Temperatures have been unseasonably warm all week, with highs in Lake Placid of 42 on Tuesday, 37 on Wednesday and Thursday and 43 on Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Plus, the village had rain on Thursday and Thursday night and high winds on Friday.

The Park District stresses that the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute “is a weather-permitting attraction.” As the weather changes, the chute employees will change the hours according to conditions on the Mirror Lake ice.

Get updates about the toboggan chute on the town of North Elba’s Facebook page or online at www.northelba.org. On the website, click on Departments, Park District, then Toboggan Chute.

The Lake Placid Toboggan Chute opened for the season on Sunday, Feb. 5, as temperatures rebounded into the 30s after two days of dangerous, subzero wind chills. More than 200 people enjoyed the attraction that afternoon, according to North Elba Park District Manager Butch Martin.

Visitors pay admission ($20 for adults, $10 for students) at a shack at the bottom of the chute, where they are handed a toboggan for the group. After climbing stairs to the top of the structure, groups sit on their toboggans, and Park District employees push them down the runway. After the plunge, the toboggan will slide as far as it can go on the plowed ice below. There is no way to steer it.

According to the toboggan rules and regulations, passengers should keep their arms and legs on toboggan at all times; and clear the track when the ride is complete (as another toboggan is right behind you). Also, visitors are warned that, due to friction when sliding down the toboggan chute, some types of nylon ski pants may wear through. Therefore, durable pants, such as jeans, are recommended.

“We are not responsible for damaged pants,” the Park District states.

The current toboggan chute — which was built by Jeffords Steel and erected during the winter of 2016-2017 — includes two runs. Sledders — up to four on a toboggan — climb to the top of the chute, where North Elba Park District staff send them down to the ice, which is cleared off for hundreds of feet. At night, the landing is illuminated with floodlights.

The old slide, which was demolished and scrapped, had been converted into the toboggan chute from a Lake Placid Club ski jump in 1965.

The Lake Placid Lions Club is expected to hold its annual toboggan races on Saturday, Feb. 25, the second weekend of Presidents Week, weather permitting. Registration starts at 6:25 p.m., and races start at 6:30. There are prizes for sleds traveling the farthest on the ice.