The Vancouver Games conclude Sunday with a cross-country skiing race and the men's gold medal ice hockey game between Canada and the United States.

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When my husband and I arrived last December, the peaked roofs were blanketed in snow and hung with icicles, and the lodge's guests were embarked on winter sports: snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and skating on a private rink (complete with a warming hut serving Cognac and cigars).

FORBES: The Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid, New York

But the U.S. typically has been weak in Winter Olympics staples like ski jumping and cross-country skiing.

FORBES: Kurt Badenhausen On Sports