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Skiing at Lapham Peak, Dec 17
Beginning the week of Dec 13th, volunteer snowmakers began making snow for cross country skiing at Lapham Peak. Our new Pisten Bully 100 (PB100) snow cat is working great to spread the man-made snow. We’ll groom Wednesday night. For updates on our trail conditions, see our Trails Condition page
No Parking
Visitors to Lapham Peak are reminded that Parking is not allowed on the shoulders of Highway C in front of the Park. This creates dangerous situations for people crossing the road on the cross-walks, as well as dangerous situations for those parking illegally. The Town of Delafield has added No Parking signs along the Highway by our entrance. The Waukesha County Sheriff Department is patrolling this road to help keep pedestrians safe.
2020 Snowmaking Update
If you missed the Friends of Lapham Peak’s Annual Business Meeting on Nov 11, 2020, we now have a video of the very informative Snow Making Update that John McCarthy shared at the meeting, as our special speaker and presentation for the evening. A copy of John’s slides in PDF format are here. And a video from the Zoom session has been posted onto YouTube here:
Prairie Burn at Lapham Peak
A Prescribed Prairie Burn was performed at Lapham Peak on Nov 2 and 17. About 55 acres on the west side of the Park, and about 2-3 acres on the east side of the park were successfully burned. The areas outlined in red on the right were the units involved. The Friends of Lapham Peak contracted Good Oak Ecological Services for most of the work, and the FLP also supplied 8 certified volunteers to assist. […]
2020 C.D. Besadny Conservation Funded Project – Complete
Invasive Species Removal for Picnic Shelter & Trail Accessibility Project (2019-2020) In 2019, The Friends of Lapham Peak (FLP) applied for a grant from the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin’s C.D. Besadny Conservation Fund. The grant was to co-fund two efforts, both dealing with the removal of invasive species within the Park at these locations: The Mike Fort Picnic Shelter (Crown-Vetch and Buckthorn) And the meadow, trails, and areas surrounding our hike in backpack campsite […]
2019-2020 Annual Reports
The Friends of Lapham Peak held their annual meeting for the 2019-2020 year, on Nov 11, 2020, from 7-8pm. John McCarthy presented a history of Lapham Peak’s Snowmaking Operations, equipment, recent additions (Winter Recreation Storage Building, and our new snow cat, a PistenBully 100F) and future plans. As soon as we can get his slides into a format for the web, we will post them here.
2020 Oct Newsletter
Check out our recent Newsletters. Our Fall (October 2020) Newsletter has been posted.
Memorial Bricks
Updated 2/7//2022 We have engraved bricks as a fundraiser for our Butterfly Garden Walkway! An engraved brick may be to honor, or in memory of someone with a 4×8″ brick for $150 or an 8×8″ brick for $300. The first phase of the walkway has been installed. Check out the Butterfly Garden on your next walk through Lapham Peak. Orders can be completed online or with the Butterfly Garden Flyer. Engraved bricks may be purchased on an ongoing […]
Lapham Peak wins 2020 Gold Seal Award for Wildflowers!
Each year, the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks ask the public to vote on various topics and categories. This year, 2020, Lapham Peak was voted Best State Park System Property to see spring wildflowers! Thank you for your votes, and we also thank our volunteers and Rangers for their work in maintaining Lapham Peak’s property so that this continues to be possible. To see all of the awards for this year, visit the Friends of […]
Removing Black Locust
We’ve been monitoring the growth of some very nasty, invasive, thorny, Black Locust trees along the Paul Sandgren Recreational Trail on the far west side of the park, along Cushing Road. This October (2020), volunteers removed as much of this as they could find, and they will continue to monitor it for any re-growth next year.