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CBS58 Talks about Manmade Snow at Lapham Peak

By John Hillmer / February 4, 2022 / Comments Off on CBS58 Talks about Manmade Snow at Lapham Peak

On Feb 4th, 2022, CBS58 came out to Lapham Peak to lean about manmade snow as that’s what the Olympians will be skiing on mostly at the Beijing Winter Olympics this year! Their story and video segment are here:  www.cbs58.com/news/lapham-peaks-manmade-snow-gives-insight-to-beijing-olympic-competition    

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Wisconsin State Wide Nordic Ski Competition Results

By John Hillmer / March 9, 2021 / Comments Off on Wisconsin State Wide Nordic Ski Competition Results

This past weekend (1st week of March), our Peak Nordic Ski Club Middle School Girls team, our High School Girls team, and our High School Boys team all took FIRST PLACE in their respective divisions in the Wisconsin state wide Nordic Ski Competition up on the Birkie Trail!  It is amazing that our Lapham Peak […]

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2006 First Snowmaking

By John Hillmer / February 10, 2021 / Comments Off on 2006 First Snowmaking

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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2021 Virtual Lapham Loppet

By John Hillmer / January 19, 2021 / Comments Off on 2021 Virtual Lapham Loppet

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 your rivals/friends.  The link above will take you to the […]

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An initial .7km Loop is ready for Skiing

By John Hillmer / December 17, 2020 / Comments Off on An initial .7km Loop is ready for Skiing

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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Skiing at Lapham Peak, Dec 17!

By John Hillmer / December 16, 2020 / Comments Off on Skiing at Lapham Peak, Dec 17!

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Ben Popp, Executive Director of the Birkie, Talks about our Project!

By John Hillmer / October 25, 2020 / Comments Off on Ben Popp, Executive Director of the Birkie, Talks about our Project!

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 […]

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