2021 VIRTUAL BIRKEBEINER SKI RACE The Wisconsin State Park System is excited to partner with the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation for the 2021 Birkebeiner (Birkie) Ski Race. This year, the Birkie will be held virtually. Join in the fun by completing the race anywhere between Feb. 20 to 28. Learn more about how to participate virtually here. Lapham […]
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Ed Muzik reminds us that the first snowmaking at Lapham Peak occurred 15 years ago today on Feb. 10, 2006! Here are some of the photos from that night and the next morning. John Lupo pushed the button to begin the operation And here’s the first manmade snow! Next morning, not a lot of snow
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Starts 01.23.2021 @ 07:00 AM, Lapham Peak, Delafield, Wisconsin https://racewire.com/register.php?id=12012 Skiers: Kris Maki has set up a Virtual Lapham Loppet as we could not have the race as usual due to covid-19. It is really a fundraiser for snowmaking, a chance to train by skiing 7 laps of the manmade course, and a way to compare yourself against
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Thanks to the volunteers who helped make snow from Sunday through Wednesday, we now have an initial .7km loop ready for skiing. Last Wednesday night, the manmade snow was spread and tilled and poeple are skiing today! (Thursday, Dec 17). We started making snow Sunday night at 5PM and have a skiable loop Thursday morning
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Conditions were “good” to start making snow the week of Dec 13th, and the new Pisten Bully 100 is working great. Spreading has begun, grooming will happen Wednesday night. We’ll have a .7km loop open for skiing on Thursday Dec 17! Check the Trail Condition site for up to the minute information Play Video
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We filled the Wednesday Night Ski League; however, Jim Marschalek has devised a Chip Timing Tuesday Nordic Ski League that will give skiers a chance to race whenever they choose in a timetrial format. Online registration is required. See our Ski Series page for details – Participation is limited due to COVID19 restrictions. Sign up
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If you missed the Friends of Lapham Peak’s Annual Business Meeting on Nov 11, 2020, we now have a video of the very informative Snow Making Update that John McCarthy shared at the meeting, as our special speaker and presentation for the evening. Annual Reports for the 2019-2020 year are here A copy of John’s slides
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See our Ski Series page for details – Participation is limited due to COVID19 restrictions. Sign up early! Skiing: laphampeakfriends.org/skiing
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Our new PistenBully 100 arrived today. Members of the Snowmaking Committee posed with the new machine in front of the nearly complete new Winter Recreation Storage Building (WRSB) that will house it and other equipment. Now more than ever, we have bills to pay for the machine, and the building materials, so your help is
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We are in our Home Stretch of raising $310,000 for our new Pisten Bully and a home for it. Our Pisten Bully will be here in 2 weeks and we will need to write a check for $200,000 at that time. We were short $72,000, and then $60,000. Last week we were short $52,000 and
Ben Popp, Executive Director of the Birkie, Talks about our Project! Read More »
