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The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was created in 1980 to oversee the facilities associated with the Olympics. They continue to make sure the facilities are purposefully reimagined to keep the communities and mountains enticing. Now they are involved in making a new ride at Gore mountain, the largest in the state.
The unique “rail zipline" appears to be a combination of a downhill chairlift and zip...
LAKE PLACID â Lake Placid appears to be in for another busy summer season this year as tourism officials expect a continuation of last yearâs rubber-tire travel trend. Lake Placid is almost always busy in the summer. The village and town of North Elba host a variety of large-scale sporting events; itâs in close proximity to the High Peaks Wilderness, popular with hikers; and its Main Street is walkable with a variety of businesses and restaurants. Itâs also been a popular vacation destination for generations. Last year, it was unclear if the usual influx of tourists in the...
pcrowley@adirondackdailyenterprise.com This is the lobby of the new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg March 14. (Enterprise photo â Peter Crowley) There is a running track on the first floor of the new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg. (Enterprise photo â Peter Crowley) This outdoor deck is just off the food service area of the new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg. (Enterprise photo â Peter Crowley) A new medals plaza, which might be used for ourdoor concerts, ws built in front of the bobsled-skeleton-luge track at Mount Van Hoeve...
Special to the News Kris Cheney-Seymour finishes a ski in front of the new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg on March 14. (News photo — Peter Crowley) LAKE PLACID — As Kris Cheney-Seymour gave a tour of the enormous new Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg on March 14, at one point he said, without breaking his matter-of-fact tone, this is now “one of the greatest Nordic venues on the planet.” He also said the investment will pay off for a century to come. “We’ve built a venue that, for recreation, healthy lifestyle and sport, will last 100 years,” he said.