Skis dangle fom the lift ready to put down on a trail in the snow at New York's Lake Placid/Whiteface ski resort, home to the alpine skiing event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.  

A view of one of Lake Placid/Whiteface's 86 trails  

A skiier zips down a Whiteface slope. Whiteface has the steepest vertical drop—3,430 feet—in the East.  

Stirring up snow on a freshly groomed trail  

The Upper Northway run gets groomed  

A fresh slope awaits skiiers  

Negotiating the terrain among the trees—Whiteface offers 53 acres of tree skiing and 35 acres of double-black diamond wilderness terrain, called 'The Slides.'  

A skiier catches big air in the resort's Olympic Park.  

A brighly dressed snowboarder stands out against the blue sky.