A wealth of outdoor activities.

Everything within reach of the cabins, written by the people who live here. Trails, water, snow, Olympic history and dinner, all measured in minutes from your own dock on Lake Flower.

Renowned hiking trails, minutes from your cabin door

Baker Mountain in an hour, Ampersand in an afternoon, and the High Peaks whenever you are ready. Here is how to hike Saranac Lake from Colden Lodge.

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Fishing the Saranac chain, from your own dock

Cast off the dock at first light or run the chain for pike, walleye and lake trout. A practical guide to fishing Lake Flower and the Saranac Lakes.

Paddle out from your own private dock

Lake Flower to Oseetah, Kiwassa and the Saranac Lakes. Routes, timings and the famous 90-Miler, all from the Colden Lodge dock.

Whiteface Mountain: the biggest vertical in the East

Roughly forty minutes from the lodge sits an Olympic mountain with 3,430 feet of vertical drop, plus a summit highway, a gondola and High Falls Gorge.

Titus Mountain and Mount Pisgah: the local hills

Not every ski day needs to be an Olympic one. Mount Pisgah is minutes away and Titus Mountain is the friendly, affordable big day out.

The Olympic venues of Lake Placid

Twenty minutes from the lodge you can stand on the Miracle on Ice rink, ride a bobsled, and take a lift up a ski jump tower.

Snowshoeing through an Adirondack winter wonderland

If you can walk, you can snowshoe. The quietest and cheapest way to see the Adirondacks in winter, with routes from twenty minutes to a full day.

Where to eat: Saranac Lake and beyond

Many local restaurants, all within a short ride. Here is how the eating out actually works in Saranac Lake, from morning coffee to the good bottle of wine.

The Wild Center: a morning in the Adirondack treetops

Treetop bridges, a bald eagle's nest you can stand in, river otters and 115 acres of woods along the Raquette River. Why The Wild Center in Tupper Lake belongs on every Colden Lodge itinerary.

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