LAPLAND LAKE XC SKI AND VACATION CENTER
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING AND SNOWSHOEING
(518) 863-4974
139 Lapland Lake Road, Northville, NY 12134
Family that skis together at Lapland Lake
Lapland Lake XC Ski & Vacation Center in Northville, New York features a touch of Finland in a reliably snowy basin in the heart of Adirondack snow country. The ski area is in the Adirondack Preserve with forests, scenic streams, and lakes. Lapland Lake is known for its impeccable attention on trail grooming done with state-of-the-art equipment and the resort was the two-time winner of the Best in the Mid Atlantic in the Best XC Ski Resort Poll in the early 2000s in the only two years that the poll was conducted.
There are 50 km of trails, 38 km snowcat groomed for classic and skate skiing and 12 km of mapped snowshoe trails. The resort is located adjacent to the famed 133-mile Northville-Lake Placid Trail for limitless wilderness ski and snowshoe opportunities ear the Benson Trailhead.
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Trail passes are available on line with lower prices for youth and seniors. The trails are open 10-4:30 on weekdays and there is a 9 AM opening on weekends. Private and shared private XC ski lessons taught by PSIA-certified instructors are available daily. Trail passes and rental equipment are separate but there are packages available. Rental gear for children and adults is available from the resort's well-equipped rental shop including XC skis, snowshoe, ice skates, tubes, kicksleds and pulk sleds. The resort's retail shop carries an extensive supply of skis, boots, poles, and bindings along with XC ski accessories and Finnish food and unique gift items.
Known for its courteous staff, this year-round family resort features a two-story warming lodge with a wax room, restrooms, changing room, and shower along with a snack bar, and 11 housekeeping cottages.
The cottages known as "tupas" have fully equipped kitchens, living room, up to 4 bedrooms, electric heat, woodstoves, and a bath with showers. Lodging guests may enjoy time in the resort's authentic Finnish wood-fired sauna and may request a full or half-hour massage in their tupa. Illuminated evening activities for lodging guests include skiing (2.6 km round trip to the lake), tubing on two junior tubing hills, and ice skating on the pond. Lodging guests ski for free.
Lodging guests may opt to prepare their own meals or order breakfast and dinner for delivery to their tupa from the friendly Tuulen Tupa Grill staff. Lunch is served daily at the Grill and Saturday evening seated dinner service is very popular.
A family-friendly resort, Lapland Lake offers numerous weekend and holiday activities for children. Napa Kikku, a supervised Finnish ice sled ride is hugely popular. A sled is attached to a long pole and pushed in circles by a Lapland staff member. Hour-long children's lessons are taught in a snow fun and games program for kids aged 5-11 is a hit with every child that participates!
The Kuuma Feeding Station located upstairs in the Finnish Line Lodge has breakfast goodies, lunch and wine/beer available.
The reasonably priced Lapland Ladies Love to Ski program is taught by several of the resort's female PSIA-certified instructors on special days in February. The program runs five hours and includes instruction, lunch with a clothing and equipment discussion, and an afternoon of social skiing with the instructors. Both classic and skate sessions are offered.
Directions from NYC (4 hours) and Albany (only 60 miles from Albany): NY State Thruway I-90 to Exit 27 Amsterdam. Route 30 north for 27 miles (3.2 miles north of Northville). Left on Benson Road (County Road 6) for 5.2 miles to Storer Road, right for 3/4 miles and bear right. CCSAA member.