Ice and snow couldn’t stop the athletes competing in the 35th annual Empire State Winter Games last weekend in Lake Placid. Battling through the snow showers, Altamont residents Christopher Whalen, at top, and Darwin Roosa, third from top, compete in the 18K cross-country skiing event at Mt. Van Hoevenberg on Saturday afternoon. Whalen finished 25th and Roosa finished 36th.

Hitting the ice with grace and power, Guilderland’s Amanda Vititow, second from top, skates during her Gold-medal performance on Friday morning, and East Berne’s Michelle Puzulis, just above, shows off her flexibility in her Bronze-medal performance Saturday in the 1932 Rink. A squirt hockey player from Saranac Lake, second from bottom, attempts to make a powerful move around a Tri-County player on Saturday afternoon in the USA Rink; Saranac Lake went on to lose, 7 to 0.