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Whiteface Lodge
7 Whiteface Inn Ln, Lake Placid, NY 12946
Lowest upcoming
$234
27 May 2026
Highest upcoming
$8,933
14 Aug 2026
Median nightly
$472
across 365 upcoming days
Cheapest week
1 to 7 Jun
22% below annual median
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Cheapest week ahead: 1–7 Jun 2026
at $367/night
(22% below median)
Review
Condé Nast Readers' Choice 2025 · 2023 · 2021 · 2019
Character and identity
Whiteface Lodge sits a short walk from downtown Lake Placid, designed as a modern homage to the Great Adirondack Camps the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts once built. Completed in 2005 but evoking 1905, the 94-room lodge is timbered from the surrounding forests and fitted out by local artisans: wilderness paintings, stained-glass lamps, antler chandeliers, stone fireplaces. Suites come with full kitchens for long stays. Kanu is the cavernous, skylit signature dining room; Peak 47 is the livelier bar with live music. A spa, bowling alley, movie theater, ice rink and cigar lean-tos round out a service culture that's polite, informal and often on first-name terms.
Who's it for
Best for:
Multigenerational families and couples who want an Adirondack basecamp with serious amenity depth, the kind of guest who'll happily settle in for a week, cook a meal in the suite, ski or hike by day, and end the evening at the firepit with s'mores. Returning regulars set the tone.
Should look elsewhere:
Anyone after a sleek, design-forward urban hotel or true wilderness seclusion. With roughly a third of rooms fractionally owned, the vibe leans clubby and family-heavy rather than anonymous-luxe. Remote workers should note the in-room Wi-Fi can be patchy.
Bottom line
The draw here is amenity density and a genuinely distinctive Adirondack-camp aesthetic, not cutting-edge design or polished resort formality. Book a one-bedroom suite in the main lodge for the kitchen, fireplace and balcony, and aim for a winter stay when the ice rink, ski shuttle and fireside lean-tos are in full swing. Families and returning couples get the most value.
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7 Whiteface Inn Ln, Lake Placid, NY 12946
New York, United States · 44.2972° N, 74.0106° W
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Breakfast buffet
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