What’s on, while you’re here.
Some evenings are the same every week. Others happen once. If you are choosing between dates, this may help you choose.
Every week
Wednesday: Black tie. Seven courses, in the Great Hall.
Saturday: Lunch outdoors at the point, weather permitting. Black tie again at dinner.
Every Evening: Cocktails at seven. Dinner at eight. A bonfire at half past nine.
Once a year, more or less.
Ice-Out Weekend
The lake opens, the boats come out of the shed, and the first Hacker-Craft run of the year goes out before breakfast. The kitchen cooks the first of the season's trout.
Opening of the Croquet Lawn
The lawn is rolled, the mallets come out, and a tournament begins that will not be finished by anyone who leaves on Sunday.
A Weekend with the Cellar
Two nights built around the cellar. Verticals poured at dinner, a tasting in the Great Hall, and a few bottles brought up that are not normally on the list.
The Fourth, at the Point
Lunch on the island, fireworks over the lake from the water, and a late bonfire.
Guest Chef Weekend
A chef from another Relais & Châteaux house cooks alongside ours for three nights. Menus announced closer to the date.
Peak Foliage Week
The week the Adirondacks turn. Guided walks each morning, lunches carried out to the best of the lookouts, and the last open-water crossings of the year.
Thanksgiving at Camp
The whole camp, one table, and a bird that takes the kitchen two days.
Christmas & New Year
Carols in the Great Hall, black tie on the thirty-first, and skating on the lake if it has frozen by then.
Winter Carnival Weekend
Saranac Lake builds its ice palace, and we go and look at it. Curling on the lake, a snow barbecue, and a long walk back.
Choosing your dates?
Call and we will tell you honestly which week is best — including when it isn’t one of these.