Trails and Current Conditions

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

Current Date: March 15, 2024

Trails closed

Daytime High:

New Snow:
Total Km Open closed
Average Depth:  0″ – 4″ Km XC Groomed:
Surface:
Km Trackset:
Snowfall This Season:
58″ Km Skate Lanes:
Total Days Open:
76 Km Snowshoe:

 

March 15:  Due to continued warm weather, our trails are closed.  We will re-open If winter weather returns and conditions permit.  Stats for the season so far:  Opening day November 24, last ski day March 14, 58″ snow, 76 ski days. Ski shop will be closed Friday March 15.

Equipment sale this weekend!  All new XC skis, bindings, boots, poles, and snowshoes are 25% off list price March 16 and 17 only.  Discount cannot be applied to prior sales.  Discount does not apply to used equipment, clothing and accessories, seasonal rentals, or closeout priced equipment.  We have a full selection of skis (no-wax touring, skin, and skate), boots (touring, combi, and skate), and poles.  This is your chance to get that equipment upgrade you have been thinking about, at a great price.

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!

Year Snowfall
Amount
Opening Date Closing Date Number of Skiing Days
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
128″
124″
104″
122″
118″
130″
113″
125″
121″
106″
86″
125″
110″
100″
187″
185″
94″
162″
189″
137″
140″
124″
163″
115″
180″
131″
115″
101″
146″
145″
145″
80″
153″
62″
106″
136″
136″
38″
104″
123″
105″
79″
75″
67″
112″
11/23
11/19
12/17
12/10
12/3
12/8
12/8
11/30
11/22
12/16
12/17
11/22
12/8
12/6
12/12
12/21
11/23
11/18
11/30
11/15
12/20
12/18
12/13
12/9
11/19
12/7
12/8
11/25
12/26
12/2
11/26
12/9
12/17
12/28
12/23
11/30
11/22
12/29
12/6
12/12
11/14
11/16
12/18
12/3
11/17
Mid-Apr.
Early Apr.
Records lost
4/4
3/29
4/1
4/6
3/31
3/25
4/2
3/26
4/15
4/6
4/4
4/18
4/17
3/26
3/31
4/6
3/29
3/29
3/26
4/1
4/7
4/13
4/5
4/1
3/26
4/22
4/14
4/5
3/21
4/10
3/17
4/5
4/6
4/5
3/1
4/3
4/8
4/1
3/15
3/25
3/18
4/2
134
124
——
107
110
112
118
120
124
108
100
132
117
108
122
113
117
127
123
130
100
95
109
110
140
121
110
121
103
133
125
103
91-102
65-77
107
118
126
59
110
116
135
110
94
93
112

Lake Trail 11/18/2022

“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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