For the first time since 2017, Skate America returns to the Olympic Center in Lake Placid from November 14-16. A recent U.S. Figure Skating media release appears below, announcing all-session tickets are on sale for 2025 Skate America. An elite figure skating event, Skate America brings together many of the top American and international skaters… Read more »
More than 100 years ago, the Sno Birds club was created to seize on the opportunities for winter sports provided by Lake Placid’s natural setting. The Lake Placid Ski Club was established in 1921 and still going strong, focuses on youth and has offered programs in alpine and cross-country skiing, ski jumping. and Nordic combined…. Read more »
The Lake Placid Olympic Museum announces its 2025 summer programs and events running June 17 through August 30. New this summer: Science Station: Learn about the modern Olympic Games through a rotating table of STEAM activities. Tactile Table: Learn what torches, uniforms, and equipment are made out of for a fresh understanding of the objects… Read more »
Sky Flyer Zipline, Veterans’ Memorial Highway, Inline Skating Set to Open Summer Season The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) is launching its summer and fall activities season with the opening of the Whiteface Veterans’ Memorial Highway on Friday, May 16. Additional early-season offerings include the Sky Flyer Zipline that opens on… Read more »
Lake Placid is small, but the events and opportunities we all have here are definitely not. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a business or community leader, or simply someone with an interest in what’s going on in the region, there is one often overlooked annual springtime event that holds a key to a surprisingly rewarding trove… Read more »
U.S. Figure Skating announces 2025-26 U.S. qualifying season and international events schedule U.S. Figure Skating today announced 2025 Skate America will be held in Lake Placid, New York, Nov. 14-16, 2025, along with the calendar of U.S. qualifying competitions and international events for the 2025-26 season. Traditionally the first stop in the ISU Grand Prix… Read more »
Lake Placid Olympic Museum Staff Attends International General Assembly in Colorado The Lake Placid Olympic Museum (LPOM) is a great example of how a museum can do more than display interesting antiquities and instead, use history to bring greater meaning to people’s lives. Far more than simply the world’s second largest collection of Winter Olympic… Read more »
Three-Day Event Includes UCI Downhill World Cup at Whiteface and UCI Cross-Country World Cup at Mt Van Hoevenberg Tickets on Sale; Free Admission for SKI3 Season Pass Holders The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces that the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series will return to Lake Placid from Friday, October… Read more »
People who grow up in cities get accustomed to a bustling environment that includes bright artificial lighting from streetlights, traffic, and buildings. Anyone who grew up in the Adirondacks, on the other hand, will feel far more at home in a more peaceful, darker nighttime setting, one with minimal light and noise. At the Olympic… Read more »
As spring weather moves in, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority will celebrate a successful season with fun competitions and spring events at Whiteface Mountain, Gore Mountain, and Belleayre Mountain. Event Details: Gore Mountain – Pond Skim Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025 Time: Bib pick-up: 9-10 a.m.; event starts at 10:30 a.m. Location:… Read more »