LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- Workers have put down ice on the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex combined bobsled, luge and skeleton track in Lake Placid, N.Y., in anticipation of Monday’s, Oct. 1, opening day of sliding, weather and conditions permitting. The U.S. luge team will be the first squad to take to the ice when they open their two hour training at 8 a.m. They’ll be followed by the skeleton team, from 5-6 p.m., and bobsled athletes, from 7-9...
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By AlpineZone News | Feb 11 2014 - 02:42 PM
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Lake Placid Sliding Complex Opens October 1st
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The Lake Placid Olympic Museum Joins Smithsonian Magazine’s National Museum Day Live
By AlpineZone News | Oct 02 2013 - 09:59 AMLAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- On Saturday, Sept. 28, the Lake Placid Olympic Museum located in the Olympic Center on Main Street, Lake Placid, N.Y., will open its doors free of charge along with over 1,400 other participating venues across the country for the ninth annual Museum Day Live! This immensely successful program will match the free admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C. - based facilities, encouraging learning and the spread...
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ORDA Announces Unlimited Olympic Site Access Pass
By AlpineZone News | May 21 2013 - 11:33 AMLAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority’s (ORDA) Olympic venues are ready to re-open for the busy summer season, offering guests a full slate of family fun and activities with a new option for locals and frequent visitors. The Gold Pass will offer unlimited access to the Olympic sites for just $79. Available at Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y. or onli...
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Mount Snow Hosts Diana golden Ski Race for Paralympians
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Snowmaking Comes to Whiteface Mountain’s Hoyt’s High
By AlpineZone News | Aug 17 2012 - 09:09 AMThe Olympic Mountain is Gearing up for the 2012-’13 Skiing & Riding Season WILMINGTON, N.Y. --- Skiers and riders won’t have to rely on Mother Nature to provide enough snow to cover Whiteface Mountain’s Hoyt’s High Trail, in Wilmington, N.Y. Crews have begun installing snowmaking piping along the 4,700 foot long expert trail. Named in honor of Whiteface veteran ski patroller Jim Hoyt Sr., Hoyt’s High was cut in 2008, but has relied on natur...