Winter Sports Capital of the World: 2025 Events
Lake Placid is often referred to as the “Winter Sports Capital of the World.” The small Adirondack village has hosted over 510 national and international competitions. 115 World Cup competitions, 19 World Championships, countless concerts, festivals, skating, and hockey championships. Oh, and 2 Winter Olympics.*
The Lake Placid Olympic venues, also known as the Lake Placid Legacy Sites, saw some pretty extensive renovations for the 2023 FISU World University Games. These renovations make it possible for more World Cups and Championships to continue coming to Lake Placid. If you’re looking for something to do this winter, come check out one of these four big events happening in 2025.
FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup
January 18-19, 2025 | Olympic Jumping Complex
The FIS Freestyle Aerials World Cup returns to the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid on January 18 and 19. Lake Placid has been a regular stop on the World Cup circuit since 1985, but 2025 marks its first appearance here since 2019. Lake Placid is one of only eight destinations for the 2024/25 FIS Aerials World Cup, so this is a must-see event!
The event will feature individual competitions for men and women, plus a mixed-team event. Watch Olympic gold medalist Christopher Lillis and other members of Team USA, including Winter Vinecki, as they compete against the world’s best in Lake Placid.
Aerials showcases elite athletes performing gravity-defying acrobatic flips, spins, and twists. Athletes are scored based on air, form, and landing success.
Ski Jumping World Cup
February 6-9, 2025 | Olympic Jumping Complex
The Ski Jumping World Cup has become a can’t-miss event in Lake Placid. Featuring athletes like three-time Crystal Globe winner Stefan Kraft, people from around the globe have tuned in to watch as athletes soar through the air. Now doubled in size, this year’s event will feature individual men’s women’s, and mixed team competitions. Come watch in person as these athletes defy gravity!
Elite ski jumpers will soar from the towering heights of Lake Placid’s legendary HS 128 meter jump.
IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup
March 6-9 & 15-16, 2025 | Mt Van Hoevenberg
Lake Placid was recently named as the backup venue for the 2026 Winter Olympics, hosting bobsled, luge, and skeleton events if the Italian track isn’t ready in time. Now’s your chance to see a preview of what those games could look like! Come witness career-defining moments as athletes race down one of the most technical tracks in the world at Mt Van Hoevenberg. Lake Placid Combination Track is considered one of the most technically demanding tracks for sliders of all disciplines, featuring 20 challenging curves (the most of any competitive sliding track.)
Curves 4-9 are known as the “Devil’s Highway”, which makes or breaks a majority of athletes runs by being one of the most technically challenging sections in the world.
ECAC Men’s Hockey Championship
March 21 & 22, 2025 | Olympic Center
Lake Placid hosted the ECAC Men’s Hockey Championship from 1993-2002 and has been hosting annually since 2014. For over 20 years now, the best teams in the Eastern College Athletic Conference have come to the 1980 Herb Brooks arena to claim the top spot and move on to the NCAA DI Championships.
Friday night features two semi-final games, with the championship game on Saturday night. If you like the excitement and fast action of hockey, there is no place better to see it than in the Olympic Center, especially if either local team (Clarkson or St Lawrence) is playing.
Cornell University has won the most ECAC men’s hockey championships with 13, followed by Harvard at 11.
*Competition stats from https://lakeplacidlegacysites.com/events
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