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Official Lapham Peak Trail Report on Monday Mar 16 2026 at 8:32am
by Collin BergholzWith the snow still falling and staff is trying to keeping up with plowing. We will not be grooming anything today and will assess things early tomorrow morning and determine if we will be grooming the trails.
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Other: Report by Matt rechlitz on Tuesday Mar 10 2026 at 6:02pm
Don't put the skis away just yet. There is a high chance of significant snow this weekend, followed by 3-4 days of very cold air for March (even below normal temps for January's temps). If we get 8" or more, perhaps much more, some trail systems could be groomed. The snow should last for 3-4 days thereafter. Something to watch. Keep up with the forecast, could be a really big one.
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Wednesday Mar 4 2026 at 11:53am
Poor, but skiable, conditions for skate and stride. Skate deck is alternately white or brown slush, ice, or water on ice. Very dirty, especially in the pines. Tracks are slushy, icy, or wet, with debris and occasional bare spots. Still plenty of base in most areas.
Lapham: Report by Chris Liepi on Tuesday Mar 3 2026 at 2:02pm
Very tracked out this morning, but possible to skate. Several patches of ice that have frozen tracks, but coverage is still good before noon.
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Tuesday Mar 3 2026 at 12:02pm
Good, highly variable conditions for skate and fair conditions for stride. Skate deck is a mix of good snow, slush, and ice, with good coverage throughout. Skaters were doing very well on it. Tracks are another matter - soft sidewalls and icy bottoms, with dirty spots - tree debris - and a few small bare spots breaking through. Still worth giving a try.
Lapham: Report by Matt rechlitz on Monday Mar 2 2026 at 7:51pm
Great/lightning fast early, soft & slowing down some by noon-1 pm. Still descent coverage throughout the trails. It looks like the rains & warm temps wonâ??t arrive until Thursday afternoon so perhaps the trails will be groomed a couple of more times. Magic carpet ride was still fast when I left at 2. Thanks groomers for a great Sunday. Monday & a pretty darn good season of 3 plus months with many challenges along the way after the big snows early.
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Monday Mar 2 2026 at 1:07pm
Very good conditions for skate, good to fair for stride this morning. Overnight PB grooming provided a snowy surface layer on the skate deck that turned slushy in the sun and warmth, but remained very fast, especially on the shaded downhills. Tracks were good in most places, but were occasionally washed out or very dirty, especially in the woods near the AED. A few bare spots showing up on the edges. As the season winds down, I would like to take a moment to thank all the skiers who have supported snowmaking through their donations. It costs the Friends of Lapham Peak over $25,000 per season to provide the abundant snow and great grooming we all enjoy. Without your donations, this would not be possible. Thank you for your support!
Lapham: Report by Matt rechlitz on Sunday Mar 1 2026 at 8:09pm
GREAT afternoon of skiing. Lots of smiles and happy families enjoying the skiing. The snow was softer as the day wore on, but still pretty fast and a nice glide. Nice day, upper 20's, sunshine and light winds. Priceless. One last day tomorrow. Still abundant base. Magic carpet ride was sweet, the turnaround on the NW corner, pretty cool. Thanks groomers. See ya tomorrow on my day off from work. Matt
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Sunday Mar 1 2026 at 1:39pm
Excellent conditions for skate and stride this morning. The groomed mix of new and old snow set up nicely, providing a fast skating surface and solid, snowy tracks. A couple of tiny icy spots, but much improved from yesterday. The snow is softening and slowing under the sun.
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Saturday Feb 28 2026 at 12:35pm
Good but variable conditions for skate, fair for stride. Most of the skate deck is a decent layer of sugar snow with some dirty spots and some spots where the cover is thin and the ice base exposed. Very fast, overall. No bare spots. Magic Carpet is easily controllable, but there is an icy spot at the bottom. Tracks are easily broken down and are icy. There has been dirt tracked onto the trail at the trailhead and other locations by foot traffic.
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Friday Feb 27 2026 at 11:05am
Fair conditions for skate and stride. Surface snow is slushy and rutted, but the ruts are soft and break down easily. Tracks are slushy and breaking down. Best areas are in the woods. Downhills are slow.
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Thursday Feb 26 2026 at 12:26pm
Excellent conditions for skate and stride. A perfect layer of soft snow on a firm flat base made for easy and fast skating. Deck is generally clean with only one spot of pine boughs. Tracks are solid with a white base and very fast. Magic Carpet is especially nice - fast, with plenty of loose snow. Get it while it lasts.
Lapham: Report by Matthew and Ryan on Thursday Feb 26 2026 at 8:06am
so grateful for the dedicated team of volunteers keeping lapham trails up and running. its been so nice to get out there this week and ski! I was out yesterday morning and it was fine other than some debris and leaves in the classic tracks by the bench and AED machine. we cleaned up most of them though. looking forward to getting another ski in today.
Lapham: Report by Rick Sovitzky on Wednesday Feb 25 2026 at 7:36am
Thank you so much groomers! I enjoyed a great, fast ski yesterday evening. So thankful to be able to keep going!
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Tuesday Feb 24 2026 at 4:14pm
Very good conditions for skate and stride. Basically, like skiing the Birkie Trail this past weekend, without the downhill terror. Solid ice base with a shallow surface layer of finely crushed ice, with a fair amount of dust and debris mixed in. Tracks are generally solid with an icy base. Summerstage downhill is fast, but controllable. Magic Carpet downhill is very nice with a layer of powder for easy control.
Lapham: Report by Andy on Tuesday Feb 24 2026 at 2:07pm
Very skiable for skate and classic on the woods loop. Fast sugar snow over solid base, deep classic tracks. Tail end is closed, and the meadow is closed from the grooming shed to the lodge, but you can loop from magic carpet to the lodge via mainstreet.
Lapham: Report by Mike Koester on Tuesday Feb 24 2026 at 1:33am
Mark was out and did a great job working up the trail to break up the ice and cover a few icy spots. I was out over night and tilled all the skate deck and playground area. Tracks were set and are full depth on all trails. Tracks may have an icy base in areas. Tailend and north section of field loop is closed due to a few bare spots. Overall trails are in very good condition. Enjoy these spring conditions! Trails are open as of 6am Tuesday!
Lapham: Report by Matt rechlitz on Monday Feb 23 2026 at 12:23pm
WOW!!! Thank you Lapham groomers for all you do. You guys are the best!! If you can restore Lapham, you guys will go down in record books for bringing something back to life. Good luck. I stopped last Thursday evening after work & saw first hand how brutally beat up the trail was. Worst ever. Definitely not skiable. Hope we get more (much)snow & it doesnâ??t rain or get warm until late March. Or better yet, even mid April (wink).
Lapham: Report by John McCarthy on Monday Feb 23 2026 at 11:53am
Adding to Collin's post above - Talking to the groomers, it will take a lot of work and time to get the trails back into good shape, including much of Tuesday. They are asking skiers to wait till after 5:00 PM Tuesday to ski the trails. Check back tomorrow for updates.
Lapham: Report by Andy D on Sunday Feb 22 2026 at 12:09pm
Glare ice. Not skiable currently. Hopefully the machine can come out and create a skiable surface. Except for one small bare spot, there is a lot of ice to work with.
Greenbush: Report by Matt rechlitz on Sunday Feb 15 2026 at 7:44pm
Stick a fork in it. While there are still many good sections and only a few bare spots, many areas of grey ice are developing and melting is occurring in many spots. With unseasonably warm weather (and rain Tuesday night) over the next three days, conditions will rapidly worsen. Greenbush needs a significant snowstorm (or two, smiles) and much colder temperatures for good skiing conditions to return. It has been a good run with good skiing over 90 percent of the time since the big 14" snowfall on November 29 and three smaller storms (4-6") during the first half of December. We started out GREAT!! Best pre-Christmas skiing in a LONG time. Sadly, except for the 5" wet snowfall on December 28-29 and 2-3" of drier snow on New Year's Eve, only 6" of very dry powdery snow has fallen since then. Except for about 5 warm days, January and early February were quite cold, but bone dry. That extra 1 1/5-2 feet of normal wetter snow we usually get would have really help us get thru this warm up.
Lapham: Report by Donna on Sunday Feb 15 2026 at 9:38am
The manmade trail was very nice this morning. Thanks for grooming last night!
Lapham: Report by Mark janis on Sunday Feb 15 2026 at 12:26am
The Pisten bully was out late Saturday night grooming the man made trails. The skate deck was tilled and should be in good condition. New classic tracks were set and should be in good condition as well. I would expect skiing to be good early in the morning.
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