The 27th Annual Hugh L. Carey Empire State Winter Games will be held in Lake Placid this weekend and will have some local representation.

The games have recently been named in honor of Carey, who was governor when they started.

Athletes from the area will be trekking north to take part in events like alpine skiing, snowshoe, biathlon, and figure skating, among others.

The opening ceremonies for the games will be held on Friday, Feb. 23, and will be followed by the 11th Annual Winterfest. Olympic Gold Medalist Tristan Gale will headline the event.

The first day of competition kicks off on Saturday.

Nearly 1,400 amateur athletes will compete at many of the same venues that hosted the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Events are free to the public and information can be found at empirestategames.org.

Here is a list of local athletes that will take part in the games.

— Alpine skiing: Travis Moore of Guilderland in the slalom and giant slalom.

— Biathlon: Laszlo Kolyvek of Slingerlands, open men’s; Darwin Roosa of Altamont, masters VI.

— Figure skating Gina DiNapoli of Slingerlands, intermediate; Christina Lombardi of Slingerlands, intermediate; Stephanie Lombardi of Slingerlands, intermediate.

— Ski orienteering: Susan Hawkes-Teeter of Berne and Phil Hawkes-Teeter of Berne.

— Speed skating: Rob Stevens of Guilderland, open male.

— Snowshoe: Michael DellaRocco of Altamont, masters III; Gale DellaRocco of Berne, open female; Taylor DellaRocco of Berne, scholastic male.