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In
presenting the 1932 and 1980 Games, Lake Placid New York is one
of only three communities in the world to have hosted two Winter
Olympics. Only Innsbruck, Austria, and St. Moritz, Switzerland
share this distinction. The Adirondack Park is one of the world's
great wilderness frontiers. Forged by shifting glaciers more than
10,000 years ago, its landscape is one of soaring mountains, sweeping
lakes, mighty rivers, and dense pine and hardwood forests abundant
with wildlife. At
6.1 million acres, it is America's largest wilderness park outside
of Alaska. Spread over nearly a third of New York State, the
Park covers more ground than Grand Canyon and Yellowstone national
parks combined. Lake Placid is set in the heart of the mountains,
in the northeastern part of the Park. Here you will find hundreds
of miles of beautiful backcountry ski trails with cross country
skiers poling their way from village to village, skiing and
stopping along the way to sample delicious homecooked meals
at many of the colorful Lake Placid hotels, restaurants, trailside
inns and Bed and Breakfasts. For Alpine Skiers, the Adirondacks
boast over 30 ski mountains including Gore and Whiteface Mountain
offering the steepest vertical drop in the East. |
