Cascade Inn and Restaurant.

5023 Cascade Road, on the corridor that runs from Lake Placid east toward Keene and the High Peaks trailheads. The motel side is straightforward roadside lodging, the kind of room you book the night before a Cascade or Pitchoff dawn-start. The view across the road is Whiteface, which is the reason to ask for the front-facing rooms.

The restaurant is the bigger reason to stop. Italian classics, steaks, and a separate cocktail lounge, with a seasonal outdoor patio that opens once the weather cooperates. Reasonable prices for the High Peaks corridor, where the Lake Placid village rooms run double.

The property sits directly across from Craig Wood Golf Course and lines up with the cross-country trails that thread the Cascade corridor, so guests can clip into Nordic skis at the door in winter without driving anywhere. Easy access to the Olympic Jumping Complex, the Olympic Museum, the bobsled run, and the rest of the Lake Placid attractions. Year-round.