If you are looking for a thrilling ride this spring and summer how about riding the longest mountain coaster in, not only the United States but in all of North America? Not far from the Capital Region, it runs to the bottom of Mt. Van Hoevenberg. It's the Cliffside Coaster in Lake Placid.

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What is The Cliffside Coaster?

The Cliffside Coaster is a heart-pounding adrenaline rush ride along the 1932 and 1980 Lake Placid bobsled track. It's a seven thousand-foot-long mountain coaster that will time your ride just like you were on the bobsled track. You can feel what it was like to be an Olympic Bobsledder during the Winter Games in Lake Placid back in the day. You get to control the speed of your ride as you navigate sharp corners, cliffside banks, and the long winding track.

Photo by Darren McGee- NYSDED
Photo by Darren McGee- NYSDED
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On the Cliffside Coaster website, the President and CEO of the Olympic Regional Development Authority said,

The views are amazing, and the curves get your heart pounding. Everyone will feel like they deserve a medal.

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When is the Cliffside Coaster Open & How Much Are the Tickets?

The Cliffside Coaster is open for the spring on Friday through Monday from 10 am until 5 pm and then for the summer, they are open Friday through Tuesday from 10 am until 5 pm. Tickets are $55 for adults 13 and older and $10 for a junior rider accompanied by an adult. You must be 9 years old or older and 52" or taller to ride the Cliffside Coaster. There are some occasions when the coaster is closed due to inclement weather. This is a year-round attraction. Click HERE to get your tickets.

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Tickets are time and date specific. They recommend you arrive ten to fifteen minutes prior to your scheduled ride.

Abandoned Hoffman's Playland! Once Beloved Place Now Heartwrenching View

WARNING: Under no circumstances should you enter this property. By doing so you risk bodily harm and/or prosecution for trespassing on private property.
Hoffman's Playland was an amusement park in Latham from 1952 until 2014. Even though many of the rides were relocated to Huck Finn's Playland in Albany, Hoffman's holds a soft spot in many Capital Region families' hearts. Take a look at abandoned Hoffman's Playland. 

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