Ausable Chasm
The 'Grand Canyon of the Adirondacks', with sandstone walls up to about 45 m high; walk the cliff-edge trails and float down the gorge on rafts or tubes.
Ausable Chasm lies near Keeseville. The Ausable River has cut a gorge about 3 km long through sandstone some 500 million years old, and it has been a tourist attraction since 1870. The classic experience is to walk the gorge trails (about 1.6-3 km), then take an inflatable raft or tube downstream through the 'Big Water'. Other activities include rock climbing and the 'Adventure Trail', a cliffside boardwalk. Admission is about US$20, and rafting costs extra. It is about an hour's drive from Lake Placid village.
Opening hours
About 9:00–17:00 (extended in summer)
Nearby sights
- Santa's Workshop (North Pole, NY)
- Whiteface Mountain Ski Resort
- High Falls Gorge
- Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway
- Cascade Mountain
- Lake Placid (lake) Boat Tours
- Mt Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex