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.