Due to the warm temps the PB was not out last night. We will not be taking it back out until the temps are below zero at night. We should be back at it Wednesday night. Nightly grooming for the virtual birkie on the lighted loop will resume as allows.

(Mark Janis)

New snow overnight was groomed to create a nice surface for skate. Firm base with a fresh snow layer. Slowed a bit in some areas due to warming temps. Special thank you to Mark Janis for bringing out the Pisten Bully early this morning.

(John McCarthy)

The lighted loop was groomed this morning with the Pb. After the snow last night all the classic tracks were reset and the skate deck was tilled. It should be another great day on the trails.

(Mark Janis)

Nicely groomed. Snow a bit slow with the warmer temperature today. The evergreen lot was about 2/3 full, so plenty of room. Few people on the homestead trails.

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(Mike Borst)

I took our sweet new Pisten Bully out for my last groom of the 2020 2021 ski season. We are headed south for the rest of the ski season, Mark and Rick will continue to give you the best skiing possible at Lapham. Teri Baby and I skied our virtual Birkie yesterday up at Greenbush. Nothing compared to the Birkie, but we had a wonderful ski in the northern kettles, trails were in excellent condition. I groomed the entire man-made and lighted loop trails this morning. I reset a few tracks, most of the tracks looked really solid. The skate deck should be Rocketfast today for all you virtual Birkie skiers. The DNR continues to groom all the trails off the man-made and lighted loop. The Lapham peak ski club welcome’s all Birkie skiers to the park today and through the 28th. There will be some fun at the fire pit from 2 to 4 this afternoon, come on out.

(Keith Adelmeyer)

Skied the outside loop Kettle View and Moraine Ridge from homestead about 2:30 pm, and it was truly first rate! Here is a huge thanks to the groomers doing the real awesome work. The tracks were wide in close to evergreen from a lot of traffic, so I much preferred the farthest loop. Great coverage, and seemed really fast to me especially the downhills. It was still easy to maintain control on the hills although there are some small trenches in the skate deck at the most high traffic spots on curvy downhills that made it slightly challenging. Thanks again groomers, I had a blast!

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(John Washbourne)

Went to Lapham Peak today to enjoy some skiing but the parking lots were full so returned home. It is nice that XC skiing has become so popular, health-wise but as a classical skier I am really missing Scuppernong.

(Nancy Weinkauf)

I groomed and set tracks on the entire man-made loop, the entire lighted loop, the playground, and Beatles loop in the meadow. When I left the park this morning the tracks and the skate deck were so beautiful, skiing should be awesome today.

(Keith Adelmeyer)

Did the Korteloppet 26.2k at the Lighted Lapham loop. Groomed last night with some of corduroy visible at 11am. Good skate conditions as enough loose snow on a hard packed base. Climbs were nice and the downhills were fast and controllable. Felt good and enjoyable.

(Don Howell)

-2ºF at 6:30am with calm winds. Skied the man-made and lighted loops. Another gem by Beattle and the Pisten Bully... beautiful grooming. Not a ton of glide, but that’s to be expected in these temps. Deck was a little soft in places to the outside of the outermost (or only) set track, allowing pole-plants to sink down to the firm/frozen base. Once again, a great start to the day at LP.

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(Mark Sharafinski)