There were some good striding segments still remaining at Maplelag today. I skied from about 10:30 am to noon using zeros which provided good kick. While the classic tracks were icy in some spots, I found a stretch of decent striding on Sukkerbusk, Mother North Star, Poki Loki, and Mother Hen trails. I also had the opportunity to cross paths with Jay who was checking ski trails and enjoying some time on Skaters Waltz.

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(Glenn Gifford)

Sun cloud mix, high temperature 31 today. Light winds, frozen loose granular (corn) snow machine groomed. 9km of trail open, no tracks set, combed for freestyle skiing. Areas of hard ice. Comments: Not quite as warm today as forecasted and cloud cover during middle of day kept the snow intact. Skate skied in the morning, fast and fun conditions. Few hard ice areas had to use extra caution. Bumped into a few skiers classic skiing, skiing laps on the better sections of trail still holding form on the tracks. Late afternoon groomed all the inner trails open and the mini loop across the road on North Loup. Recommended to ski before noon for best conditions. Grooming plans: We are not planning on grooming again and will close the trails on Sunday.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Another great day on the trails with brilliant March sunshine and fast snow. We stayed below 32 degrees keeping the snow dry outside the sun kissed areas and good grooming conditions for the afternoon. We groomed 9km of trail including all of North Loup and segments on the inner trails consisting of Skaters Waltz, Sukkerbusk, Sap Run, Eira Bikwadinaa hill and Kristins Kutoff. A few hard icy spots but very skiable. Recommend to ski out and back on the first and last third segments of North Loup. Over lunch I was out for a ski and bumped into almost 82 year old Dr. Bob who was out preparing for the West Yellowstone Rendezvous. We both agreed nothing beats spring skiing.....Just Ski.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Light dusting of new snow, sub freezing temperatures in the upper teens kept the snow fast all day on machine groomed frozen loose granulated/corn snow with sections of hard ice. Sunshine and subsiding winds. Grooming on 5km of trail today, both in morning and afternoon, focusing on the better segments on the east side including sections of Skaters Waltz, Sukkerbusk and short trails Kristin's Kutoff, Single Green and Eira Bikwadinaa Hill. Comments: Cold weather allowed us to work the snow a little better and improve ski conditions. Also transported snow to the start area to make access better to the main loop. Skied mid afternoon on the fresh groomed and had a real nice ski despite a few icy spots. Eira hill skis much better than you might think. Very fun!

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Hardpack icy conditions/tilled corn snow. Fast! 9km of trail open, recently groomed. Comments: Froze down pretty hard and we were out in the morning grooming on a condensed loop of Skaters Walz and North Loup. Back out in the afternoon grooming with the Pisten Bully on the Skaters Waltz segments and also the east side of Sukkerbusk for another option. Skied after grooming on everything open. 70% of North Loup was skiable, other 30% was solid glare ice. Recommended to avoid and go out and back on the good sections. Skaters Waltz segments were skiable, some hard ice areas but worth it for the better sections. Grooming plans: We will plan to groom the same 9km of trail tomorrow.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

After a morning low of 26 degrees, we skyrocketed to the mid 50's today. Got out for a skate ski around 10am. In all honesty, it was one of the best spring conditions ski I have ever experienced. Super fast but enough forgiveness for decent edging. The east side of Skaters Waltz was absolutely dreamy on fast creamy corn snow. The warm temperatures today did melt a lot of snow. Held off on grooming this evening due to water pooling and softening of the base. It is freezing down tonight and will plan to skate groom at some point tomorrow, depending on if any new snow. Grooming plans will be to skate groom the entire North Loup and around 4km of Skaters Waltz, bypassing the Kamikaze Hill segment and using Sap Run as a connector and also bypassing the far west part using the old Skaters Waltz and east side of Sukkerbusk for a connector.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Morning low 16 degrees, warming to high of 39, sunshine and light winds. 10km of trail open. Spring conditions: Comments: Pretty much a perfect textbook day of spring like skiing. Conditions were a bit faster and icylike longer into the day before softening up. Caught the sweet spot on the skate deck, personally one of the best skate skis of the year. Later afternoon back out just because too good not to, cherry picking all the good segments on the inner and northern classic trails. Ended the day grooming Skaters Waltz with the 9' Ginzu groomer. A few icy spots otherwise groomed out nice. Should be nice spring skate skiing late morning. Grooming plans: Most likely done classic grooming for the year unless we get new snow. We will continue grooming Skaters Waltz and North Loup as long as we can for freestyle skiing.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

Cold temps kept the tracks and deck firm and hard all day. A few boils popping up today but overall good skiing considering last weeks melt. This evening Skaters Waltz was Pisten Bully groomed with the front end renovator. Recommended classic skiing on Sukkerbusk and North Loup and skating on Sukkerbusk and North Loup. Roy's Run fine for classic to, watch for thin areas on the far outer segment.

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(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)

There are a few areas of ice and some branches on the trail, but otherwise trails have held out well. The tracks were good and the skate deck was fast. Don't be fooled by the lack of snow in your yard and get out and ski!

(Dylan Ramstad Skoyles)

Classic skied in the afternoon. Very skiable, but icy in spots on Sukkerbusk and Roy's run. Skin skis worked great. Skate trail looked good too, and reports were good. Icy but just enough loose on top to get a push.

(John Pfund)