The Blog of Fly Fishing in New York City's Parks. Currently there are more than two dozen fresh water lakes and ponds open to the public.
Friday, February 6, 2015
The old gang is skiing again
This past weekend my great grand niece and nephews and I went cross country skiing at Lapland
Lake, in upstate New York. I took up the sport as a way of staying in shape during the winter for
cycling.
Lapland Lake is where I did my first 50 kilometer ski race in 1982. What an experience! It snowed from sunrise until dusk. Only sixteen of us finished this marathon, during a blizzard, that year.
This was our first time for this season. I only like to start cross country skiing when there is a minimum of 60 cm of snow on the ground. We skied a few beginner trails and once around Woods Lake. Woods lake is a wild lake with a depth of 21 meters. I fished there once and was amazed at how clear a lake like this can be. Fish can be seen holding at 5 meters below. The lake has lake trout, bass and panfish.
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