• Adirondack Mountains
  

  
  Majestic and wild, the Adirondacks, a mountain range with 42 peaks over 4000 ft high, rival any of the nation's wilderness areas for sheer awe-inspiring beauty. The park and forest preserve include towns, mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 2000 miles of hiking trails. There's good trout, salmon and pike fishing, along with excellent camping spots.
  
  

• Lake Placid
  

  
  The body of water called Lake Placid is in the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York in the United States of America. The lake is approximately 2,170 acres, and has an average depth of about 50 feet.
  
  

• Lake Placid Village
  

  
  Lake Placid is best known as the two-time site of the Winter Olympics. Lake Placid first hosted in 1932 and they hosted the event again 48 years later in 1980. Hotels, restaurants, bookstores and shops line the frontier-like main street in town, which actually fronts Mirror Lake. Skiers head to nearby Whiteface Mountain, with 80 trails and a serious 1000 m/ 3400 ft vertical drop.
  
  

• Whiteface Mountain
  

  
  At 4,900 ft (1,480 m), Whiteface Mountain's summit offers a 360-degree view of the Adirondacks and clear-day glimpses of Vermont and even Canada. Unique among the High Peaks, Whiteface features a developed summit and accessibility by motor vehicle. Whiteface Memorial Highway reaches a parking area at an elevation of 4,600 feet (1,400 m), with the remaining 267 feet (80 m) being obtained by tunnel and elevator. The mountain's east slope is home to a major ski area which hosted the alpine skiing competition of the 1980 Winter Olympics.
  
  

• Whiteface Mountain Ski Area
  

  
  Whiteface is one of the top ski resorts in the Northeast. It was a prime venue of the 1980 Winter Olympics. Whiteface's highest lift unloads at 4,385 feet (1,340 m), a vertical drop of 3,165 ft (1,000 m). It has 1 gondola and 9 chairlifts
  
  

• Adirondack Scenic Railroad
  

  
  The Adirondack Scenic Railroad is a tourist railway located in the Adirondack Park that operates on the tracks between Utica and Lake Placid.
  
  

• Slide Climbing
  

  
  The High Peaks Region is becoming quite well known for their slides and the use of those slides to access the summit of many of the High Peaks. Most slides don't require ropes, just good traction boots.
  
  

• Canoeing and kayaking
  

  
  With over 3,000 lakes and ponds in the Adirondacks and 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, finding a paddling spot is simply a matter of narrowing it down
  
  

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