Michael Neimon received a 2025 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Invasive Species Action Award, which was presented at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station near Black River Falls, on June 4, 2025. Mike is one of Lapham Peak State Park’s regular “Buckthorn Buster” volunteers. He was nominated by John Hillmer, who […]
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Parks, Hiking, Skiing, featuring Lapham Peak, alongside other fun and exciting things to do, see, dine, recreate, etc., in Delafield’s new Tourism Video. Lapham Peak’s new Lapham Lodge (with it’s recent grand opening in May, 2025) is anticipated to be a destination with an important positive impact on the greater
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On May 17, 2025, the new multi-purpose year-round facility at Lapham Peak, Lapham Lodge, was opened to the public, and donated to the DNR by the Friends of Lapham Peak!
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Below is our Spring 2025 Newsletter. Dear Friends of Lapham Peak — Snow patches in the snowmaking loop are mostly gone, with March and April bringing rain and warmer weather. Let spring begin! Attached is the upcoming events for the Friends of Lapham Peak group such as the annual spring
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A record number of registrations (over 180 adults) and over 50 middle-school students, participated in the 2025 Lapham Loppet on January 18th! It was a sunny morning, about 20 degrees, 50% humidity, 14 MPH winds. Race Results in time order: 2025 Lapham Loppet Results by Time
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The Waukesha/Milwaukee Chapter of the Ice Age Trail Alliance provided 3 guided First Day Hikes at Lapham Peak on January 1st starting at 11am. The weather was wonderful, and over 200 participants joined in the hikes. Photos from one of the hikes are shown here (photos courtesy of Pat Witkowski)
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Below is our December 2024 newsletter. Six great gift ideas including new FLP merchandise at the front office, year-end and winter activities announced, including the first day hike, and January skiing events and our candlelight hike, progress on the Lapham Lodge, and we still need a number of furnishings to
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Snowmaking began on Saturday morning, November 30th, with an extremely cold weekend! By Sunday night and Monday morning, a good amount of snow had been created and the pond was too low to continue! The first official Trail Report says: Official Lapham Peak Trail Report on Tuesday Dec 3 2024
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The Friends of Lapham Peak held our Annual Meeting with the membership on November 13, and presented the Annual Report covering the past fiscal year, 2023-24, which was provided in paper form, and is provided on our website as well: 2023-24 FLP Annual Reports
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