Effective immediately, the Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid, is offering a new “Champagne & Ski” package. The new package provides one all-day, adult ski lift ticket to Whiteface Mountain per room night booked. If guests choose to book two nights, they will receive one free lift ticket each day. Additionally, if three or more room nights are booked, guests will also receive a complimentary bottle of champagne– an ideal après ski treat. Prices for a one bedroom suite begin at $495 per night, inclusive of taxes and fees. (One all-day, adult ski lift ticket at Whiteface Mountain is $79 /non-holiday and $84 / holiday, the latter includes Christmas, Martin Luther King Weekend and President’s Day Weekend).

Snow enthusiasts will appreciate the many inclusive services and amenities offered by the Whiteface Lodge, such as a daily full American breakfast in Kanu, the resort’s main dining area; a heated indoor/outdoor pool and whirlpool; an onsite three-season ice skating rink with skates provided; nightly s’mores around a roaring bonfire (marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers included); a family room with air hockey, foosball and a regulation two-lane bowling alley; a modern fitness center; snow-shoeing with trails just steps away from the property (snowshoes provided); and more.

Whiteface Mountain, Lake Placid, features 11 ski lifts and 87 trails. It also boasts the highest vertical drop on the east coast and at the same time, offers a variety of terrain to suit skiers and snowboarders of all levels. Equally alluring is Whiteface Mountain’s rich Olympic heritage– it was the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics where one of the world’s most respected American ski racers, Phil Mahre, earned a silver medal in the slalom.

Whiteface Lodge, www.thewhitefacelodge.com; Whiteface Mountain, www.whiteface.com