Few places in the United States, if any, exude as much Olympic pride as Lake Placid. Deep in the Adirondacks, the small town stands as a focal point of Olympic Winter Games legacy. With such a rich history to sift through, visitors may have a hard time fully grasping the importance of this ...

SARANAC LAKE — Construction on the 2024 Ice Palace for the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival continued as colder weather set in this past weekend. Volunteers from the Ice Palace Workers 101 (IPW 101) began to harvest ice from Lake Flower's Pontiac Bay on Monday, Jan. 22, and the palace walls ...

LAKE PLACID — North Elba Park District Manager Matt St. Louis said Tuesday, Jan. 23 that the ice on Mirror Lake is thick enough for his staff to begin preparing to open the Lake Placid Toboggan Chute on Parkside Drive, but it probably won’t open by this weekend. “We’re still looking ...

Just south of this village sits a little house at the end of a road, one with history that dates to the mid-1800s. Under the shadow of the Olympic ski jumps and with sweeping views of the High Peaks, the small abode — built in 1855 — would be easy to overlook, despite its great cultural ...

To walk into High Falls Gorge in Wilmington is to step into the old world. Here there are no roads, no cars, no plow trucks or cellphones. Here there is only time, etched into the walls of the gorge as a lasting reminder of our fleeting personal histories. After the Yaktrax were secured on ...

LAKE PLACID — As the Olympic Region starts to see real winter weather, the question of ice readiness on local waterways such as Mirror Lake abounds. Many popular ice-related activities require a strong layer to support the fun. But is Mirror Lake ready? According to newly appointed North ...