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Peter Penguins Map of the Lake Placid Olympic Site
Lake Placid hosts the 1932 Winter Games with Whiteface Mountain for Alpine skiing about 10 miles from town and Mt. Van Hoevenberg for bobsled luge cross country and biathlon six and a half miles away. The luge run is refrigerated and 1000 meters long. Interval Hill for ski jumping is near the town center. Figure skating ice hockey and a newly redone Olympic Arena serve events. A newly built refrigerated speed skating oval sits by Lake Placid High School. Housing for 1200 athletes and 600 officials lies five miles away, with strict security. post Games the housing becomes a prison.
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Whiteface Mountain
Lake Placid
Mt. van Hoevenberg
Interval Hill
Olympic Arena
Lake Placid High School