Lake Placid's Olympic Venues
Lake Placid's Olympic venues from the cabins: the Miracle on Ice rink and museum, the ski-jump Skyride, the Cliffside Coaster, passes, seasons and a day plan.
Lake Placid held the Winter Olympics in 1932 and again in 1980, and the venues from both Games are still in use. Athletes train on them, and visitors can tour the rink where the Miracle on Ice was played, ride a glass elevator up a ski-jump tower and drive a sled down a mountain coaster laid along the old bobsled run. The Olympic Center is about 52 road miles from the cabins, an hour and a quarter by car; the ski jumps are about 54 miles away and Mt Van Hoevenberg about 60.
Who runs the venues
New York State formed the Olympic Regional Development Authority, known as ORDA, in 1981 to run the venues after the 1980 Games. It still runs them, Whiteface included, and it has since added the Gore and Belleayre ski areas. In Lake Placid it sells four venues together as the Lake Placid Legacy Sites: the Olympic Center on Main Street, the Olympic Jumping Complex on Cascade Road, Mt Van Hoevenberg farther out the same road, and Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington. This guide covers the first three; Whiteface, its gondola and Main Street are in the Lake Placid and Whiteface guide.
These are working sports venues first, so a competition or a training session can close a rink, the oval or a ride on the day you come, and ORDA changes hours, prices and seasons from year to year. Mt Van Hoevenberg posts a daily update with the hours of each activity and whether it is open, and the other venues post their schedules online; check them the morning you drive down.
The Olympic Center
The Olympic Center at 2634 Main Street has four sheets of ice: the 1932 Jack Shea Arena, the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena, the USA Rink and, outside, the James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval. Miracle Plaza, a two-story addition built in the renovation finished for the 2023 World University Games, holds the Lake Placid Olympic Museum and the Miracle Moments Store on the ground floor and Roamer's Café upstairs. The arenas host hockey tournaments and figure skating competitions through the year, and there is public skating in every season.
The 1932 and 1980 arenas
The 1932 arena held the figure skating at those Games, the first time Winter Olympic figure skating was contested indoors, along with some of the hockey. It is named for Jack Shea, the Lake Placid speed skater who recited the Olympic oath for the athletes at the 1932 opening ceremony and then won the 500 and the 1,500 meters on consecutive days, the first American to win two gold medals at one Winter Olympics. His grandson Jim Shea Jr. won the skeleton gold medal in 2002. The 1980 arena is named for Herb Brooks, who coached the U.S. hockey team that year. In the renovation before 2023, both rinks were refitted so they can be converted to international or NHL size, with new seating and concessions.
The Miracle on Ice
On February 22, 1980, in the arena that now carries Brooks's name, a U.S. team of college and other amateur players beat the Soviet Union 4-3 in the medal round. The Soviets were heavy favorites and had won the four previous Olympic tournaments. Two days later the Americans scored three goals in the third period to beat Finland 4-2 for the gold medal. The scoreboard showing USA against USSR stands in Miracle Plaza.
The Lake Placid Olympic Museum
The museum takes the ground-floor corner of Miracle Plaza, next to the Herb Brooks Arena and looking out over the oval. Its collection of Winter Olympic artifacts is one of the largest in North America: torches, pins, uniforms and equipment, with the focus on the 1932 and 1980 Games. The rebuilt galleries added interactive displays and 3D visualizations, including a bobsled simulator and a virtual ski jump seen through a jumper's goggles. Allow at least an hour.
The museum has been open every day from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hours can change with the season, so check the museum's site before you go. Buy tickets online or at the box office in Miracle Plaza; the 2026 prices are in the table under passes below, and children 6 and under get in free.
The Olympic Center Legacy Tour
Two longtime local historians lead an hour-long tour of the building, built around the two stories most visitors come for: the Miracle on Ice and Eric Heiden's five speed skating gold medals of 1980. In 2026 the tour ran Thursday to Sunday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. through October, at $15 for any age; the days change with the season, so check the Olympic Center's site for the current schedule. Buy tickets online or at the front desk, and meet in Miracle Plaza at the scoreboard.
Food, shopping and parking
Roamer's Café, upstairs in Miracle Plaza, looks across the oval to the mountains. It is named for the New York Rangers farm team that was based in the building from 1946 to 1952, and it opens Thursday to Sunday and during events. Main Street's restaurants are a short walk away.
Park in the large municipal lot across Main Street from the Olympic Center. In 2026 it cost $2 an hour while the museum was open, paid at the machine or with the Flowbird app, and the lot has car chargers. There are also metered and unmetered spaces on Main Street and on Parkside Drive beside Mirror Lake, and the USA Lot on Cummings Road across from the high school.
The speed skating oval
The James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval is a 400-meter outdoor track next to the Olympic Center, in front of the high school. It held Lake Placid's first international speed skating race in 1920. At the 1932 Games it was the stage for the opening and closing ceremonies and the speed skating, and the original tiered Olympic podium stood there when Jack Shea was awarded his gold. It also held half of the hockey games and the start and finish of the 18-kilometer cross-country race. In 1980 Eric Heiden won all five men's speed skating events on it, the only skater to win five events at one Olympics. The oval is named for James "Bunny" Sheffield, an organizer and official in winter sports from 1930 on and a president of the Amateur Speedskating Union.
A ten-month rebuild finished in December 2021 tied the oval into the Olympic Center's new four-rink refrigeration system, reshaped the track to meet international competition rules, and added LED lights, a white-dyed concrete surface that absorbs less sun, a skate rental cabin, lean-to huts and a hockey box. In winter, when no race or training session is on, it opens for public skating several nights a week, with rentals on site. In summer it switches to inline skating and biking under the lights. Skating is free on Mirror Lake in winter when conditions allow; the village and the Golden Arrow resort keep tracks cleared near the town beach.
The Olympic Jumping Complex
The ski jumps stand at 5486 Cascade Road, which is NY 73, about 2.5 road miles from the Olympic Center. The Lake Placid Club built the first jump on the site, then called Intervales, in 1920; its 35-meter hill opened with a competition on February 21, 1921, that drew 3,000 people. The hill was enlarged later in the 1920s and used for the 1932 Games, and in 1977 the old tower came down to make way for new 70- and 90-meter jumps for 1980.
Today's hills are the HS100 and the HS128. A rebuild finished in 2021 modernized them: refrigerated inruns with frost rails, recontoured landing hills, better snowmaking, and porcelain tracks and plastic landing surfaces that are watered down in summer, so athletes jump on the same equipment they use in winter. With the frost rails, they are the only jumps in North America approved for year-round jumping, and they host World Cup ski jumping, freestyle aerials and Nordic combined.
The Skyride and the glass elevator
Buy Skyride tickets online ahead of time, then check in at the base lodge, where you confirm the reservation, sign a waiver and get a wristband. An eight-person gondola carries you to the base of the towers, and on training days jumpers launch the length of a football field a few feet from you. From there a glass-enclosed elevator climbs the HS128 tower to an observation deck next to the top of the takeoff ramp, 26 stories up, with a view all the way around to the surrounding mountains. The gondola runs when the weather allows, and the elevator runs all year.
In 2026 the Skyride ran daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through October 12, with the last ticket sold at 4:15 p.m. The schedule changes with the season, so check the jumping complex's site before you go.
The Sky Flyer zip line
The Sky Flyer runs beside the HS100 jump, 700 feet down from the top of a 70-foot tower to a landing deck, at about 30 miles an hour. Riders must be at least 10 years old, 52 to 80 inches tall and 50 to 250 pounds, in closed-toe shoes; it is not recommended in pregnancy or with a heart condition, high blood pressure, recent surgery or a head, neck or bone injury. A zip line ticket includes the Skyride gondola and elevator. In 2026 it ran daily through September 7 and then Thursday to Monday until October 12, and it closes for the winter.
Watching athletes train
Summer is the best time to watch training up close. Jumpers land on the plastic hills, and freestyle aerialists launch off ramps and drop into a large pool whose surface is churned with bubbles to soften the landing; they also practice their flips on trampolines. The pool sits on the far side of the Intervales lodge from the towers, and the complex is one of only two places in the United States with a pool and trampolines for aerial training.
On a few summer Saturdays the venue holds Soaring Saturdays, three rounds of jumping in the early afternoon, 20 minutes apart, with games and giveaways between rounds; in 2026 there were four, from mid-July to early September. The fall weekend to know is the Flaming Leaves Festival, the U.S. ski jumping and Nordic combined championships, on October 10 and 11 in 2026, with gates open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and live music, crafts, food and vendors. The World Cups come in winter: freestyle aerials on January 16 and 17, 2027, then the ski jumping and Nordic combined World Cups from February 5 to 7, 2027. The events calendar has the rest of the year around the cabins.
Park at the Intervales Lodge for the Skyride, the zip line and events: drive past the ticket booth at the upper lot and down the hill to the lodge.
Mt Van Hoevenberg
Mt Van Hoevenberg holds the bobsled, luge and skeleton track, the cross-country and biathlon trails, the Cliffside Coaster and the Mountain Pass Lodge, at 31 Van Hoevenberg Way, 6.7 road miles past the ski jumps.
The bobsled run
The first run, built for the 1932 Games, was the first bobsled track in North America. The track designer Stanislaus Zentzytzki laid out a mile and a half of earthen track with 26 curves on the north slope of the mountain; clearing began in August 1930, and the run opened to the public on Christmas Day, 148 days later. In 1934 a new one-mile international standard closed the top half mile and cut the run to 16 curves. The run was torn down and rebuilt with refrigeration in 1979 for the 1980 Games, and the historic run is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The world's first formal women's bobsled program started here in 1981.
The track in use today was built for the 2000 Goodwill Games on the site of the 1980 luge track: a combined bobsled, luge and skeleton run 1,455 meters long, with 20 curves, a drop of 128 meters and named sections such as Benham's Bend, for the 1949 world champion Stanley Benham, and the Devil's Highway, turns five through seven. Counting the older runs, the mountain has hosted two Olympic Games, 13 bobsled and skeleton world championships and two luge world championships. The current work replaces the old refrigeration plant, which dates from the late 1970s, with an energy-efficient one, adds roof and shade structures over seven curves, and builds terraced walkways and viewing platforms for spectators.
The Bobsled Experience
The Bobsled Experience puts visitors in a real sled on the Olympic track with a professional driver and a professional brakeman, and you can bring up to two other riders along. In winter it runs on ice; in summer a wheeled sled runs down the lower half-mile of concrete track from Start 4 at up to about 50 miles an hour. As of October 2026 it was listed as unavailable because of the track work, so check before you plan around it. When it runs, riders in the middle of the sled must be 9 or older and riders at the rear 13 or older, at least 52 inches tall and no more than 300 pounds. A winter Skeleton Experience, head first at about 30 miles an hour, has run on set dates; check the 2026-27 schedule.
The Cliffside Coaster
The Cliffside Coaster opened in the fall of 2020 and is the longest mountain coaster in North America, more than 7,000 feet of rail laid along the line of the 1932 and 1980 bobsled runs. Riders control their own speed, up to 25 miles an hour, through sharp corners, cliffside banks and long winding stretches, and a timing and audio system copies the feel of an Olympic bobsled run. A ride takes about eight minutes.
The coaster was closed for all of 2025 during the track construction and came back in 2026. That summer it ran Wednesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through June 26 and then daily through September 7, and the fall season runs Wednesday to Sunday from September 8 to October 31. In past winters it has run on weekends when the weather and the track allowed, by reservation. The schedule changes every season, so check Mt Van Hoevenberg's site or its daily update before you go. Tickets are sold for a set date and time, so book ahead and arrive 10 to 15 minutes early; the coaster closes in bad weather.
Drivers riding alone must be 9 or older and at least 52 inches tall. A driver carrying a passenger must be 18 or older, and the passenger must be 3 to 12 years old and at least 36 inches tall. Each sled has a combined limit of 300 pounds.
The Mountain Pass Lodge
The lodge, new in 2021, was part of the rebuild for the World University Games: 55,000 square feet on three levels, with the ticket counter for the coaster and the sliding rides, the Mountain Pass Mercantile, a Swix concept store, the 81-18 Café for grab-and-go and fresh meals, and Henry's Tavern, a full bar serving lunch on the third floor. Athletes share the building, which has a weight room, a running track and an iced start ramp, the only indoor push-start facility for bobsled and skeleton in the United States.
The one-hour Mt Van Hoevenberg Legacy Tour starts at the lodge and goes on foot and by bus along the track, with close-up views of its curves, the Nordic competition course and the push-start building. It is outdoors on uneven ground in any weather, so wear closed-toe shoes.
Biathlon, luge and climbing
Discover Biathlon pairs skiing with shooting on the Olympic biathlon range: in winter an hour-long ski lesson, a short video and instruction on the range, and in summer a mountain bike lesson and guided ride in place of the ski lesson. Shooters 12 and up use a .22 rifle, and a laser rifle lets younger children try the range. Discover Luge puts beginners on wheeled luge sleds on the paved roller loops for an hour with professional instructors, for ages 9 and up and at least 52 inches tall, on summer afternoons from Tuesday to Saturday, weather permitting. Hi Notch Indoor Climbing has more than 1,500 feet of climbing space, a 30-foot top-rope wall, three auto-belays, lead routes, a bouldering wall and a traverse wall; it provides shoes, harnesses, belay devices and chalk, and it added an adjustable Tension Board 2 training wall in 2026.
Hiking, biking and skiing
The East Trail, opened in 2018, climbs from the lodge to the summit of Mt Van Hoevenberg on switchbacks and low stone steps that never pass a 12 percent grade, about 4.7 miles out and back, to a wide view of the High Peaks. Sign in at the kiosk by the lodge. Shorter loops start from the same place, from the 1.4-mile Lover's Lane, the easiest, to the 3.3-mile Hi-Notch, the hardest. Dogs are welcome on a leash, and hikers park free in Lot 3, which has car chargers. Mountain bikers get more than 30 kilometers of ski trail and single track in summer. In winter the trails are groomed for cross-country skiing and biathlon; the cross-country skiing guide has the passes, rentals and snowmaking.
The 2023 World University Games upgrades
Lake Placid hosted the FISU World University Games from January 12 to 22, 2023, with about 1,400 college athletes from 46 countries, and the state rebuilt its Olympic venues for them. Over six years New York invested more than $550 million in ORDA's facilities, $104 million of it in the Olympic Center for the two arenas, the oval, the refrigeration plant, larger guest spaces, the museum and Miracle Plaza. During the Games the Olympic Center held the opening and closing ceremonies, the skating events and the hockey medal rounds. At the jumps, a $2.9 million gondola that rises just over 200 vertical feet replaced an old double chairlift. Besides the lodge, Mt Van Hoevenberg got a new Nordic stadium and biathlon range, an 8-million-gallon snowmaking reservoir and 4 kilometers of trail paved for roller skiing. The 1980 Games here were the first Olympics to use snow machines.
Passes and prices
ORDA sells tickets at each venue and online, plus a Lake Placid Legacy Sites Passport that bundles one visit to several of the main attractions with discounts on others. The 2026 summer passport cost $69 for adults and $59 for ages 7 to 19, seniors 65 and over and military, and children 6 and under were free. It covered one Skyride, one ride on the Cloudsplitter Gondola at Whiteface and entry to the Olympic Museum, with $10 off a Cliffside Coaster ride and 10 percent off at the venues' shops and food counters. What it covers and the dates it is valid change from year to year, so read the current list on the Legacy Sites passport page before you buy.
The winter passport has run from early December to mid-March. For 2025-26 it cost $49 to $59 and covered skating on the oval, the museum, the Skyride and the Whiteface gondola, with 20 percent off a cross-country pass at Mt Van Hoevenberg. These were the latest single-ticket prices on the venues' sites. ORDA changes them every season, so check each venue's page before you go:
| Ticket | Adult price | Other prices and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Placid Olympic Museum | $15, ages 20 and up | $12 for ages 7 to 19, students, seniors and military; 6 and under free |
| Olympic Center Legacy Tour | $15 | Same price for every age; one hour |
| Public skating on the oval, winter 2025-26 | $15, ages 20 to 64 | $12 for ages 7 to 19, 65 and over and military; 6 and under free; skate rental $10 |
| Skyride | $20, ages 13 to 64 | $15 for ages 7 to 12, 65 and over and military; 6 and under free |
| Sky Flyer zip line | $30, ages 13 to 64 | $25 for juniors, seniors and military; includes the Skyride |
| Cliffside Coaster | $55 a ride for the driver | $10 for a child passenger; lower rates for military and groups |
| Mt Van Hoevenberg Legacy Tour | $15, ages 13 to 64 | $10 for ages 7 to 12, 65 and over and military; 6 and under free |
| Discover Luge | $65 | Summer only, ages 9 and up |
For a single venue, the single ticket is the cheaper buy.
Which venues work in which season
Summer and early fall, mid-May into October, are the easiest time to see all three venues in one day, with every ride running. Winter is the season for skating, skiing and the World Cups. The table shows the pattern in 2026; the dates shift a little each year.
| Venue | Summer | Fall | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Center | Museum daily; Legacy Tour; evening public skating indoors and inline skating on the oval | Museum daily; Legacy Tour Thursday to Sunday through October | Museum daily; public skating on the oval several nights a week; hockey and skating events |
| Olympic Jumping Complex | Skyride daily; Sky Flyer daily; athletes training onto plastic and into the pool | Skyride daily and Sky Flyer Thursday to Monday until mid-October; Flaming Leaves Festival | Elevator to the deck all year, gondola when the weather allows; World Cup aerials, ski jumping and Nordic combined |
| Mt Van Hoevenberg | Coaster; Discover Luge; mountain biking; hiking; climbing; Legacy Tour | Coaster Wednesday to Sunday through October 31; hiking; Legacy Tour | Cross-country skiing and biathlon; skeleton rides when scheduled; coaster when the weather allows |
For an October trip, the fall foliage guide times the color on the drive south.
With children
Most of the venues work for families, but the rides have age, height and weight rules. Measure children before you buy tickets.
| Activity | Who can go |
|---|---|
| Skyride gondola and elevator | All ages; 6 and under free |
| Olympic Museum | All ages; 6 and under free |
| Cliffside Coaster | Drive alone at 9 and 52 inches; ride as a passenger at 3 to 12 and 36 inches, with a driver 18 or older |
| Sky Flyer zip line | Ages 10 and up, 52 to 80 inches, 50 to 250 pounds |
| Discover Luge | Ages 9 and up, at least 52 inches |
| Discover Biathlon | Laser rifle at any age; .22 rifle at 12 and up |
| Bobsled Experience, when it runs | Middle seat at 9 and up, rear seat at 13 and up, at least 52 inches |
| Public skating on the oval | All ages; 6 and under free |
For a rainy afternoon, the Olympic Center added a Multi-Sport Simulator in 2026 with golf, baseball, football, soccer, basketball, hockey and target games for all ages. The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, with its treetop walk and river otters, is the other big family day trip from the cabins; see the Wild Center guide. The family stays page covers the cabins for a family of four. The cabins themselves are not suitable for children under 10, per their listings' house rules, so a family with small children will need to stay elsewhere for this trip.
Getting there from the cabins
From the cabins, take the county roads out to County Route 25 and on to NY 30, then follow NY 30 south past Meacham Lake to Paul Smiths, about 31 road miles. Turn east onto NY 86 and follow it through Saranac Lake, about 43 miles from the cabins, toward Lake Placid; Old Military Road brings you into the village by the Olympic Center. Main Street is about 52 road miles from the cabins, an hour and a quarter. The Saranac Lake and Paul Smith's guide covers the stops on the way.
The ski jumps are about 2.5 miles from the Olympic Center by NY 73, which runs out of the village as Sentinel Road and then Cascade Road, to the Intervales Lodge; that is about 54 road miles from the cabins in all. Mt Van Hoevenberg is about 6.7 miles past the jumps, out NY 73 and up the venue road, about 60 road miles from the cabins, roughly an hour and a half.
A winter visit usually means driving home after dark; read the winter driving guide before you plan a late return.
A day at the venues
Two venues make a comfortable day from the cabins and three make a full one. This plan works on a summer or fall weekend, when all three are open; start at the farthest venue and work back toward home.
| Time | Plan |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Leave the cabins for Mt Van Hoevenberg, about 60 road miles. |
| 9:30 a.m. | Hike the East Trail, or take the Legacy Tour of the track if one fits your morning. |
| 11:30 a.m. | The Cliffside Coaster at your booked time, then lunch at the 81-18 Café in the lodge. |
| 1:30 p.m. | Drive 6.7 miles back to the ski jumps for the Skyride and the deck, and the zip line for anyone 10 or older. In 2026 the last Skyride ticket sold at 4:15. |
| 3:15 p.m. | Drive 2.5 miles to the Olympic Center for the museum, which closes at 5, and the scoreboard in Miracle Plaza. |
| 5:00 p.m. | Dinner on Main Street, or start home: about 52 road miles, an hour and a quarter. |
From Thursday to Sunday, you can swap the morning for the Olympic Center Legacy Tour at 11 a.m. and do the jumps and the coaster in the afternoon. In winter, ski or snowshoe at Mt Van Hoevenberg in the morning, see the museum in the afternoon and skate the oval in the evening if a public session is on.
Accessibility and dogs
The Skyride gondola was installed to ADA standards, the museum holds a Wheel the World accessibility certification, and Mt Van Hoevenberg is listed as wheelchair accessible. Call ahead if anyone in your group uses a wheelchair: the Legacy Tour at Mt Van Hoevenberg crosses uneven ground, and the rides have physical requirements.
Dogs on a leash are welcome on the hiking trails at Mt Van Hoevenberg. For the rides, the museum and the arenas, check each venue's rules before you bring one. The cabins take pets for a fee; see bringing your dog.
Good to know
- The top of the ski-jump tower is 26 stories up, with an enclosed observation room and an outdoor deck. Bring a jacket, even in summer.
- Every one of the cabins has a private hot tub and a fire pit for the end of a long day out, and The Modern Pine and The Aviator have Jøtul gas stoves.
Questions
How far are Lake Placid's Olympic venues from the cabins?
The Olympic Center on Main Street is about 52 road miles from the cabins, an hour and a quarter by car, by NY 30 south to Paul Smiths and NY 86 through Saranac Lake. The ski jumps are about 54 miles away and Mt Van Hoevenberg about 60, roughly an hour and a half. The Saranac Lake guide covers the stops on the way.
Can you still ride the Olympic bobsled track?
Not as of October 2026. The Bobsled Experience, a ride with a professional driver and brakeman, was listed as unavailable because of work on the track. The Cliffside Coaster, which follows the line of the 1932 and 1980 runs, came back in 2026, and a winter Skeleton Experience has run on set dates. Check Mt Van Hoevenberg's pages before you go.
Is the Lake Placid Legacy Sites Passport worth buying?
It is if you will use most of it. The 2026 summer passport cost $69 for adults and $59 for ages 7 to 19, seniors and military, and covered a Skyride, the Olympic Museum and the Whiteface gondola, with money off the coaster. The museum alone was $15 and the Skyride $20, so for one venue buy single tickets. What the passport covers changes each year, so check the list before you buy.
Where can I see the Miracle on Ice rink?
The 1980 Herb Brooks Arena is inside the Olympic Center at 2634 Main Street. The hour-long Olympic Center Legacy Tour covers it; in 2026 the tour ran Thursday to Sunday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. through October, at $15 for any age, starting at the USA versus USSR scoreboard in Miracle Plaza. Check the current schedule before you go. The Olympic Museum is next door.
What can children do at the Olympic venues?
Children of any age can ride the Skyride gondola and elevator, visit the museum, which is free for ages 6 and under, and skate on the oval. On the Cliffside Coaster, children 3 to 12 and at least 36 inches tall ride as passengers with a driver 18 or older. The zip line starts at age 10 and Discover Luge at 9.
What is open at the Olympic venues in winter?
The museum is open daily, the oval opens for public skating several nights a week when no race is on, the ski-jump elevator runs all year, and Mt Van Hoevenberg grooms its trails for skiing; see cross-country skiing. The zip line closes and the coaster runs only when the weather allows. The aerials World Cup is on January 16 and 17, 2027, and the ski jumping and Nordic combined World Cups run February 5 to 7.
Where do I park for the Olympic Center?
Use the large municipal lot across Main Street from the Olympic Center. In 2026 it cost $2 an hour while the museum was open, paid at the machine or with the Flowbird app. There are also metered spaces on Main Street and Parkside Drive and the USA Lot on Cummings Road. At the ski jumps, park at the Intervales Lodge; hikers at Mt Van Hoevenberg park free in Lot 3.
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The aviation cabin: flight-themed décor, a Jøtul gas stove, a large open deck with its own hot tub, and a smokeless fire pit on the lawn.
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