Visiting the Olympic sites and hiking the Adirondacks can leave any visitor to Lake Placid in dire need of a good beer. We were, of course, no exception. Our days snowshoeing through the woods and checking out the Olympic history of the town left us in desperate need of refreshment. So when we heard that [...]

It couldn’t be much further now. It seemed we had been hiking for hours. It was only supposed to be a little over three miles away, and the trail was mostly flat. What was taking us so long? Had we taken another one of our notorious wrong turns? Where was Lake Placid? It was a [...]

The tiny village of Lake Placid, tucked away in the High Peaks region of New York’s Adirondack Mountains, has witnessed some of the greatest moments — and miracles — in Olympic history. When it hosted in 1932, 16-year-old figure skater Sonja Heine took the gold while local hero, speed skater Jack Shea, took home two. [...]