Lake Placid - One of New Yorks Best Places for Winter Activities

Nestled in the Adirondack State Park in Essex County, New York, is a small village with a population of approximately 4,000. Lake Placid may be small in size but it is very big on winter activities. Outdoor winter enthusiasts flock to Lake Placid, the host of the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980, as soon as the weather turns cold. Scenic beauty and natural wonders can be found all around the area. There are winter activities to suit everyone, including many Olympic venues for the daring sports enthusiast. Lake Placid is well-known among winter sports enthusiasts for its snowboarding, skiing, bobsledding, skating, dog sledding, and tobogganing.

Snowboarding and skiing, both Alpine and Cross Country, in the Lake Placid area are winter activities enjoyed by many. Whiteface Mountain which is located 13 miles from the town of Lake Placid offers some of the best snowboarding and alpine skiing in North America. Whiteface Mountain has the greatest vertical drop (3,430 feet) on this side of the Rocky Mountains and is the only ski area in the East to have hosted the Winter Olympic Games. There are 221 acres not including 35 acres of expert, ungroomed wilderness skiing. Ten lifts, including the eight-passenger Cloudsplitter Gondola - the world's fastest mono-cable gondola, carry skiers to the 74 trails. Cross country ski enthusiasts have miles of trails available to them. Snowshoes, back-country skis and telemark skis available to wander through the forests of the Olympic Sports Complex or view breathtaking sights of High Peaks.