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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...

LAKE 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...

(Sept. 5, 2013) --- Below is a rundown of many of the event’s on ORDA’s fall/winter 2013-’14 events’ calendar for your planning purposes. Dates and schedules are subject to change. Nov. 4-9 – USA Women’s Hockey Four Nations Tournament The Sochi, Russia Olympic Winter Games less than six months away and Olympic teams are beginning to take shape. The United States women’s hockey national team returns to Lake Placid to host th...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Trail runners and off-road cyclists are invited to participate in the inaugural ADK 80K, an eight-of-a-kind endurance racing event to be held in Lake Placid, N.Y. on Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 31 - Sept. 1, 2013. The races cover 80 kilometers (80k) in distance, in a figure eight design; feature $8-thousand in prizes in eight categories with an 8 a.m. start time. The weekend consists...

WILMINGTON, N.Y. --- The Hoyt’s High Trail on Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y., opened for the first time this skiing and riding season today, Tuesday, Feb. 5. Cut in 2008 a...

LAKE PLACID, NY (Jan. 15) – Olympic freestyle skiing stars in moguls and aerials will come together for the first time this season returning to the 1980 Olympic slopes of Lake Placid, N.Y. for the USANA Freestyle Cup this Thursday through Saturday. The USANA Cup will mark Olympic champion Hannah Kearney's (Norwich, Vt.) return to competition after a training crash took her off the slopes in October. Heather McPhie (Bozeman, Mont.) will be looking to cont...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The 31st Lake Placid Loppet, presented by High Peaks Cyclery, cross-country ski races will be held Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Olympic Sports Complex Cross Coun...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- The cross country ski center at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, in Lake Placid, N.Y., continues its Wee Ski Nordic recreational program, Monday, Jan. 14. This fun family-based “mom and me” program is designed to introduce cross country skiing through play, focusing on the joy of outdoor activities. The program held each Monday through Feb. 4, not only introduces children to cross country skiing, but also works to fine-tune skills through pla...

WILMINGTON, N.Y. – With 16-inches of fresh snowfall and more on its way at Whiteface in Wilmington, N.Y., all skiers and riders will be sure to have an unforgettable Holiday ex...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- Be sure to catch the spirit of the holidays with a visit to the Whiteface Lake Placid, N.Y. region. Voted number-one for off-hill activities by readers of Sk...