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Three young skiers stand with one ski raised in front of the old Hudson Chair, celebrating a bright beautiful day.

01.23.2025

Ceremony Celebrating the First Phase of the North Creek Ski Bowl Project: Replacement of the Hudson Chairlift

The conclusion of the Miracle on Ice Game at the Lake Placid Olympic Center with Team USA celebrating amidst the Russian players still on the ice with the crowd cheering in the background.

01.14.2025

Celebrating Past, Present, and Future – an Array of Events Commemorates the 45th Anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympics

Scott Hamilton holds the U.S. flag as he walks surrounded by other members of Team USA in the opening ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.

01.14.2025

Lake Placid Celebrates 45th Anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games

Snowy Catskill view from Belleayre Mountain

01.10.2025

Belleayre Celebrates 75 Years of Memories, Milestones, and Mountain Magic

An aerials ski jumping athlete in red high in the air upside down against a night sky.

01.03.2025

Freestyle Aerials World Cup Returns to Lake Placid with High-Flying Nighttime Competition

Seven kids in a classroom surround a black and white line art drawing as they sketch and color the art together.

01.03.2025

Winter Art-in-Sports Educational Program Draws Participation of 500 Students in the Olympic Region

A female ski racer turning hard and fast around a red gate.

01.02.2025

Ski Racing at Olympic Authority Mountains and Its Array of Impacts

Classic ski racers in a mass start in the stadium at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

12.27.2024

GOVERNOR HOCHUL HIGHLIGHTS 2025 WINTER EVENTS SCHEDULE AT OLYMPIC REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY VENUES

The buffalo bobsled parked at High Mark Stadium with fans inside the sled and John Morgan outside taking their photo.

12.27.2024

Olympic Authority Returns this Sunday with the Buffalo Bobsled Experience in the Billevard Fan Zone

An aerials ski jumper in orange, green, and blue soars high, with his head toward the ground and skis in the air and nothing around him except the mountains and clouds in the background.

12.27.2024

How Aerial Ski Jumping Athletes Train, Compete, and Amaze

12.19.2024

Olympic Authority Brings Buffalo Bobsled Experience to Billevard Fan Zone

Performer Alyx Hilshey on stage, waving at her audience with red letters on a white background behind her.

12.11.2024

Alyx Hilshey to Perform ‘Miracles & Mystery Comedy Show’ at the Lake Placid Conference Center

Snow covered road with bridge and sign that reads "Welcome to Mt Van Hoevenberg."

12.10.2024

Mural Created by Olympic Region Students to Celebrate Sliding Athletes Unveiled

A snowboarder high on the mountain leans deep into a turn on a freshly groomed trail with snow covered pines in the background.

12.03.2024

Ski Season Is Here! Governor Hochul Celebrates Opening of Olympic Regional Development Authority Ski Resorts

Attendees of the Andrea Bergeron Denis Shahvorostov wedding in Lake Placid, all together on the ice in the Olympic Center's 1980 Herb Brooks Arena.

12.02.2024

Love on Ice: Two Skaters Sharing a Life and a Love for Lake Placid

Three Lake Placid Film Festival participants stand smiling with arms raised triumphantly on an Olympic-style podium outside at the base of the ski jumps.

11.18.2024

Tour Offers Filmmakers an Extra Rewarding Lake Placid Experience

A freestyle ski aerialist in bright blue with black sleeves in mid-air performing tricks against a lighter blue sky.

11.13.2024

Coming This January: A FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup Homecoming Celebration in Lake Placid

Hockey players on the ice below battle it out with a big crowd cheering inside the Olympic Center's 1980 Herb Brooks Arena.

11.13.2024

Olympic Authority Announces Golden Arrow as Title Sponsor of the Adirondack Winter Invitational

A conceptual image of the proposed new lodge at the North Creek Ski Bowl in winter with the two levels of decks in the sun and skiers and other winter recreational enthusiasts enjoying the Ski Bowl.

11.05.2024

North Creek Community Forum Scheduled for November 12, 2024

A skier in red with a black helmet makes a hard turn on packed powder high on Gore Mountain.

10.31.2024

SKI Magazine Reader Survey Ranks Gore Among Top Resorts in the East

A two person Team USA bobsled races around a high banked turn on the Mt Van Hoevenberg combined track with the words "Lake Placid" imprinted in the ice under the sled.

10.29.2024

A Bobsledding Passion Born from Family

Seven students in a classroom leaning over and working on a drawing of athletes.

10.25.2024

Premier Olympian Artists Named as Instructors for Olympic Region Student Art-in-Sports Program

10.25.2024

Olympic Authority Announces Partnership with Nine Pin Ciderworks

Drone shot of Mt Van Hoevenberg showing the Mountain Pass Lodge lit up near dusk with the fall forest and the combined sliding track on the mountain behind.

10.24.2024

Olympic Authority, APA Hold Joint Public Comment Period for Mt Van Hoevenberg Unit Management Plan

Woman in a helmet and goggles on a trail high on Whiteface Mountain with her arm in the air and a big open smile with excitement about the mountains and trails below her in the background.

10.22.2024

FIRST EVER ADIRONDACK WINTER PRIDE WEEKEND COMING TO LAKE PLACID IN MARCH

Olympic medalist and figure skater Debi Thomas skating in WFFSC competition in Lake Placid on black ice with her arms and legs extended.

10.04.2024

Olympic Authority Announces the Return of World Figure and Fancy Skating Championships October 9-13

A female pro rider on the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series course at Mt Van Hoevenberg navigating a turn with Lake Placid banners in the background.

10.02.2024

WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series 2025 Calendar Unveiled

Image of the inside of the Lake Placid Olympic Museum showing a larger than life portrait of skier Andrew Weibrecht on the left and other exhibits.

10.02.2024

Lake Placid Olympic Museum Recognized with Award

A large solar array with mountains and blue sky in the background.

09.24.2024

Reflecting on NYC Climate Week 2024 – Inspiring Initiatives at the Olympic Authority

A large group of professional men mountain bikers in a race rounding a corner with focused looks on their faces.

09.20.2024

Olympic Authority Announces Cambria as Official Hotel Partner for WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series

Grey background with white bike tire tracks on the left side and examples of UCI event branded merchandise from left to right including a black baseball style hat, a grey hoodie, and two cowbells in both white and black,

09.18.2024

Good Times, Great Memories, and Quality Merch

A large, golden musical G clef symbol in the center surrounded by waves and musical notes in an artful presentation full of motion.

09.13.2024

Live Music with Drum Line Performances to Add Unforgettable Vibe to UCI Mountain Bike World Series

The Lake Placid Conference Center and 1932 Olympic Center entrance at night with lights n all windows and a deep blue sky above with the street in front.

09.12.2024

Fall 2024 Conferences in Lake Placid

Gore Mountain landscape photo in winter with snow laden cloudy skies, a few ski trails amidst the forested mountains, and a small lodge on a peak.

08.29.2024

Working Together to Sustain a Legacy and Build the Future

View from Mount Van Hoevenberg through the trees of Whiteface Mountain in the fall.

08.29.2024

Olympic Authority Announces Upcoming Fall Festivals and Cultural Events at Venues

A large group of women cross-country skiers beginning a race at Mt Van Hoevenberg with the biathlon stadium and snowy mountains in the background.

08.22.2024

Governor Hochul Announces Major Events Schedule at Olympic Authority Venues

Several riders in a UCI Mountain Biking World Cup women's race climb a hill with spectators above and below.

08.16.2024

UCI World Series Fun & Interesting Facts

A skier in an orange coat and grey helmet with a view of surrounding mountains.

08.16.2024

Summer Projects at Olympic Authority Alpine Ski Venues

Portrait of comedian Jim Breuer against a light blue background with him laughing bent over and pointing at the camera while holding his stomach.

08.14.2024

Comedian Jim Breuer to Perform at the Lake Placid Conference Center on December 13

Four men, two from each of two teams, battle for the puck at center ice with a referee scrambling to get out of the way.

08.02.2024

Lake Placid Olympic Center to Host Second Annual Adirondack Winter Invitational

A female goalie in a mostly white uniform for Team USA stretches out to made a save during a game as the opponent in all red just in front of the net tries to score.

07.30.2024

USA Hockey Women’s National Festival Returns to the Olympic Center Aug. 4-11

Two women sitting on the summit of Mt Van Hoevenberg is summer with one of them pointing into the mountains in tje distance.

07.30.2024

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION: Olympic Authority Property Disposition

Three male mountain bike athletes riding single file on a trail during competition.

07.29.2024

Creating the Racecourses for the UCI Mountain Bike World Series

A male rider pedals uphill in a big mountain bike race with a crowd of spectators cheering and waving at the barrier.

07.25.2024

Team USA Olympic Mountain Bike Riders

An image of the massive scoreboard in 1980 Herb Brooks Arena of the Olympic Center being lowered with a U.S. Flag illuminated on one side and I Love NY symbols on the corners, plus the words Lake Placid Olympic Center lit just above it.

07.18.2024

Olympic Authority Venues Connecting Lake Placid to Paris 2024

Image from behind a person with a dark stocking hat waving a U.S. flag during the opening ceremonies of the 2024 FISU Winter Games inside the Olympic Center with bright lights in the foreground.

07.18.2024

Make Memories in Lake Placid While Watching the Summer Olympic Games in Paris

A mother and daughter admire the view on a sunny fall day from the top of the Ski Jump platform with mountains in the background.

07.10.2024

Olympic Authority 2023-2024 Annual Report Released

Olympic Authority staff at Mids Park in Lake Placid with Mirror Lake in the background and a Team USA word display in the foreground.

07.10.2024

An Extraordinary Team Providing Extraordinary Experiences

Couples skaters entwined together on the ice with the female skater bent backward, arms behind her supported by her skating partner.

07.10.2024

Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships & International Returns to Olympic Center July 28-31

The 1980 Winter Olympic Games Mascot, Roni, sits outside the Olympic Center in Lake Placid on a summer day.

07.08.2024

Local Businesses Can Join in the Excitement of the Paris Games 2024

A ski jumper sails through the air with partly cloudy skies behind him over the green turf of the steep jump landing area on a summer day.

06.28.2024

Star-Spangled Ski Jump at Olympic Jumping Complex, July 5-6

Three male riders in a mountain bike race appear in the frame navigating a rocky stretch of trail with tall trees around and spectators looking on.

06.26.2024

Decoding the World Cup Mountain Bike Race Disciplines Coming to Lake Placid

Two women race mountain bikes on single track in a green summer forest.

06.26.2024

The Spark that Led to Hosting the Mountain Bike World Series

Four young girls in red Team USA t-shirts together getting ready to participate in an Olympic Day run at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

06.20.2024

Olympic Day “Let’s Move” Campaign

Young female skater in a black dress skating in the 1980 rink facing the camera with her arms raised.

06.13.2024

Lake Placid Figure Skating Championship June 19-22 at the Lake Placid Olympic Center

A group of several teen hockey players from opposing teams battle for the puck on the ice in the 1980 Rink.

06.05.2024

Youth and Adult Hockey Tournaments Bring Economic Boost to Lake Placid

A FIS Ski Jumping World Cup competitor in a white uniform with white skies flies through the air above a crowd of people out of focus.

06.05.2024

PLANNING FOR SUCCESS

Six people stand to face the camera, including Colin Delaney, award winner, holding his award..

05.29.2024

Local Coach Colin Delaney Honored with Coach of the Year Award

A high altitude view of Lake Placid on a sunny winter day from the top of Whiteface Mountain.

04.24.2024

How Opportunity and Planning Produce Excellence

A large group of women mountain bike riders in a WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series race, all facing the camera as they aggressively ride over logs.

04.23.2024

UCI Mountain Bike World Series to Bring Top Riders to Lake Placid

The total eclipse of the sun on April 8, 2024, high in the sky above the Olympic Center with the Olympic rings illuminated on the side of the building and internal Olympic Center lights showing a crowd on the deck and on the street.

04.15.2024

Gov. Hochul Announces Record Tourism Numbers During April 8 Total Solar Eclipse

Five volunteers in winter coats with bibs that say "volunteer" on the back facing away from the camera outdoors with a blue fence in the foreground and cross country skiers and bleachers in the background.

04.02.2024

Volunteers: A Big Part of the Olympic Legacy

Photo of an artwork by Olympian Roald Bradstock featuring many rings of different colors all floating in space in differing orientations and in different sizes on an off-white background. Also a small faint image of the welcome to Lake Placid sign in the background as well as some vague depictions of the region's Olympic venues.

03.26.2024

Lake Placid Student Artists Join International Paris Competition

Snow covered road with bridge and sign that reads "Welcome to Mt Van Hoevenberg."

03.22.2024

USA Bobsled & Skeleton Holds Hall of Fame Ceremony to Help Close the World Cup Season

A skeleton athlete in red with a gold helmet with an intricate design is sliding around a steep turn, only the ice and the athlete visible in the photo.

03.19.2024

The Small Nation Passions of the North American Cup

03.18.2024

Quinnipiac, Cornell, Dartmouth, St. Lawrence to Play for ECAC Hockey Title in Lake Placid

Super G female athlete racing around a gate on Whiteface Mountain during the 2022 USCSA Championships

03.07.2024

USCSA National Championships Building a Legacy through Team Competition

A collage of Olympic Authority venue logos in a dark orange color with an image of an eclipse in the middle with very bright orange around the edges.

03.06.2024

For an Experience That Eclipses All Others

A line of women mountain bikers moving fast n competition surrounded by spectators on both sides with the image showing the riders in sharp relief and the spectators blurred, indicating the speed of the riders.

03.05.2024

Governor Announces Mountain Bike World Series Comes to North Country

A freestyle ski aerialist in bright blue with black sleeves in mid-air performing tricks against a lighter blue sky.

02.27.2024

FIS NorAm Cup Aerials Returns to Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid

An aerials ski jumper in mid flight with green pants and a blue and black bib, red sleeves, inverted in the air against a cloudy gray background with the faint image of mountains in the distance lower right.

02.23.2024

US Aerials Team Comes Home to Lake Placid

Aerial view of Mt Van Hoevenberg ski race and the Mountain Pass Lodge with racers and spectators.

02.22.2024

Prominent Nordic Skiing Races Ahead at Olympic Authority Venues

Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum at the Whiteface Mountain Rededication Ceremony in summer standing in formation wearing camouflage and holding flags with the green foliage of the mountain in the background.

02.14.2024

The Ninety-Pound Rucksack Challenge

A skeleton athlete in a blue France uniform with a white helmet sliding down the Mt Van Hoevenberg track with nothing but ice showing around them.

02.06.2024

IBSF World Cup Season to Conclude at Mt Van Hoevenberg

A composite of two photographs with the left side being a black and white photo of male hockey players in Chamonix outside at the first Winter Olympics and the right side a color photo of female hockey players in a modern arena.

01.30.2024

A Special Winter Olympic Games Centennial Celebration

Female ski racer in a crouch turns around a gate at Gore Mountain with race fencing and forest in the background.

01.29.2024

Alpine and Freeride Events Take the Stage at Olympic Authority Venues

Tate Frantz soars through the air off a jump with nothing but blue sky around him.

01.26.2024

Living His Dream Every Day on the World Cup Circuit

The six winners of the team competition from Austria, Poland, and Japan, stand together with their skis on the World Cup podium.

01.18.2024

A High Flying Test of the Best Returns to Lake Placid

Ski jumper in black soars through the winter air with Whiteface Mountain, a snow covered landscape, and a blue sky in the background.

01.17.2024

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Returns to Lake Placid on Feb. 9

Woman in a helmet and goggles on a trail high on Whiteface Mountain with her arm in the air and a big open smile with excitement about the mountains and trails below her in the background.

01.12.2024

Hitting the Slopes at Whiteface

A family of three in ski gear near the base of gore cheering and waving to the camera with lifts and other skiers in the background.

01.11.2024

Unleash Family Adventure at Gore Mountain

Illustration of a snowboarder or skier descending a slope on white snow with a rainbow background.

01.08.2024

NEW YORK’S ONLY PRIDE SKI WEEKEND AT BELLEAYRE

A Pioneer Day banner image with the words "PIONEER DAY" in gold, embossed caps on an old fashioned wood background.

01.05.2024

Pioneer Day Celebration to Include Unveiling of Four New Plaques in Joe Minder Lodge

01.03.2024

Sponsorship Agreement with Polar and Adirondack Beverages

12.20.2023

An Ongoing Commitment to Sport for All

12.20.2023

Gore Celebrates 90th Anniversary of North Creek Snow Train

Winter view of Whiteface Mountain from Mt Van Hoevenberg with an athlete from Italy and another in a red jacket in the foreground looking on, with the athletes slightly out of focus.

12.18.2023

Nowhere Like Lake Placid

A luge athlete in sharp focus rushes high around a banked turn with spectators in front who are out of focus.

12.13.2023

Lake Placid – An Epicenter of Opportunity

pages from the Milan Cortino Olympic sliding sport bid document.

12.08.2023

Protected: Proposal to Host Olympic Sliding Events in 2026

12.07.2023

Whiteface Mountain Grand Opening of The Notch – Saturday, December 9

Image of a puck drop during a men's ice hockey game with two players at the center battling for the puck and the referee beside them at center ice.

12.04.2023

Tickets on Sale for ECAC Hockey Championship at 1980 Herb Brooks Arena

Portrait of Chris Mazder taken as he walks down the luge track after finishing, carrying his sled with his helmet on

11.30.2023

Train Like an Underdog. Race Like a Champion.

Several children in matching ADK Speedskating Club uniforms skating on an indoor rink, one of them looking at another and smiling big.

11.30.2023

ISU’s World Ice Skating Day Main Event Taking Place in Lake Placid on Sunday, Dec. 3

A two person Team USA bobsled rounds the a high curve on the Mt Van Hoevenberg track with the words "Lake Placid" embedded in the ice under the sled.

11.22.2023

Olympic Authority to Host 2024 FIL and IBSF Congresses in June

Emily Sweeney on her luge sled at the finish of a run with a big smile on her face and her hand raised in the air triumphantly.

11.20.2023

The Hardest of Times. The Strongest of Athletes.

A woman in light purple ski gear makes a turn in front of the camera on a bluebird day on Whiteface mountain.

11.17.2023

Whiteface Mountain Anticipates Opening Friday, November 24

Outdoor public skating on the Olympic speed skating oval on an early winter evening.

11.16.2023

Olympic Center Takes Center Stage for World Ice Skating Day

At the ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Championships nside the Olympic Center's 1980 Herb Brooks Arena

11.14.2023

Adirondack Winter Invitational Debuts at Olympic Center in December

A four person Team USA bobsled skyrockets around a turn while spectators stand next to the track, some with cameras taking photos.

11.06.2023

Olympic Authority Announces Season-Opening NAC Cup at Mt Van Hoevenberg

A black and white photo with wrinkle marks of a young Dmitry Feld in a fur hat in the former Soviet Union with another unidentified man in a striped shirt.

10.19.2023

Sliding to America

Aerial view of Lake Placid downtown and Mirror Lake with three inset photos in a triangular arrangement of the three inductees.

10.16.2023

Lake Placid Hall of Fame. Preserving Our Past. Shaping Our Future.

Photo of an artwork by Olympian Roald Bradstock featuring many rings of different colors all floating in space in differing orientations and in different sizes on an off-white background. Also a small faint image of the welcome to Lake Placid sign in the background as well as some vague depictions of the region's Olympic venues.

10.06.2023

Olympic Authority & Art of the Olympians Announce Partnership

A black and white photo of a group of 8 figure skaters in a line performing an Ice Review show at the Olympic Arena in Lake Placid. c. 1930-1940.

09.26.2023

The Origins and Evolution of Figures and Figure Skating

Ski jumper in black soars through the winter air with Whiteface Mountain, a snow covered landscape, and a blue sky in the background.

09.15.2023

Olympic Authority Announces Return of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

Shepherd Clark and Dorothy Hamill together on black ice looking at the camera after practicing a move together.

09.14.2023

Shepherd Clark, King of Figures, Returns to Lake Placid

Portrait of Debi Thomas with hair pulled back, a beaded necklace, light blue background, and her eyes looking off in the distance.

09.11.2023

Debi Thomas Returns to Lake Placid and Competition

Close up of black figure skates creating a pattern on black ice.

08.30.2023

World Figure and Fancy Skating Championships October 4-8

Woman with a hydration pack running through tall vegetation in the autumn at Mt Van Hoevenberg with views of the mountains in the background.

08.23.2023

Lake Placid Trail Challenge Returns to Historic Mt Van Hoevenberg

Portrait of Ashley Walden in a beige jacket outside the Olympic Authority Administrative Building with the building in the background.

08.21.2023

Gov. Hochul Announces Ashley Walden as Next Olympic Authority President & CEO

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08.09.2023

Olympic Authority Announces Partnership with RAIN

A young girl with dark hair holds up a USA branded hoodie against her as she contemplates a purchase with her mother on the right looking on.

08.08.2023

Bold New Future Brings New Shopping Experiences

Aerial view of Mt Van Hoevenberg ski race and the Mountain Pass Lodge with racers and spectators.

08.04.2023

Olympic Authority Announces Partnership with Ariens Company

An aerial view of Lake Placid's Olympic Center and downtown region on a bright winter day, showing the oval in front and Mirror Lake and mountains in the background.

08.02.2023

Discovering Greatness Inside Lake Placid’s Olympic Center

Young children on skis facing the camera and navigating a snowy surface next to the covered magic carpet lift at the Bear Den Learning Center.

07.26.2023

Summer Projects on Whiteface

Four skiers in all, including two youth skiers in the foreground looking at the camera, all on the slope with the gondola and the summit in the background.

07.26.2023

A Rising Belleayre Mountain Embraces a Summer of Advances

A conceptual image of the proposed new lodge at the North Creek Ski Bowl in winter with the two levels of decks in the sun and skiers and other winter recreational enthusiasts enjoying the Ski Bowl.

07.20.2023

Gore Mountain’s Compelling Vision and Its Summer Projects

The bridge over the road entering Mt Van Hoevenberg is pictured in sukmmer with its colored flags and the words, "Welcome to Mt Van Hoevenberg"

07.17.2023

Trail Running at Mt Van Hoevenberg

A conceptual image of the exterior of the future North Creek Ski Bowl with large windows, a two story structure, a balcony, and people on bikes and walking around outside enjoying a summer day.

06.23.2023

Update on North Creek Ski Bowl Development at Gore Mountain

Ski jumper soars through the air over a massive crowd below.

06.16.2023

Report: $341.8 Million Annual Economic Impact

Lines of soldiers from Fort Drum dressed in camouflage uniforms and holding colorful flags stand solemnly at the base with trees and the Whiteface summit in the background

06.12.2023

Whiteface to Host Rededication Honoring 10th Mtn Division

06.09.2023

FIL World Cup Season to Open at Mt Van Hoevenberg on Dec. 8

A crowd cheers on women cross country skiers in a race at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

06.07.2023

Olympic Authority Looking Ahead to Upcoming Events

A series of images spread horizontally, including Mt Van Hoevenberg, the Lake Placid Olympic Museum, the Whiteface gondola, the Olympic Jumping Complex, an image of the Legacy Sites Passport product, and the headline, "Experience More Save More."

06.05.2023

Reintroducing: the Lake Placid Legacy Sites Passport

Two young girls with their backs to the camera writing and drawing on a chalkboard.

05.19.2023

New Virtual Field Trips at Lake Placid Olympic Museum

ORDA President and CEO Micheal Pratt addressing an audience at Mt Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid.

05.18.2023

Olympic Authority Begins Search for Next Leader

Two girls riding an oversized water tricycle at Belleayre Beach in summer with trees in the background.

05.16.2023

Summer Activities Schedule at Belleayre Mountain

Gondola cars going up the mountain on a summer day with a view of the mountains in the background.

05.16.2023

Full Slate of Summer Activities at Gore Mountain

A field of high school girl runners starting a cross country race at Mt Van Hoevenberg with many runners spread across the image focused on the trail in front of them on a bright sunny day with trees in the background.

05.15.2023

Stronger Together: Our Venues & Our Community

Winter landscape view with trees and distant mountains from the top of Belleayre Mountain

05.09.2023

UMPA at Belleayre Mountain is Complete

Whiteface Mountain Gondola in Summer

05.01.2023

Whiteface Summer Activities Schedule Announced

A portion of a large solar array at the bottom of this photo surrounded by field and forest with the horizon visible in the background.

04.21.2023

Honoring Our Earth & Investing in Our Future

Ski jumper soars through the air over a massive crowd below.

04.19.2023

Olympic Authority Surpasses One Million Visits

Team Miami University on the ice in the center of the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena in two separate but parallel lines with one skater twirling in the center.

04.04.2023

Athleticism, Art, and Dreams at World Synchro

Four members of the Gore Ski Patrol with uniforms, helmets and goggles on standing on top of the mountain with their hands raised as though they are cheering.

03.21.2023

Gore Patroller Completes NSP Certification

Skier in yellow jacket makes a turn amidst the trees in the Belleayre glades with deep powder.

03.16.2023

Belleayre Nearing Record-Breaking Season

The Cornell men's ice hockey team in red and white uniforms huddles on the ice with arms around one another at the 2019 ECAC Championships.

03.14.2023

Teams Advance to ECAC Championships March 17-18

View down the snow covered, freshly groomed Oslo trail at the North Creek Ski bowl with the birch and pine forest framing the trail as it bends slightly through the woods.

03.08.2023

Taking the Road Less Traveled

A man sitting with ski gear in a monoski with a helper behind the ski and an instructor standing on skis at the side. All of them looking toward the camera smiling.

03.08.2023

More than Mountains to Conquer

A wintry, snow covered landscape view of Little Whiteface from Parron's Run near the Whiteface Mountain summit.

03.07.2023

Season Passes on Sale Tomorrow, March 8

A group of four women in ski gear facing the camera while atop Gore Mountain, arms raised, cheering a great bluebird day.

03.01.2023

Women’s History Month Special Feature

Bobsled speeding along high on a turn at Mt Van Hoevenberg with the forest visible above the track.

02.28.2023

Mt Van Hoevenberg Hosts March Sliding Events

Super G female athlete racing around a gate on Whiteface Mountain during the 2022 USCSA Championships

02.24.2023

NCAA Skiing Championships March 8-11

A team of synchronized skaters wearing dark red uniforms skates together in lines with their arms interlocking.

02.21.2023

ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships

At the ECAC Men's Ice Hockey Championships nside the Olympic Center's 1980 Herb Brooks Arena

02.16.2023

ECAC Men’s Hockey Championship: Tickets on Sale

Classic ski racers in a mass start in the stadium at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

02.16.2023

Lake Placid Loppet Returns Feb 26

The six winners of the team competition from Austria, Poland, and Japan, stand together with their skis on the World Cup podium.

02.16.2023

World Cup Weekend Wrap Up

Image of a World Cup ski jumper sitting on the top of the inrun preparing to go with other athletes, staff, and volunteers on the stairs surrounding him.

02.15.2023

Special Behind the Scenes Feature

A Gore Mountain staff member helping load the gondola and giving a big thumbs up with a smile during the FISU Games.

02.07.2023

MORE at GORE, unnoticed and in the background

The HS 100-meter and HS 128-meter ski jump towers on a bright winter day with the Adirondack High Peaks in the background.

02.03.2023

The History of Ski Jumping in Lake Placid

Portrait of Lake Placid born and raised ski jumper Tate Frantz as he climbs the stairs, skis over his shoulder, helmet on to make a jump. Green grass in the background indicating it's a summer training jump.

01.30.2023

Youthful Dreams Triumph over Adversity

Riccardo Lorello

01.24.2023

FISU Games Skaters Rewrite Olympic Speed Skating Oval Record Books

jump landing hero

01.20.2023

World Cup Ski Jump Ticket Sales Surging

The Olympic Jumping Complex HS 100 meter and HS 128 meter jumps taken from the end runs below the towers on a bright, partly cloudy winter day with a snow groomer partway up the landing hill.

01.18.2023

World Cup Ski Jumping Returns to Lake Placid Feb 11-12

Whiteface Gondola Cabin - Winter

01.16.2023

Whiteface on Ski Journal Podcast

A lone snowmaker on the mountain enveloped in a white mist of snow particles with a metal snowgun at his feet sticking up into the air.

01.13.2023

Warriors of Winter

A group of four women in ski gear facing the camera while atop Gore Mountain, arms raised, cheering a great bluebird day.

01.05.2023

FISU Events at Gore; Skiing and Riding Open Daily

Woman in a helmet and goggles on a trail high on Whiteface Mountain with her arm in the air and a big open smile with excitement about the mountains and trails below her in the background.

12.30.2022

Go Big at Whiteface During the FISU Games

The FISU Winter World University Games Mascot Adirondack Mac stands with open arms at the base of Gore Mountain in winter.

12.29.2022

MORE AT GORE: RECREATE & SPECTATE THE FISU GAMES

Looking down from above on the newly rejuvenated Olympic Center, including the James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval in downtown Lake Placid with snowy mountains and cloudy skies in the background.

12.22.2022

Holiday Happenings at Lake Placid Legacy Sites

Snow covered road with bridge and sign that reads "Welcome to Mt Van Hoevenberg."

12.17.2022

IBSF World Cup Day 2 Delayed

Four people in winter gear with Volunteer bibs lined up outside the Bobsled Start House at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

12.15.2022

Volunteer Local Program Offers New Benefits

Female skier in red crouches to gain speed on a trail at Mt Van Hoevenberg with snow falling and pine trees in the background.

12.14.2022

NENSA Eastern Cup Relocated to Mt Van Hoevenberg

A Team USA two person bobsled speeding down the track at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

12.14.2022

World Cup Bobsled and Skeleton Dec. 16-18

Artist's Rendering of future Lake Placid Olympic Museum exhibit space to open in late 2022

12.13.2022

Olympic Center & Museum Opening Celebration

A female athlete begins her run on the indoor bobsled push track at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

12.06.2022

IBSF World Push Championships Dec. 9 and 10

WISD group photo hero

12.06.2022

World Ice Skating Day Celebration

1960s Roamers Hockey Team in uniform on the ice with their coach, Stan Moore. Players pictured are Dave Fogarty-Tim McAdam, Tim Smythe and Tom Mellor with goalies Butch Kackle and Pete Sears.

11.30.2022

Roamers Hockey Remembered at New Bistro

A Team USA two person bobsled speeding down the track at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

11.29.2022

North American Cup Sliding Competition Dec. 1 – 4

A para bobsled athlete in his sled with fists in the air in celebration of his run.

11.17.2022

Para Bobsled Word Cup Nov. 19-20 in Lake Placid

Aerial view of the Biathlon Stadium and spectator bridge during competition at Mt Van Hoevenberg

11.14.2022

IBU Cup Awarded to Lake Placid for 2026

A two person bobsled speeds around a turn high in the air on the Mt Van Hoevenberg track with the words "Lake Placid" appearing beneath the track's ice surface.

11.09.2022

Four International Sliding Competitions Nov. & Dec.

11.02.2022

New Brand Identities Reflect ORDA’s Transformation

View from Mount Van Hoevenberg through the trees of Whiteface Mountain in the fall.

10.12.2022

Spartan Trail Challenge This Saturday

A St. Lawrence University women's ice hockey player breaks away and brings the puck close to the opposing net during competition.

10.06.2022

WCHA Ice Breaker Tournament Oct. 21 & 22

Performers in colorful wardrobe stand at center ice with their arms in the air at the end of their performance in the 1932 Jack Shea Arena.

10.06.2022

Event Sets New Stage for Artistic Skating

Panoramic view of Whiteface Mountain with Fall foliage.

10.03.2022

Competitions, Festivals, & Record Attendance

Logos of "Lake Placid 2023" and :FISU World University Games Winter" on a blue background

09.23.2022

First Ever Sustainable FISU Flame

Exterior view of the Olympic Center and the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena early evening with LED lights from the James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval

09.23.2022

Making the Impossible Possible

Olympic Jumping Complex

09.22.2022

Fall Festivals – Jumpapalooza, Flaming Leaves, & Oktoberfest

An aerial view of the newly renovated Olympic Jumping Complex

09.22.2022

Ski Jumping World Cup Returns to Lake Placid

Female figure skater kneels on ice looking upward with hands in the air during a performance, at the Lake Placid Olympic Center

09.21.2022

Dick Button Artistic Figure Skating Festival

Fall forest scene with crisp fallen leaves at image bottom.

09.09.2022

Gore’s Leaf Cruncher 5K Returns

The Catskill Thunder Gondola rises above a beautiful fall landscape at Belleayre Mountain.

09.09.2022

Fall Festival at Belleayre Oct. 8 & 9

ski jumping fills much of the frame as he soars through the air high above the fall foliage in the background at the Olympic Jumping Complex.

09.07.2022

Major Competitive Events Coming Fall 2022

Lake Placid local freeski athlete Kaylen Reiley takes to the air and performs a grab with only the cloudy skies as a backdrop

09.06.2022

It’s Not the Mountain We Conquer but Ourselves

Gore Mountain's Northwoods Gondola rises above the Autumn landscape

08.31.2022

Mountain Master Craft at Gore this Fall

Exterior of the new, nearly complete ORDA Administrative building from Church Street.

08.30.2022

Staff Moving to New Facility

Three young children on skis learning from an instructor outside the Bear Den at Whiteface Mountain

08.23.2022

Children of Winter Growing Up Strong

Olympic Jumping Complex towers with Adirondack Mountains in the background

08.22.2022

ORDA Receives Award for OJC Renovation

A two person bobsled speeds around a turn high in the air on the Mt Van Hoevenberg track with the words "Lake Placid" appearing beneath the track's ice surface.

08.19.2022

Lake Placid hosts USABS Coaches’ Camp

Norfolk siblings standing together in a fall forest scene

08.03.2022

Meet the Norfolks

Super G female athlete racing around a gate on Whiteface Mountain during the 2022 USCSA Championships

08.02.2022

ORDA and NYSEF Receive Paul Bacon Award

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul addresses a large audience at Mt Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid

08.01.2022

Gov. Hochul Announcements on World University Games

Wooden sign on the East Mountain Trail pointing the direction to the Mt Van Hoevenberg summit

07.27.2022

Summer Pathfinders and Climbing Programs

A wintry, snow covered landscape view of Little Whiteface from Parron's Run near the Whiteface Mountain summit.

07.21.2022

Protecting Our Environment – A Priority at ORDA

Pairs skaters performing on ice at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championship and International

07.18.2022

Ice Dance Championships July 27 – 29

Winter landscape view with trees and distant mountains from the top of Belleayre Mountain

07.18.2022

UMPA DRAFT AMENDMENT FOR BELLEAYRE MOUNTAIN

Leland and Zoe Carpenter, 11 and 15 years old, standing together near the entrance of Whiteface Mountain.

07.18.2022

Children Grow Up Fast.

Olympic pairs figure skaters Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker training on the ice at the 1932 Jack Shea Arena in Lake Placid

07.08.2022

Turning Dreams into Reality

Portrait of new Olympic Center General Manager Chadd Cassidy

07.07.2022

New Olympic Center General Manager

ski jumper in crouched position zooming down the jump ramp in summer

06.29.2022

Star-Spangled Ski Jump Event

06.26.2022

This Logo Has Tales to Tell

Aerial view of downtown Lake Placid with Mirror Lake in the foreground and mountains in the background

06.24.2022

Celebrating Olympic and Paralympic Day

A family with all smiles at the summit of Belleayre Mountain with the green landscape as a backdrop

06.20.2022

Belleayre Mountain Summer Activities

Runners on the trails of Mt Van Hoevenberg

06.15.2022

Olympic Day Schedule

Audience listening to a speaker at the Common Ground Forum, Gore Mountain, June 15, 2022

06.15.2022

Meeting in the Mountains

Artist's Rendering of future Lake Placid Olympic Museum exhibit space to open in late 2022

06.10.2022

Olympic Museum Receives Partnership Grant

International Biathlon stadium view from a drone

06.07.2022

International Biathlon Officials at Mt Van Hoevenberg

Olympic Jumping Complex towers with Adirondack Mountains in the background

06.07.2022

New Precision Lighting for Ski Jumps

Conference table with pen and paper

06.06.2022

Joe Martens, New ORDA Board Chair

Gore Mountain's Northwoods Gondola rises above the Autumn landscape

06.01.2022

Gore Summer Attractions & Activities Open June 30

Skiers on chair lift with skier on snow underneath on a run high on Gore Mountain

05.25.2022

Gore Receives National Recognition for Safety

Woman and child smiling excitedly as they ride down the Cliffside Coaster at Mt Van Hoevenberg with the green trees in the background

05.16.2022

Summer Activities Schedule

Mt Van Hoevenberg sign hero

05.12.2022

USBA Coach Conference and Official Training

Whiteface Mountain Gondola in Summer

05.11.2022

Whiteface Mountain Summer Activities Schedule

Hockey player and Miracle On Ice Fantasy Camper skating with the puck in the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena

05.05.2022

The Miracle Lives On

Skier at Gore Mountain in spring

04.28.2022

Gore and Whiteface Mountains Remain Open

04.28.2022

Governor Kathy Hochul Address Transcript

Gore Mountain Views

04.21.2022

Ski Venue Details for the Weekend Ahead

Short Track speedskating athletes race around the 1932 Jack Shea Arena at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY

04.12.2022

Records Set at US Short Track Nationals

Speedskater competing in 2022 FISU World University Games Speedskating Championships event in Lake Placid

03.29.2022

Host of Records Set at Olympic Oval

Female competitor in the 2022 US Biathlon National Championships at Mt. Van Hoevenberg

03.29.2022

US Biathlon National Championships

two-time Olympic medalist in Alpine Skiing, Andrew Weibrecht, completed his first ever biathlon at the US Biathlon National Championships

03.29.2022

Andrew Weibrecht Competes in Biathlon

Ski jumper lands during FIS Continental Cup Competition in Lake Placid

03.29.2022

Tate Frantz First in Ski Jumping

Competitors in the men's race of the US Biathlon National Championships

03.29.2022

Athletes and Olympians in Lake Placid

Ski Jumper at the Women's Ski Jumping event at the 2022 FIS Continental Cup, March 25 and 26

03.29.2022

Lake Placid’s Nina Lussi Retires

OJC hero

03.28.2022

2022 FIS Continental Cup Recap

Children attending the Lake Placid Welcome Home Athlete Parade and Community Celebration

03.25.2022

Lake Placid Welcome Home Parade & Community Celebration

Male biathlete skiing

03.24.2022

Five National Team Athletes to Retire

Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, showing the biathlon range and spectator viewing area.

03.23.2022

Biathlon National Championships Return

Cont Cup secondary image

03.22.2022

FIS Continental Cup Returns

Welcome Home Olympic Athletes Parade and Community Celebration

03.22.2022

Parade to Celebrate Olympians/Regional Athletes

dreamingofwinter hero

03.09.2022

SKI3 Season Passes on Sale

Bicknell's Thrush birds

05.19.2021

High Elevation Birding on Whiteface Mountain

Belleayre Gondola

12.08.2020

Belleayre Mountain to Welcome Skiers & Riders on December 9, 2020

skiingsmall

12.04.2020

Whiteface & Gore Mountains Slated to Open

UNITED STATES AWARDED ISU WORLD SYNCHRONIZED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

10.21.2020

Lake Placid, US Awarded ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2023

Cliffside Coaster Ride

10.11.2020

Cliffside Coaster Grand Opening

Luge World Cup in Austria

09.18.2020

2020-21 World Cup Luge Season to Remain in Europe

IBSF Moved to Germany

09.15.2020

BMW IBSF Bobsled & Skeleton World Championships 2021

Board of Directors

08.07.2020

ORDA Welcomes New, Diverse Group of Members to Board of Directors

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07.31.2020

Whiteface Mountain Opens for the Summer August 1 at 11:00 am

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07.15.2020

Belleayre Ski Mountain Projects on Schedule

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07.15.2020

Gore Mountain Improvements & Upgrades

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07.15.2020

Whiteface Mountain on Schedule for 2020 Ski Season

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07.13.2020

Belleayre to Welcome Guests Back

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07.13.2020

Gore Mountain Opens for the Summer

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