Trails and Current Conditions

Open Weekends & Holidays 9am – 4:30pm & non-holiday Mon-Fri 10am- 4:30pm.

Current Date: December 20, 2024

Trails Open 10:00 – 4:30

Daytime High: 25F

New Snow:
coming! Total Km Open 30K
Average Depth:  4″ Km XC Groomed: 18K
Surface:
see below Km Trackset: 2K
Snowfall This Season:
27″ Km Skate Lanes: 18K
Total Days Open:
16 Km Snowshoe: 12K

 

December 20 – Winter temperatures are back and we are grooming this morning.  We are snowcat grooming and setting classic track on Lake Trail.  For the other trails we are starting with Ginzu sled grooming on skate lanes.  Early morning conditions will be fast and smooth, great for skate skiing as well as classic.  Our forecast calls for likely snow showers starting late this morning, so conditions may slow and change during the day.  We will have approximately 18K of XC ski trail open today including Lake Trail, Vasa, Era Polku, Sisu with Homestead Hill bypass, and blue section of Karhu.  West side trails will not open until late morning, after we have done a first pass of grooming or accumulated some fresh snow, whichever comes first.  Depending on amount and timing of fresh snow, we may set additional classic track.  Snowshoe trails open.  Junior tubing hill open.  Lake and pond ice are not safe.  Food service is open today.

Cross Country Skiing Trail Map

Instructions: Click on map to enlarge photo or Download a PDF of this map here.

Lapland Lake Ski Trail Information

2-way section of Lake Trail (out and back) 2.6 km
1-way section of Lake Trail – Olavin Uni (Olavi’s Dream) 1.3 km
Practice Field with Inside Loops 1.2 km
Erä Polku (Forest Trail) 1.7 km
Woods Lake Loop (ICE MUST BE SAFE) 3.0 km
Ski School Areas 1.0 km

 

Kippis (Finnish Drinking Toast) 0.7 km
Vasa (Baby Reindeer) 1.5 km
Joki Latu (Trail by the Stream) 1.5 km
Sisu (Determination) 4.2 km *
Honka Tie (Large Pine Way) 1.1 km
Karhu Polku (Bear Path) via short cuts 7.0 km *
Leilan Latu (Leila’s Trail) 1.1 km
Tuulen Tie (Way of the Wind) 1 km
Short cuts to Honka/Sisu 0.6 km
Shortcut 0.4 km

 

Karhu Polku with upper expert loops 9.0 km *
Napa Piiri (Arctic Circle) 3.4 km *
Tunturi Loop (Lapland Mountain) 1.5 km

 

* Measured from the bridge

Additional Trail Information Outside Loop West of Bridge 10.4 km
Lapland Lenkki Loop (follow orange trail markers) 20 km
Lenkki Loop including lake 23 km
Grant Lake Wilderness Trail (out & back) 10 km
Ungroomed Snowshoe Trail to Woods Lake – East 4.0 km
Ungroomed Snowshoe Trails – West Side 8.5 km

 

Download a PDF of the map here.

Snowfall History

A Winter Wonderland! Mother Nature & Old Man Winter have always worked diligently at Lapland Lake Nordic Vacation Center. For the past 10 years, skiers have enjoyed average annual snowfalls of 9 feet and have skied into April seven out of ten years!

YearSnowfall AmountOpening DateClosing DateNumber of Skiing Days
1978-79128″11/23Mid-Apr.134
1979-80124"11/19Early Apr.124
1980-81104"12/17Records lost--
1981-82122"12/104/4107
1982-83118"12/33/29110
1983-84130"12/84/1112
1984-85113"12/84/6118
1985-86125"11/303/31120
1986-87121"11/223/25124
1987-88121"11/223/25108
1988-8986"12/173/26100
1989-90125"11/224/15132
1990-91110"12/84/6117
1991-92100"12/64/4108
1992-93187"12/124/18122
1993-94185"12/214/17113
1994-9594"11/233/26117
1995-96162"11/183/31127
1996-97189"11/304/6123
1997-98137"11/153/29130
1998-99140"12/203/29100
1999-00124"12/183/2695
2000-01163"12/134/1109
2001-02115"12/94/7110
2002-03180"11/194/13140
2003-04131"12/74/5121
2004-05115"12/84/1110
2005-06101"11/253/26121
2006-07146"12/264/22103
2007-08145"12/24/14133
2008-09145"11/264/5125
2009-1080"12/93/21103
2010-11153"12/174/1091-102
2011-1262"12/283/1765-77
2012-13106"12/234/5107
2013-14136"11/304/6118
2014-15136"11/224/5126
2015-1638"12/293/159
2016-17104"12/64/3110
2017-18123"12/124/8116
2018-19105"11/144/1135
2019-2079"11/163/15110
2020-2175"12/183/2594
2021-2267"12/33/1893
2022-23112"11/174/2112
2023-2485"11/244/683

Lake Trail 11/18/2022

“Skate or classic – lots of snow cover all excellent!”  Jim & Carolyn, Schenectady NY  12/16

“Really nice skiing, plenty of snow”  Ric, Guilderland NY  12/7

“Perfect day on the east side.  Wonderful, Finntastic”  Bob B., Charlton NY  12/7

“Excellent skiing.  Exceeded all expectations for first day of the season.  Great job Lapland staff!”  Jim & Carolyn, Schenectady NY  12/1/2024

“The sun is sparkling on the snow great early conditions come get your season passes!”  Shannon T., Northville NY 12/1/2024

*****

“Nice skiing, still winter early, soft later but still very nice.  Come ski tomorrow!”  Ric, Guilderland NY, 4/5/2024

“Very wet snow, which covered most everything with thin spots.  Spring conditions.  I enjoyed the skiing.”  Ric, Guilderland NY  3/10

“Good temperature, good snow, good cover, good skiing”  Ric, Guilderland NY  2/25

“Lake was wonderful!  Thanks to all at Lapland Lake!”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  2/20

“Just a beautiful day – sunny and almost no cloud” Don S., Schenectady NY  2/20

“Great skiing, both east & west side!  Winter conditions with powdery snow.  Well groomed and good cover.”  Ric, Guilderland NY  2/17

“Late-day skate skiing on the lake all groomed by Paul, excellent!”  Carolyn & Jim, Schenectady, NY  2/16

“Very good skiing on East side.  Good track & smooth middle.”  Michel, Union NJ  2/16″

“Another lovely day at Lapland Lake.  Great spring conditions.”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  2/9

“Sprig conditions, fast hard in morning soft in afternoon.  Adequate cover with brown and thin spots on steeper trails.  I had a good day of skiing!”  Ric, Guilderland NY  2/9

“Still very good coverage!”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  2/8

“Another excellent ski day!  Good grooming & nice cover.”  Carolyn & Jim, Schenectady NY  2/7

“Good skiing with grooming.  Fast in the morning before softening.”  Ric, Guilderland NY  2/7

“West side was very nice!  Thanks!”  Bob B., Charlton NY  2/6

“Coverage is great!  Come get your ADK light and Vitamin D”  Shannon T., Northville NY, 2/5

“Finntastic cover!  Fast trails!  Sunny days!  Beautiful!”  Rita P., Latham NY  2/5

” Great cover on the east side.  Great tracks!”  Bob B., Charlton NY  2/5

“Nice cover, good grooming, good skiing.”  Ric, Guilderland NY  2/3

“Thanks to Paul & Kathy & Staff.  Great day to ski! ” Bob B., Charlton, NY  2/2

“All good at Lapland!  Come up!”  Don S., Schenectady NY  1/31

“East side very nice – Era Polku and Vasa were great!”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  1/30

“Good snow cover only got better with 3″ of wet snow and good grooming.  Nice skiing!!”  Ric, Guilderland NY  1/29/2024

“Nice midwinter conditions with temp at freezing, really nice skiing.”  Ric, Guilderland NY  1/23/2024

“Amazing.  Great conditions and hospitality. Well worth the short drive from New York City.”  Ben C., NYC  1/22/2024

“Superb conditions with excellent grooming by Paul”  Judy K., NYC  Jan 21, 2024″Perfect Day!  Lake was great!”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  Jan 21

“Awesome mid-winter conditions!  Karhu Polku was great.”  Carolyn & Jim, Schenectady NY  1/19/2024

“Delicious!”  Zoltan N., Wayne NJ  1/18/2024

“Jan 9 great skiing, snowing hard at 1:30pm as I was leaving”  Ric, Guilderland NY

“Wonderful skiing conditions.  Excellent cover and grooming.  Don’t miss it! ”  Carolyn & Jim, Schenectady NY, 1/8/2024

“April 2, wonderful spring skiing!  Great grooming as usual, good end to the season”  Ric, Guilderland, NY

“Awesome Spring skiing.  Excellent snow cover”  Carolyn & Jim, Schenectady, NY  3/31

“Vasa was as nice as its ever been.  Great grooming!!”  Bob B.,Charlton, NY  3/31

“East side was wonderful!!!”  Bob B., Charleton NY  3/30″

“Excellent coverage, lots of snow, great grooming!  Don’t miss your spring ski workout!”  Carolyn & Jim, Schenectady, NY  3/29

“Maybe the best day of the year for classic on the west side. Finntastic!!!”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  3/27

“Wonderful conditions on Sisu & Karhu”  Judy, Bronx, NY 3/26

“Glorious!”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  3/19

“Trails are perfect. Stupendous day.”  Judy, Bronx, NY  3/19

“Some of the best March cover ever, very nice.”  Ric, Guilderland NY  3/16

“Perfect morning grooming on arrival – these sometimes timid legs took me on a wonderful Tunturi loop and miles more.”  Margie, Glenville NY  3/16

“Great spring conditions!”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  3/16

“The Mysers are back, the snow it does stack, the trails have their track, not a thing do we lack!”  Rick & Terri, New Albany, OH  3/14

“Lovely ski day. Expert grooming – – Tunturi was a blast!” Carolyn and Jim, Schenectady, NY  3/9

Wonderful skiing, upper Karhu was great.” Ric, Guilderland  3/7

“Just great!”  Don S., Schenectady, NY  3/6

“Fantastic coverage, fast & fun!”  Rita P., Latham, NY  3/6

“Great skiing Sisu skate & classic!”  Carolyn & Jim, Schenectady, NY  3/6

“Finntastic day skiing on the well groomed trails at Lapland Lake!  Thanks!”  Francoise H., Ballston Spa, NY  3/5

“Another amazing day of skiing at Lapland Lake!”  Don S., Schenectady, NY  3/3

“Best skiing of the year!  Great time to come up.”  Michael, Union NJ  3/1

“Lots of good days this year.  But with new snow and good grooming this was superb.”  Ric, Guilderland NY  3/1

“Best day yet!  Come up!”  Don S., Schenectady, NY  3/1

“The conditions are superb!  Great job of grooming after last snow.”  Doug, Caroga Lake, NY 3/1

“West side was prefect, perfect, perfect.  Thanks Paul!!!”  Bob B., Charlton, NY  2/27

“A beautiful day to be had at Lapland!”  Don S., Schenectady, NY  2/27

“Great conditions, beautiful trails!”  Elliot G., Altamont, NY  2/27

“As always, the best snow comes for my birthday at the end of Feb.  Thanks you for the impeccable grooming as always!  Alison N., NY, NY  2/26

“Beautifully groomed trails!  Excellent snowfall made for wonderful conditions.”  Chase & Sara, Ithaca, NY  2/26

“Best hills of the year!  Great coverage. Light snow & fast!”  Rita P., Latham, NY 2/25

“Once again a great day at Lapland Lake!”  Don S., Schenectady NY 2/25

“Freshly rolled lake – great for skate skiing!”  Carolyn & Jim, Schenectady, NY 2/24

“Winter is here!  And so is the snow!  Solid skate deck and deep tracks.  Get out before mother nature changes her mind.”  Mary D., Northville NY 2/24

“New snow made for excellent classic conditions” Don S., Schenectady NY 2/23

“Great skating on lake!”  Don S., Schenectady NY  2/22

“Wonderful grooming makes good skiing.  It was fast but good with an occasional bare spot.  The web site description was spot on.”  Ric, Guilderland NY, 2/21

“Your place is absolutely fantastic!  From trails and skies to people who make this possible!  Thank you!”  Eugene K., Mahwah NJ, 2/19

“What a great day.  Excellent grooming.”  Tom P., Kinnelow, NJ  2/18

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