Lake Placid: Bring A Sled For Adirondack Family Fun

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Our car in the winter looks like a sporting goods store. Ice skates, sleds and snowshoes are the standard elements for winter fun for our family in the Adirondacks. 


Sledding in Lake Placid can be tricky. Though most people will go sledding on local golf courses, do realize that it is private property and you are considered a trespasser. 


One of the wonderful things about an old fashioned sledding hill is anyone can do it from the youngest to eldest in your group. 

Sadly, kids, families and young people think the only way to sled is to go tubing at one of the ski mountains like Titus Mountain, Mt Pisgah or near Whiteface at the Lake Placid Ski Jumps. This is better exercise and it's free.


© Diane Chase, author of Adirondack Family Time: Tri-Lakes and High Peaks (Your Four-Season Guide to Over 300 Activities) for the towns of Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Jay/Upper Jay, Wilmington, Keene/Keene Valley which is available online or bookstores/museums/sporting good stores. Diane is currently working on the second guidebook in the four-book series of Adirondack Family Activities.

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