Olympic Sports Complex at Mount Van Hoevenberg

Located just 15 minutes south of downtown Lake Placid, the Olympic Sports Complex on Mount Van Hoevenberg is worth the visit. The training facility is a dream for winter sports fans, with more than 30 miles of cross-country ski trails open to the public. There's also the biathlon shooting range and a combined bobsled-skeleton-luge track that can both be experienced for a fee.

The cross-country skiing and snowshoeing passes are a manageable $20 a day for adults. But the experience packages (biathlete lessons at $55 a session and the bobsled sessions at $79 per run) are expensive for such short activities. One TripAdvisor user notes: "We bought a souvenir frame, but the picture was too small! I would recommend to the bobsled people to lower the cost and get rid of all the extra fluff! It's not needed. And if possible, get a high speed camera for the photo, not some random photo that we can take ourselves!"

The experience packages are only available in the winter season; the complex is open year-round for training and tours. Check the website for more details.