Book a slot on the 1980 Olympic track. 90 mph, 4 G's in the corners, professional pilot, you hang on.
1980 Olympic track. 90 mph, 4 G's, pro pilot, you hang on. One minute of pure terror and glory. Lake Placid Lodge for the shaky post-run whiskey.
Bobsled day one, Whiteface day two, Saranac Brewery tour day three. Lake Placid Lodge lakeside dinner by the fire. Cold, loud, memorable.
Adirondack Great Camp on Lake Placid — log lodge, hand-chinked stonework, Arts & Crafts furniture in every cabin. Bachelor angle: Mt. Van Hoevenberg's bobsled experience drops the crew into the original 1980 Olympic track at 55 mph behind a pro driver. Whiteface for skiing, Lake Placid Pub for the post-track beer, the Olympic Center for the 1980 Miracle on Ice memorabilia. Day two: ice skating on Mirror Lake or a guided cross-country tour. Decompression at the lodge's Artisans Restaurant with a flight of upstate single-malts. Saranac Lake Adirondack Regional (SLK) is 25 minutes; Albany (ALB) is the major gateway.
Whistler Sliding Centre — the actual 2010 Olympic bobsled track — runs passenger sliding sessions in summer and winter (50-85 CAD/person, 125+ km/h, three-person bobsled with a pro pilot). Day-two heli-ski with Whistler Heli-Skiing or Blackcomb Helicopters into Tordrillo-grade powder fields. Sleep at the Four Seasons Whistler or the Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Dinner at Araxi (Pacific Northwest, the Whistler institution). Day-three Peak2Peak Gondola ride (longest unsupported gondola in the world, 2.7 miles), zipline, brewery tour at Whistler Brewing. Vancouver (YVR) is 90 minutes south by Sea to Sky Highway.