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The world’s playground
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Adirondack Daily Enterprise / Adirondack Vacation Guide • Winter/Spring 2021-22
ince the early 1900s, our communities have hosted international sporting events — from speedskating on frozen lakes to two Olympic Winter Games, a Winter World University Games in 1972 and another one on the way in 2023, the only Winter Goodwill Games in 2000, and countless World Cup events in Lake Placid and Wilmington. And they keep coming. Yet, for the average person, this winter playground offers a lot more than watching the world’s best winter athletes compete here. If you’re a resident or a visitor of the
Adirondack Park, it doesn’t matter. Visitors have a variety of activities to fill their weekend or week-long trip: downhill or crosscountry skiing, snowboarding, skating, ice climbing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice fishing, sleigh riding, dog sledding, etc. Residents make outdoor fun part of their everyday lives. They take advantage of fresh snow and take a day off from work to ski or snowboard. They spend weekends ice fishing in their shacks. They hit a cross-country ski trail as part of their morning ritual. This is where the world comes to play.
Giant Mountain Photo by Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism
