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Great trails expertly groomed at Maplelag. Mainly classical but some skating loops too.Trail Reports
2021-2022 season
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Evening
posted: 2022-04-14 20:40:39
Grooming [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Around 2" of new snow as of 8pm with continued off and on squalls. Skate groomed the 4km late season loop early evening. Worked the new snow into the crusty corn base with the Ginzu blades the first two passes than pressed the surface on the last past for the final corduroy finish. Snowed another half inch after grooming. Skied to check things out and flick some sticks off. Pretty incredible skiing for April 14th. Silky smooth and level deck. Will be back out in the morning grooming any new snow.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Evening
posted: 2022-04-13 22:36:21
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Despite rain instead of snow after the latest precipitation event, we are still hanging on to much of our base. Some areas have melted off, mainly in the open and exposed but in the woods the coverage is good. Went out for a early evening ski thinking I'd hit the transition period as temps were falling. Started out on the 4km late season loop. Froze down a bit harder than I expected making for very fast conditions. Got off that loop and skied other trails and found some really nice crust skiing. Did the entire North Loup which was mostly good, on long bare stretch and a couple icy base segments. Hit some of the smaller lakes adjacent to the trails and found even better crust skiing. If we receive more than 2" of the forecasted snow, we will groom on the 4km late season loop as temps look to remain cool.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Monday, April 11, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-04-11 17:40:10
Grooming [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Went out for a ski mid afternoon on the 4km loop that was groomed last week after the rain and snow stopped after lunch time. Found full coverage all the way through, just a few spots on the edges thinning out on the south facing but in no way did it impeded the skiing. Sun popped out and ended up being a gorgeous spring ski. After skiing groomed the loop, refreshing the structure. Looks to glaze over enough tonight for good skiing early morning before next rain/snow event moves in.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Saturday, April 9, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-04-09 16:33:49
Grooming [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Hard freeze overnight set the base and yesterday's afternoon grooming up nicely. Textbook spring skiing this morning under brilliant sunshine. Good to see folks out to enjoy. With warm temps forecasted overnight and rain moving in, no grooming planned and skiing looks to be on hold for a few days. Not quite ready to call it a season thought based on the long term....
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Friday, April 8, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-04-08 16:19:38
Grooming [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Caught the sweet spot on a morning ski. Incredible April sunshine and such a treat to be skiing this late in the season. Deck slowed down fast by 11am with the fresh snow but base was firm and glide good. Nice to see a few other people out. After skiing ran the Ginzu cleaning up the surface and pressing new structure. Intense sun will eat some of the texture and melt some snow but temps staying below 40 and another hard freeze tonight should provide some decent skiing Saturday morning before noon. Fat bike grooming set up hard and was good riding early this morning as well.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Thursday, April 7, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-04-07 19:17:47
Grooming [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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Another 2" of snow overnight after yesterday's grooming bringing 48hr snowfall to 10". Ran the Ginzu groomer on the 4km loop this morning and groomed out nicely. The new snow insulated the base which prevented a hard freeze down but the snow on top was dry, around 30 degrees, and combed out well. A few slush areas and the base is saturated but has solidified after 12 grooming passes the past 24 hours and setting up proper. Skied mid afternoon, which wasn't best time to ski, but the base was firm and beautiful April skiing. We are on track to freeze down good tonight and should be good April skiing in the morning. Also groomed 5km of fat bike trail. Having not groomed the track in a while it was pretty tricky and not sure how it will set up but it packed well and if it freezes all the way down, could be really nice riding.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Afternoon
posted: 2022-04-06 20:36:54
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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As of 8pm around 5-6" of new snow today. Ended up grooming today, focusing on a 4km loop that has the best coverage with no bare spots. (east side of Skaters Waltz and Sukkebusk) Two grooming sessions, early afternoon and early evening. Basically pressed the new snow into the slushy base. There is a lot of moisture in the base so the new snow only packed down on the surface to a inch or less. After grooming went out skiing about 7pm and temp was just starting to drop. The snow that continues to fall was starting to stick to the trees and the surface was really nice skiing considering how warm and wet the snow was today. If it doesn't snow too much tonight, the base should freeze down. A bunch of snow will insulate the base. Either way, should be some nice late season skiing in the morning. Will be back out in the morning grooming as temps look to continue to drop. Late season skiing Friday and Saturday mornings look favorable on this 4km loop. We will not be grooming any other trail but this loop that has a nice mix of terrain can skied in both directions.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-04-05 17:14:34
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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We were just cool enough to have the precipitation early this morning fall as snow. Around 3-4" of very wet snow. Skied at lunch time after the snow had stopped. Was very slow but slow skiing is better than no skiing! The base is now very wet, saturated and could be tricky to groom in the morning if more new snow that is predicted falls on top of the existing base. Given the time of year, we will still try to groom, using it as a learning experience with optimism it will pay off later in the week when temps are predicted to drop.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Monday, April 4, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-04-04 21:15:10
Firsthand: Freestyle [ Trails Open: Partial, ]
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We had a really nice morning and early afternoon of spring skiing. Skied the 9km loop and found pretty incredible conditions for early April. Friday's grooming still holding out well thanks to cold nights, cooler days and folks over the weekend skiing before things got soft and which left no ruts. Warmest day since the most recent snowfall ate it some of the base and with rain forecasted tonight and tomorrow conditions could go south fast. We are keeping eye on the end of the week and optimistic for one more grooming run and end of week and Saturday morning skiing. Stay tuned.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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Saturday, April 2, 2022
Morning
posted: 2022-04-02 20:42:51
Secondhand [ Trails Open: Partial ]
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Spring conditions. Fast skiing reported this morning as trails were slow to soften with cooler than forecasted and overcast conditions. Friday's afternoon grooming holding out just fine and should be another skiable Sunday with springlike conditions.
(Jay Richards, Maplelag Resort)
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