Winter Sports in the Adirondacks:
Empire State Winter Games Snowshoe Races
Saturday, 6 February 2016

Empire State Winter Games Snowshoe Race at the VIC (9 February 2014)

The Paul Smiths VIC will host the 5K Cross Country Snowshoe Race – part of the 36th Empire State Winter Games – following the sprint competitions at the Paul Smith’s College soccer field.  Registration begins at 8:00 AM at the Saunders Sports Complex at Paul Smith’s College. Race time is 2:00 PM.  The center will remain open to the general public during the competition.  Athlete Registration

About the Empire State Winter Games

The Empire State Winter Games are a multi-day Olympic-style sports event held in February. For more than 35 years, the Empire State Winter Games have provided athletes of all ages the opportunity to compete in the largest multi-sport amateur athletic winter sporting event in North America. Over 1,600 athletes participated in the 2015 games.

The Empire State Games were created in 1977 as a state-funded event. The winter games took place in February in Lake Placid, using many of the same venues used during the 1980 Winter Olympics. After New York State canceled the games in November 2010, in response to a budget crisis, local officials took over the winter games. The Empire State Winter Games is a community-driven event, courtesy of a partnership between the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), the Towns of North Elba, Wilmington, Tupper Lake, Harrietstown, Brighton; Villages of Lake Placid, Tupper and Saranac Lake; the counties of Essex and Franklin; the NYS Olympic Regional Development Authority, and State Senator Betty Little.