6 am at Lapham Peak found perfect conditions for a pre-work ski. The man-made loop was tilled and chilled to perfection. Thank you groomers. Get out before the warm up and enjoy the jewel that Lapham Peak is!

(Mary Lou Geralts)

The 1.7k manmade loop was good for skating. The skate deck was groomed with enough loose sugar snow and was not icy. The magic carpet especially was very controllable and smooth. Thanks to the groomers for making such good skating conditions.

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(Don Howell)

Generally very good conditions on the manmade snow loops this morning. Overnight grooming with the ginzu maintained the shallow layer of powdery snow over the firm base. Skating was very nice. Downhills also have a general layer of powdery snow and are quite manageable. Striding tracks have not been reset and are old.

(John McCarthy)

I skate skied only the man made snow today. It looked like they groomed the skate lanes earlier in the morning. The trails were in good condition (not icy) but you would lose and edge once in a while. Otherwise pretty good skiing.

(Joel Lammers)

I skied the entire system and it really wasn't that bad. I'd call conditions fair. I didn't see any rocks, but there were a couple bare ground spots which could be skied around and some icy patches, though with temps in the 30s, they were not rock solid. Hills in the woods still had coverage, and I could still ski the downhills in the woods with enough control that it didn't feel unsafe. The temps being in the mid to upper 30s definitely had a role in this, otherwise I'd expect ice if you went when colder. It was nice to get a ski in off the man-made loops when I thought all would be closed.

(Holly LaVesser)

This report is for the manmade snow loops. Generally good conditions for skating this morning. The trails were groomed with the ginzu overnight and have a shallow layer of powder over the solid, thick manmade base. Some segments are very good to excellent, while others have pine debris and twigs that are degrading the surface. There are tracks, but they are very old. Downhills are a little icy, but not too bad. I suggest 'B' ski only because of the dirt and debris.

(John McCarthy)

Upper blue loop at homestead good , no bare spots, slow as the tracks were set but softening. Good skis fine. Hope they keep it open and closed to foot traffic.
Lower blue had three bare spots on tracks on western end but manageable.

(Gary Wegner)

Tracks had lots of debris and icy spots. Skate deck was icy hardpack with minimal ability to control skis. The manmade loop was nominally better.

(Crystal Hoecherl)

2" snow followed by rain and then groomed into frozen corduroy made for icy like conditions on a hardbase. I chose to ski the lower manmade loop rather than risking the icy conditions of the magic carpet. I was able to get enjoyable skiing. They reported to me when I left that they would be grooming tonight so it should be much better tommorrow.

(Don Howell)

I took the PB out again this morning for the last time. We dismantled the PB and loaded it on a truck and sent it off to its next grooming location in Michigan. We will have a new Snocat at the park for the 2020-2021 ski season, and well into the future. Wow! If you have skied at Lapham this ski season, you know a new Snocat is going to be a trail changer. I groomed the whole man-made loop and the green trail. Enjoy, because we are probably done grooming for the season with the state of the art snow cats.

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(Keith Adelmeyer)