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Lake Placid

Lake Placid Combined Sliding Track

Mount Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid, New York · United States

Racing today in bobsleigh, luge and skeleton.

Start Lowest point Mapped line 1,657 m, including run-out and start spurs. Shape © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Real track · Published figures

Opened
2000
Status
Racing today
Length
1,455 m
Drop
128 m
Curves
20

Track figures for bobsleigh and men's luge; FIL gives 1,360 m and 19 curves for men's luge.

Explore the track

The Slidensa model, drawn over the real ground. Follow the run into every curve.

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Game model · Two-man bobsleigh reference run. These lengths, speeds and loads come from Slidensa’s physics and can differ from the real track’s published figures.

Length
1,646m
Drop
128m
Curves
20
Top speed
136km/h
Peak load
4.7g
Reference run
0:58.67
Curve-by-curve guide · 20 curves

The three curves in lime pull hardest in the reference run.

  1. Curve 1 138° right 1.7 g · 56 km/h
  2. Curve 2 58° left Cliffside 2.1 g · 78 km/h
  3. Curve 3 133° left Cliffside 3.7 g · 91 km/h
  4. Curve 4 2° right Whiteface 1.0 g · 97 km/h
  5. Curve 5 159° right Devil's Highway 3.8 g · 100 km/h
  6. Curve 6 72° left Devil's Highway 4.7 g · 109 km/h
  7. Curve 7 32° left Devil's Highway 3.1 g · 117 km/h
  8. Curve 8 168° right Devil's Highway 4.6 g · 115 km/h
  9. Curve 9 83° right Devil's Highway 4.0 g · 117 km/h
  10. Curve 10 8° left Shady II 2.3 g · 125 km/h
  11. Curve 11 37° left Labyrinth 3.5 g · 128 km/h
  12. Curve 12 69° right Labyrinth 3.6 g · 130 km/h
  13. Curve 14 161° left Benham's Bend 4.3 g · 130 km/h
  14. Curve 13 57° left Labyrinth 3.8 g · 130 km/h
  15. Curve 15 61° left Chicane 4.2 g · 131 km/h
  16. Curve 16 30° right Chicane 3.8 g · 135 km/h
  17. Curve 19 155° left The Heart 4.5 g · 132 km/h
  18. Curve 17 32° left The Heart 3.4 g · 134 km/h
  19. Curve 18 62° left The Heart 4.2 g · 132 km/h
  20. Curve 20 55° right Finish 4.2 g · 128 km/h

The story

Mount Van Hoevenberg near Lake Placid has had a bob run since Christmas Day 1930, and earlier tracks here served the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. The present combined track for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton was completed in January 2000. It has since hosted World Championships in all three sports, most recently the bobsleigh and skeleton Worlds in 2025. It was also the standby venue for the 2026 Olympics, though it was not needed.

  • The original 1930 run had 26 curves over 2,366 m.
  • A sequence of curves in its upper half is called Devil's Highway.
  • The old Olympic bob run was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

Today

A refrigerated track of 20 curves in the Adirondack woods, with junior starts and two start ramps for luge training.

See the place on OpenStreetMap
The sliding tracks on Mt. Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid, from the air.
The sliding tracks on Mt. Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid, from the air. Photo: Ermentrude, Public domain.

Racing history

Earliest and latest recorded race of each event at this level, from published results.

World Championships

Two-man bob 2003–2025
Four-man bob 2003–2025
Women's bob 2009–2025
Women's monobob 2025
Para bobsleigh 2019
Men's luge 2009
Women's luge 2009
Doubles luge 2009
Luge team relay 2009
Men's skeleton 2009–2025
Women's skeleton 2009–2025
Skeleton mixed team 2025

World Cup

Two-man bob 2022–2024
Four-man bob 2022
Women's bob 2022–2024
Women's monobob 2022–2024
Men's skeleton 2022–2024
Women's skeleton 2022–2024