Toboggan Run at Lake Placid, and Sled Dogs

Adirondacks: McKenzie Mountain, 3861' Elevation, First Storm of the Season

Abolitionist John Brown at John Brown Farm State Historic Site in Lake Placid

At Fifty-five, Mt. Van Hoevenberg's "Modern" Base Building Due To Be Replaced

This Modern-design base building at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, the sliding sports training facility and concession near Lake Placid, at 55 years old is a piece of history that apparently has outlived its usefulness. The building is too small. 

The Authority that runs the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg owns far more sliding sports artifacts such as sleds for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton, and other memorabilia, will build a bigger space to develop a much needed museum and will presumably tear down this building in the process. 

Can you hear nostalgia in my post? 

Should an example of Modern winter sports architecture be saved in its own right? Should it give way to a newer building designed to hold its history? Why can't the building itself be seen as a cool part of that history?

Adirondacks: Indian Pass from the Loj Road

My Ticket to Ride the Bobsled at Lake Placid: Terrifying and Yes, I Would Do It Again!

These three children went just ahead of me. Every sled has a driver and a brakeman. I was the only passenger on my trip. The girls' parents rode just after me.

If you think you want to try it, do it.

If you have even the slightest inkling that you don't want to do it, don't; really.

As I said, it is exhilarating and terrifying. The adrenalin rush made me laugh histerically for an hour!

Ski Jumps at Lake Placid at Dusk