On Halloween day in 2011, Kellie Delka made her first skeleton run on the track at Mt Van Hoevenberg. Like every athlete competing in the recent North American Cup Bobsled and Skeleton competition in Lake Placid, Kellie is on a big, bold journey driven by passion and purpose. Originally from North Texas, she has represented… Read more »
MEDIA CREDENTIAL REQUEST FORM Quinnipiac, Cornell, Dartmouth, and St. Lawrence are headed to Lake Placid after sweeping their opponents to earn spots in ECAC Hockey Men’s Championship tournament Friday and Saturday in the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena. Top-seeded Quinnipiac will take on seventh-seeded St. Lawrence at 4 p.m. Friday, followed by No. 4 Dartmouth against… Read more »
U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) events each season include 11 collegiate conferences competing in six regional competitions, all culminating in the massive USCSA National Championships held in March of each year. The National Championships alternate annually between East and West Coast, and in 2024, they are underway this week March 4-9 in Lake… Read more »
Within a day’s drive for a quarter of the entire North American population is the ultimate viewing experience for the 2024 solar eclipse – New York’s first total eclipse in 99 years. Lying directly in the path of eclipse totality is the Olympic Region of Lake Placid and its historic, recently renewed venues. Lake Placid’s… Read more »
International UCI Mountain Bike Competition Will Bring Top Cyclists to the Adirondack Mountains in Lake Placid from September 27-29, 2024 Follows $550 Million State Investment to Upgrade Olympic Regional Development Authority Facilities and Other Sports Infrastructure in Lake Placid – Home of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Games Builds on Governor’s Commitment to Supporting… Read more »
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces the return of International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) NorAm Cup Freestyle Aerials to the Olympic Jumping Complex on March 1 and March 2. The public is welcome to attend this high-flying, spectator-friendly event free of charge. Lake Placid was a frequent stop on… Read more »
Olympic athletes are famous for chasing their dreams as they travel the globe. For the US Freestyle Ski team aerials athletes, however, there’s no place like home. “My first visit to Lake Placid was in the summer of 1996,” says US Aerials Coach Vladimir Lebedev. “After that I spent more and more time here. I… Read more »
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) has several prominent Nordic skiing events ahead on the calendar, highlighted by the Swix Lake Placid Loppet on Saturday, Feb. 24 and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard (USSS) Cross Country Junior National Championships on March 11-16 at Mt Van Hoevenberg. Mt Van Hoevenberg will also… Read more »
A Nighttime Climb to Glory Honoring the 10th Mountain Division Sunday evening, February 18, 2024, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Whiteface Mountain alongside two other locations in the United States will host the Ninety-Pound Rucksack Challenge, a tribute to the 10th Mountain Division’s signature action. The uphill ski event commemorates the 10th Mountain Division’s… Read more »
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces that the International Bobsled & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season will conclude March 21-23 at Mt Van Hoevenberg. The three-day competition in Lake Placid is the final stop of the 2023-2024 World Cup season that began Nov. 17 in Yanqing, China, and includes… Read more »