Activities

The specialty of Lake Placid is that it doesn't matter who you are. If you're someone who's been there as long as can be remembered, or if you're someone experiencing it for the first time, it simply doesn't matter...It's regal timelessness and purity leave one in quiet admiration like your soul has never experienced that kind of raw beauty.

Here in Lake Placid, the backdrop for rejuvenation awaits you...

Lake Placid, the humble host of two Winter Olympics, one in 1932 and one in 1980, quietly boasts of history, art, and a view second-to-none. Come see where the 1980's “Miracle on Ice” took place.




If your drive is merely for the nature aspect, there's plenty of room for your skiing, snowboarding, hiking, mountain biking, gondola riding, bobsled and dogsled adventure.



Every summer Lake Placid and I Love NY host a horse show, and neighboring Saranac Lake holds one of the world's oldest Winter Carnivals.