Lapland Lake Calendar of Events - Cross-country skiing on groomed trails, lessons, accommodations. Cross-country skiing, sledding, skating, snowshoeing. Winter vacations, weekend getaway for skiers and snow enthusiasts

Finn-tastic Saturday Evenings! — 4km of beginner and intermediate trails, tubing on our junior hill and our ice-skating pond are illuminated each Saturday from 4:30–9pm. Our popular lakeside campfire under the stars is a delightfully romantic destination. Skiers holding a same-day facility use pass or enjoying dinner receive FREE illuminated night skiing, tubing, and ice-skating. Our trailside Tuulen Tupa Grill offers casual Saturday dinner service with traditional Finnish dishes, American fare and lighter selections including healthy salads, homemade soups, burgers and chili. Wine and beer available. Final seating 7:30pm. Every Saturday December 29 - March 22. Tuulen Tupa Menu.

Visit with Lapland Lake’s Reindeer! — Plan to visit with our two domesticated reindeer at their lakeside home. A special treat for the young and young-at-heart!

Soup-er Seniors Ski & Snowshoe Days — Every non-holiday Thursday, January 3 – March 20, 2008, skiers and snowshoers ages 60+ are invited to enjoy a FREE cup of hot homemade soup at the Tuulen Tupa Grill. Discounted facility use fee of $11 to those 60+ all non-holiday midweek days. Skiing &snowshoeing are FREE non-holiday weekdays to those ages 75+. Meet new friends who share your enthusiasm for x-c skiing and snowshoeing!

Saturday, February 16 and March 15—Lapland Ladies Love to Ski! A day-long program for women, taught by women. From 10:30-3:30 beginner and intermediate level female skiers, grouped by ability, will receive instruction in classic (2/16) and skate (3/15) ski technique, enjoy lunch with an equipment and clothing discussion, participate in a social group ski and enjoy a group wrap up at the end of the day with a hot beverage. The program is led by Lapland Lake’s PSIA-certified instructors Sherry Dixon, Susan Henriksson and Coleen Stevens. Cost for the five-hour program is $30 per person. Rental equipment, if needed, and facility use fee are additional. Space is limited; pre-registration is required.

"I just wanted to take a moment to send praises for your instructors of the "Ladies Love to Ski" program. Initially, I was concerned about the "weather forecast" being too cold and windy, but a call to Ann gave me the push I needed to brave the cold. Needless to say - the weather WAS cold, but no where near as cold as the news anchors would have you believe. The instructors that you have running the program were FANTASTIC, PATIENT and FUN...and I will make sure to look for this program year after year. In our world of constant "dis-satisfaction", I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the program that you offered today - and what a great job the instructors did. Thank you so much!"

- A.V.

Napa Kiikku! — Finnish arctic sled rides for children on the pond 2-3pm most weekends and holidays (ice conditions permitting). Free with facility use pass.

Lapland Lake Talvi Club (aka Parent Ski Escape) — Ninety full minutes for children from kindergarten through age 11. Ski games and skills improvement for youngsters in our whimsical children’s ski area & hot chocolate break with kid-loving instructor! Two sessions: 10:30 – noon and 1 - 2:30pm Saturdays, Sundays, holidays. Click here for lesson details.

Lapland Lake Poro Club — Ninety full minutes for better junior skiers and Talvi Club graduates. Under the supervision of Lapland Lake’s professional instructors, participants ski on groomed trails appropriate to their abilities and receive tips on refining technique. Hot chocolate break included. One session from 10:30 – noon on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Click here for lesson details.

Junior Equipment Exchange Program — If you purchased your equipment from Lapland Lake, boots, poles, and skis may be upgraded for a nominal fee as your child grows. Or, rent seasonally & reasonably — a great option for growing youngsters!

…and don’t forget our fun tubing hill, ice-skating, kicksledding and snowshoeing! Pulk rentals, too!

Come lodge with us and take advantage of our 100% Snow Guarantee and wonderful Discounted Midweek Rates all nights, including weekends, from December 1-20!

Friday & Saturday, November 23-24 - Annual Open House 9:00am – 4:30pm. FREE facility use passes for all attendees. Includes use of cross country ski and snowshoe trails, junior tubing hills and ice-skating pond! Exciting door prizes including a Grand Prize Drawing for a two-night stay at Lapland Lake! Pre-Holiday Sale: ski & snowshoe equipment, ski packages, clothing, winter accessories! Open House Special! Take an additional 10% off all regularly priced & already discounted merchandise these two days only! Free beverages; fresh-baked goods available for purchase. Season pass memberships offered at normally reduced early-season rates (full season pass rates go into effect 12/1). Lapland Lake gift cards available for purchase. Visit our domesticated reindeer, Talvi and Viima, at their lakeside home. No snow? Enjoy complimentary hiking on our trails.

Saturday and Sunday, December 15-16 - Professional Ski Instructors of America Level 1/Upgrade program. Deadline to register with PSIA is November 21. For program enrollees interested in sharing tupa accommodations, discounted lodging rates are available: $40/night per person plus 7% tax. Rate includes facility use, night skiing, use of the Finnish woodburning sauna and daily discounts on ski and snowshoe rentals.

Saturday, December 22 - Dinner Service at Tuulen Tupa Grill.

Sunday, December 23 — Reindeer Roundup Festival. Non-racers arriving before 11am enjoy a discounted facility use fee! Pre-Holiday Sale continues. Reindeer Roundup Pursuit Race features a 10am start for a 5km classic event immediately followed by a pursuit start 5km freestyle event (total 10km - no break between the two 5km laps). Empire State Games Qualifier. Entry fee; awards. Registration 8-9:30am. Bill Koch Cookie Race (ages 13 & younger) held following the Pursuit Race. Each participant will take home a ribbon and a fresh-baked cookie from the resort's Tuulen Tupa Grill. Junior facility use fee includes Bill Koch race, awards, full day of skiing, tubing, & ice-skating! Ski Orienteering Race registration from 1-2pm. Empire State Games Qualifier. Come join the fun! In a Ski Orienteering Race participants navigate through a series of points on a prearranged cross country ski course and are timed as individuals or as group members. An abbreviated 2-3km course will be available and appropriate for juniors and adult first-timers. All are welcome! $10 entry fee includes detailed color course map. Sponsored by Empire Orienteering Club. For further information contact Eric Hamilton, 518-383-8565.

Tuesday, December 25 — Christmas Day Fun at Lapland! Visit with our reindeer! Ski & snowshoe trails, junior tubing hill & ice-skating open 11am-4:30pm. Ski shop and warming lodge open. Rental and retail shops open but no food service or lessons today (Ann and Olavi will be on hand to greet you, but our staff is given the day to spend with their families). Weekend facility use fees in effect today through Tuesday, January 1st.

Wednesday, December 26-Monday, January 1 - Weekend lesson schedule and Napa Kiikku run daily throughout the holiday period!

Saturday, December 29 — Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Saturdays thru March 22nd!

Sunday, December 30 — 30th Winter Season Celebration! Horse Drawn Sleigh Rides (free with purchase of facility use pass); Door Prizes; Retro Costume/Equipment Contest - win a $100 Lapland Lake gift card; Finnish Wife-Carrying Contest - win 30 bottles of beer (21 years and older) and More! Awards!

Monday, December 31 - New Year's Eve Celebration! Exclusively for our Lodging Guests. 7pm lakeside bonfire with s'more roasting and champage/ginger ale toast to ring in the New Year (on Finnish time...with a little literary license)!

Thursday, January 3 — Soup-er Seniors Ski/Snowshoe Day Every non-holiday Thursday!

Saturday, January 5 — Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire and Dinner Service
— Community Appreciation Day! Residents of Benson, Northville, Wells and Hope enjoy a day of free skiing, snowshoeing, tubing on our junior hills and ice-skating on our pond. Rental equipment additional. Please display NYS driver's license.

Thursday, January 10 — Soup-er Seniors Ski/Snowshoe Day Every non-holiday Thursday!

Saturday, January 12— Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire and Dinner Service
— Winter Trails Day 1:00 – 4:30pm FREE to first-timers! An afternoon of fun on us! Complimentary facility use, beginner x-c ski lesson (special lessons for first-timer kids ages 5+, too!), & ski or snowshoe rentals. Preregistration required.

Thursday, January 17 — Soup-er Seniors Ski/Snowshoe Day Every non-holiday Thursday!

Saturday, January 19 —Finn-tastic Moonlit Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Sunday, January 20 - Lapland Ladies Love to Ski! A day-long program for women, taught by women. From 10:30-3:30 beginner and intermediate level female skiers, grouped by ability, will receive instruction in classic ski technique, enjoy lunch with an equipment and clothing discussion, participate in a social group ski and enjoy a group wrap up at the end of the day with a hot beverage. The program is led by Lapland Lake’s PSIA-certified instructors Sherry Dixon, Susan Henriksson and Coleen Stevens. Cost for the five-hour program is $30 per person. Rental equipment, if needed, and facility use fee are additional. Space is limited; pre-registration is required.

Monday, January 21 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day (weekend facility use fees in effect).

Saturday, January 26 —Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Thursday, January 31— Soup-er Seniors Ski/Snowshoe Day

Saturday, February 2— Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Saturday, February 9 —Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Saturday, February 16—Lapland Ladies Love to Ski! A day-long program for women, taught by women. From 10:30-3:30 beginner and intermediate level female skiers, grouped by ability, will receive instruction in classic ski technique, enjoy lunch with an equipment and clothing discussion, participate in a social group ski and enjoy a group wrap up at the end of the day with a hot beverage. The program is led by Lapland Lake’s PSIA-certified instructors Sherry Dixon, Susan Henriksson and Coleen Stevens. Cost for the five-hour program is $30 per person. Rental equipment, if needed, and facility use fee are additional. Space is limited; pre-registration is required.

- A.V.

-Moonlit Snowshoe Tour to Benefit Lapland Lake’s Nordic Ski Patrol 3:30-6:30pm
Meet at the “Finnish Line” Lodge for equipment fitting, compliments of Tubbs Snowshoes. Guided tour begins at 4:30 and will make a stop at our lakeside campfire to enjoy a cup of Glogg (hot mulled wine) or hot chocolate. After working up an appetite, plan to enjoy dinner at our Tuulen Tupa Grill (cost additional; dinner service until 7:30pm). $10 per adult; $5 per child (ages 10-15) Preregistration required; limited space available. Led by Mike Kazmierczak, Tubbs Snowshoes rep and NYS Licensed Guide.
—Finn-tastic Moonlit Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Sunday, February 17 —Backcountry Ski & Snowshoe Tours
Backcountry Ski Tour meets at 9am with tour from 10am-noon; Snowshoe Tour meets at 1pm with tour from 2-4pm. Tours are free of charge compliments of Karhu Skis and Tubbs Snowshoes!
Led by Mike Kazmierczak, Tubbs Snowshoe and Karhu Ski representative and NYS Licensed Guide. Meet at the Benson Trailhead of the Northville-Lake Placid Trail. Mike will demonstrate how a prepared pack should be stocked and how individuals should prep for a wilderness outing. Skiers should bring their own BC equipment, or minimally, should have 75mm BC boots. Snowshoers should wear waterproof, insulated boots – snowshoes provided. All participants should have prior experience with backcountry skiing or snowshoeing and should bring water and a snack. Preregistration required; limited space available.
-Dinner Service at the Tuulen Tupa Grill until 7:30pm

Monday, February 18 — Presidents' Day: Dynamite Demo Day & Ski Patrol BBQ with Finn-tastic Prize Raffle! One of our most popular events of the season! Meet with the friendly experts from Alpina, Karhu, Swix & Tubbs Snowshoes. Try out their equipment free of charge! From noon-2pm Lapland Lake’s Volunteer Ski Patrol hosts a fund-raising BBQ & 50-50 raffle. Facility use fee additional (weekend facility use fees in effect all week).

Tuesday-Friday, February 19 - 22— Lapland Lake Loves Teachers! Two-for-One Facility Use Passes. Please display NYSUT membership card or paystub.

Saturday, February 23— Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Saturday, March 1 — Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Saturday, March 8 — Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Lodge with us and take advantage of our 100% Snow Guarantee and Discounted Midweek Rates all nights, including weekends, March 16-28! From March 28 until the end of the season our 100% Snow Guarantee applies along with Spring-Fall Lodging Rates, the lowest of the year!

Saturday, March 15—Lapland Ladies Love to Ski! From 10:30-3:30 beginner and intermediate level female skiers, grouped by ability, will receive instruction in skate ski technique, enjoy lunch with an equipment and clothing discussion, participate in a social group ski and enjoy a group wrap up at the end of the day with a hot beverage. The program is led by Lapland Lake’s PSIA-certified instructors Sherry Dixon, Susan Henriksson and Coleen Stevens. Cost for the five-hour program is $30 per person. Rental equipment, if needed, and facility use fee are additional. Space is limited; pre-registration is required.
-Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Thursday, March 20— Soup-er Seniors Ski/Snowshoe Day

Saturday, March 22 — Finn-tastic Night Skiing, Lakeside Campfire & Dinner Service

Saturday, March 29 - Ski Patrol Prize Drawing for (winner’s choice) a Lapland Lake two-night lodging package or two season passes, either option valid for the 2008-09 winter season.