SARANAC LAKE — The construction of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace is well underway, with thick ice blocks being stacked, sculpted and sealed in place. The centerpiece of Carnival is a major draw for tourists to visit Saranac Lake on the weekends of the 10-day festival, which ...
LAKE PLACID — USA Luge’s Sean Hollander is expecting the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics to be a completely different experience than the first time he competed in 2022. Back then, the Lake Placid native and his doubles luge partner Zack DiGregorio were the youngest American lugers ...
LAKE PLACID — USA Luge’s Summer Britcher has spent more than a decade breaking women’s singles records deemed impossible by an American slider. This season has been no different for the 31-year-old. She’s a serious medal contender for the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics, while ...
WILMINGTON — By any metric, it’s been a ski season for the ages. Frequent snows, persistently cold temperatures and an around-the-clock mountain operations regimen have resulted in north of 90% of Whiteface Mountain’s terrain opening weeks, if not a month or more ahead of normal ...
Forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation responded to a rescue call for a hiker and their dog who became lost in treacherous weather conditions on Giant Mountain last week. Rangers also performed snow stability tests ahead of the Jan. 25-26 nor’easter, finding ...