John
Corbin Resigns as Snowmaking Chairman
John Corbin and
Jerry Hazard at past Bike Swap
John Corbin, first chairperson of the
Lapham Peak Snowmaking Fundraising Committee, has resigned
after 3 years of service. Under his tenure, Phase 1
and 2 of the snowmaking project were successfully
completed. John personally organized the very
successful Bike Swap, which has raised nearly $10,000 for
the snowmaking project over the past three years.
Many thanks to John for his diligent leadership over those
crucial first three years. John himself says this
recognition "seems more than I deserve with so many people
helping in the project."
Note: At the
end of this summer, the underground piping will be
installed and the core 1 kilometer snowmaking loop will be
completed. With the underground water delivery, the DNR
will not have to spend most of their time moving hoses, so
when the temperatures are cold enough, snowmaking can be
maximized. The next step is to expand the manmade snow loop
to 2 kilometers. For a complete history of Lapham
Snowmaking, scroll down for this year's developments, then
click on archives of first two years on the sidebar.
DNR Passes Extended Hunting Seasons
The Natural Resources Board passed all parts of the
extended hunting season. (See below for details.) Now,
contacting legislators is the only way to prevent deer
hunting on the sking, hiking and mountain biking trails
during the prime outdoor season for these
activities.
How to contact your state
legislator.
Deer Hunting on Ski Trails over Christmas Holidays
Time is
running out if you wish to give feedback on the proposed
expanded hunting seasons during hiking, biking and ski
seasons. You have a few days before the April 23rd meeting
in Madison to contact the committee members or to get on
the agenda to speak at the meeting. Click here to go
Tom Held's blog for information on how to contact
committee members or to be able to speak at the
meeting.
Bikers, hikers and skiers will need more blaze
orange
By Tom Held
Friday,
Mar 28 2008, 10:40 AM
Blaze
orange should be the hot fashion color in
the
southern Kettle Moraine next
fall and winter, even for forest users who don't tote guns.
Expanded hunting seasons proposed to help control the
spread of chronic wasting disease will open the state
forest, including the biking and skiing trails, well before
and beyond the traditional gun deer seasons...
Click here for full story at Off the
Couch.
Spring
Bike Swap April
5th
Click here for complete
brochure and vendor's form.
Local
Skier, Luke Bodensteiner Receives USSA
Promotion
The USSA (United States Ski Association) announced today
that Luke Bodensteiner has moved up from his job as Nordic
Director (overseeing the cross country, nordic combined,
and ski jumping Olympic teams) to become the Associate
Athletic Director for all 6 USSA sports.
Luke began his racing career under the lights in our
Wednesday night series, then at Heritage Ridge. During his
high school years, Luke was the perennial national age
group champion. The lights from Heritage Ridge were donated
to Lapham and were the start of our present lighted trail
system.
Click here to view entire article on Luke's
promotion.
MORE
FROM MASTER'S WORLD CUP
Sorry that I didn't get all the local skiers in the initial
story below. (Scroll down for more in World Cup.) Don
Bilden and Art Mitchel won a bronze medal in the relay. On
a personal note: I met Art in my first XC race, the
Milwaukee Nordic Club family relays (1979), where we were
involved in a neck and neck sprint to the finish. Over the
years, Art and I were often racing each other to the wire,
so I'm glad to see him still on the podium as it brings
back a lot of pleasant memories... as do all of our top
finishers, all of whom have been workout partners at one
time or another. (I also omitted, in previous entry below,
to mention that Beth Schluter won a gold medal in the
relay.)
Don
Bilden after the relay.
Art
Mitchel and Don Bilden after their relay bronze.
(Above photos by John Hallett)
Click here for entire photoset of
Worlds.
Mary
Eloranta (right) sprints to the finish. (Photo by Anne
Reindl)
(Mary and Catherine, Switzerland, traded places 6 times!)
Lapham
Skiers Shine at Master's World Cup
Lapham Ladies at World Cup In McCall, Idaho
Some of our local skiers were very successful at the
Master's World Cup, held in McCall, Idaho, March 1-7, 2008.
Don Bilden, Beth Schluter and Mary Eloranta led the way
with medal finishes. Beth, many times World and National
age group champ, scored two third place (World overall)
finishes (age 60-64). Don, also past World and National age
group champ, was top American in the 15K Freestyle (age
70-74), placing 4th overall. And Mary, an elite wave Birkie
skier (who has devoted many hours coaching high school
racers at Lapham Peak) was 5th overall and second woman in
the 10 K Classic (age 50-54). In addition, perennial age
group Korteloppet champ Mike Mandli, was 5th American in
the 30 K Classic (age 55-59).
Click here for complete results.
For a more in-depth story, go to
Tom Held's Blog in the MIlwaukee Journal
Sentinel.
Note: When you visit Tom's Blog, scroll down for the
World Cup coverage and (further down) for a touching
story on Sandy Sugden's epic Birkie, in memory of her
husband Bob.
Sandy
Sugden's Incredible Birkie
Last Saturday, 2/23/08, perhaps the most unbelievable
performance was by our own Sandy Sugden, who finished dead
last with a time of a little over 9 hours. While the winner
only needed the endurance to last about 2 hours, Sandy dug
deep for the stamina to last 4 1/2 times longer. Sandy
skied this year as a memorial to her husband Bob, who
passed away March 21, 2007. (Obituary in
Archive 2nd
Year.)
Bob was the first president of the Lapham Peak Friends,
active in the snowmaking project, and past World Masters
champion. Quite a few people came out to welcome Sandy
as the official last finisher of the 2008 American
Birkebeiner. Her triumphant ski down Main Street in
Hayward was captured on video by Sean Becker and posted
on youtube.
Click here but have a hanky
ready.
For Tom Held's Blog on Sandy's Birkie,
Click here.
Local
skiers Paul Sandgren and John Maki at the
Birkie
Click here
for
final Lapham Peak Adult Wednesday Night results and for
info on the Award's Banquet. ( Wednesday, February 27th
at 6 PM.)
Waukesha Boy's Team 2nd, Girl's 5th at
2008 Wisconsin State HS Meet
Waukesha
West boys, let by Matt Dugan's 2nd overall and Luke
Gesior's 7th, placed second in the 2008 Wisconsin State
High School Nordic Ski Championship. The girl's team placed
5th overall, with Felicia Gesior leading the way with a 7th
place finish. The format was pursuit: A striding race was
held on Saturday and Sunday featured the skating race. The
races were at Minocqua Winter park, 2/9/08 -
2/10/08. Click here to view complete
results.
Waukesha Boy's Team Wins Madison Sprints
Lapham's
own Waukesha West boys (Luke Gesior, Matt Dugan, and
Grayson Butler) upset Hayward to win the Wisconsin High
School State Championship Team Sprint relays at Madison
this past Saturday. In
addition, the varsity girls took 4th and JV boys (called
the open division) took 2nd. West also placed 4 athletes in
the top 8 of the individual classic sprint
competition.
Click here for complete
results.
Wednesday Night H.S. Races
On
1/23/08 the Wednesday High School and Middle School race
was a 4.5 K classical race, Meet
at The Peak, with
teams from Lodi and Madison joining in the fun.
Matthew Dugan (male) and
Krista White (female) of Waukesha West were the top H.S.
skiers.
Click here to access
results.
Skiers Bundle up for Frigid 2008 Lapham Loppet
Click here for video of race by Sean
Becker.
Click here for video of top 10
finishers.
Click here for more
finishers.
77 Adult and 25 high school
skiers braved slightly-below-zero temperatures at
Saturday's Lapham Loppet. The men's winner was Brent Wesoek
with a time of 30:31. Top woman was JoEllen Torresani at 38:57. Winning HS
racers were Matthew Dugan for the boys and Krista White for the girls. Click here for complete
Adult and HS Results. John Wrycza, professional
photographer was on hand and took 416 photos of the
race. This is one of the most complete photo-sets you'll
ever see. Not only are the racers featured, as well as
the medals ceremony, a number of shots catch the overall
beauty of the park. Click here for the slide show.
Click here to see the entire
album.
Lapham's Snow Guns Work Day and Night
Photo by Sean
Becker (1/15/08)
Wednesday
Night And Lapham Loppet Races are ON!!
There will be a Wednesday Nite
race, January 16th. The South Hill will be omitted. We will
have the Loppet this Saturday, January 19th. Depending on
how much snow we get on Thursday, it will be either the
full 11K or a shortened course with lessened fees. Click on
link two paragraphs below for downloadable entry forms.
Online registration with active.com is available until 1
P.M. Friday. (Click here to register
online.)
First Wednesday Night Race Beats Rain
The first Wednesday nite race
went off as planned, just in time before the big meltdown.
Mary Eloranta was first female and Chad Tolbert beat all
the other men. Gary Hovila finished a few seconds behind
and the rest of the men's field included some of our top
junior skiers from past years. In fact UW-Green Bay alums
were well represented, led by Tolbert (former NCAA
All-American) and included Shane Hoelz, Mike Eckert and
Josh North. Exceptional finishes were also posted by
grizzled veterans John Hallet and Peter Jennik.
(Click here for
results.)
Sign up for Lapham Racing
Entry
forms now available online
Wednesday Night Races start January 2,
2008.
Click here to download pdf entry form and more information
on the race series:
WEDNESDAY
NITE SKI LEAGUE
Lapham
Loppet will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2008.
Click
here to download pdf entry form and more information on the
Loppet:
Loppet 2008
brochure
Friends of Lapham Peak Snowmaking Project
Phase 2-Part 2
Donate
a Section Fundraiser
The
Snowmaking Project has advanced to the last part of Phase
2. The well has been drilled, the cooling pond constructed,
the distribution pump installed and the electrical lines
installed. The last construction project for Phase 2 is the
laying of around 3600 feet of underground water piping and
hydrants. With the water pipe and hydrants in place, the
first loop of the Snowmaking Project will be complete!
Please help the Friends of Lapham Peak finish Phase 2. The
Snowmaking Project has been developed with gifts and
donations. Would you consider donating a
Section?
A
Section consists
of 250 feet of pipe with installation and a hydrant to
allow the water to be delivered to the snow guns. The cost
for the piping, hydrant and installation is $3000
per
Section.
Recruit a group of friends, your family or individually
donate to develop a
Section.
Business and Corporate donors are encouraged to help
develop this community asset.
Section donors
will be given special recognition.
For
more information contact:
Ed
Muzik, Property Manager, 262-646-3025 or John Corbin,
Friends of Lapham Peak Snowmaking Fundraiser Chairperson,
(262) 569-9397
Please mail your donations to:
Lapham Peak
Friends/Snow Making Project
W329
N846 County Hwy C, Delafield, WI 53018
If
you prefer to just “CLICK” to donate. We have a
very convenient option for you!
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