a ski at dusk to enjoy the late light and excellent mid March conditions. Grooming plans: We will be back out in the morning working on 20-25km of trail for late season skiing.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

4-5" of snow the past 24 hours. We are working on 35km of ski trail, 25km classic 10km skate. We will groom the fat bike trail once we are caught up on ski trail grooming.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

A great weekend of skiing and fat biking. Trails are in great shape and skiing and riding well. Grooming plans: Today we will be touching up select ski trails that were groomed before the weekend and also grooming the eastern loop fat bike trail to complete the 25km loop. 30km of ski trail groomed, 20km classic, 10km skate.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Skiing between 3 and 5 pm on Sunday afternoon, the classic tracks were in ideal condition. I used both fishscales and skinskis, and each worked equally well. Although I didn't skate, I noticed the skating deck on Skater's Waltz was also in great shape, and appeared as though only a few skaters had been on it since being groomed. Excellent conditions at Maplelag!

(Glenn Gifford)

Excellent late season conditions. 50km of trail groomed for the weekend after 7-8" of new snow this week. 20km for classic, 10km for skate and 20km for fat biking. Temps look to cool back down and make for a nice weekend of skiing.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

7-8" new snow this morning. Grooming on 25km of trail, 15km classic, 10km skate. After some laps with the Pisten Bully, Jonell and I put on our skis and went out for a loppet on Sap Run and Sukkerbusk. The dusting of light silky snow that fell after grooming was really nice to glide upon. Grooming plans: We will continue to work on the same 25km of trail the rest of the week.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Ginzu groomed all the double track trails this afternoon as the fog was lifting, temperature dropping from a high of 31 today and skies clearing. There was no rain or drizzle today at Maplelag. The Pisten Bully had another day off. After grooming, hopped on the skis and Jonell and I skied Sap Run and Sukkerbusk. I always say the last week of February is some of the best skiing of the season and today did not disappoint. The entire 25km fat bike trail was also groomed today, leveling the deck where rutted from weekend riders and should set up really nice tonight with the clear skies and falling temperature. Grooming plans: Tomorrow we will be working on the singletrack classic trails and the skate trails.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)