Unique Adirondack Experiences

Explore our range of offerings from Experience Dinners to Nutritional Energetics Workshops.
Whether you're staying with us, in the area, or live locally, you can enjoy unique ways to discover the Adirondacks with family or friends.

Taste. Explore. Reconnect.

For nearly 140 years and generations of family, we have catered to the public as one of the last original Adirondack Great Camps still open to the public with a 1920s Speakeasy. This enables us to provide you with authentic experiences, both new and timeless, in a stunning setting.

  • Taste your way through Adirondack History with Culinary Experiences and a 1920s Speakeasy.
  • Explore an authentic horse-drawn Stagecoach or Wagon Ride on our 25-acres.
  • Reconnect with your nature through wellness classes and workshops.

But that's not all: from History of Beer Tastings and Cooking Demonstrations, we're just getting started! View our weekly schedule.

Sunset Stagecoach Ride at the Lake Clear Lodge. A Henderson stagecoach is pulled by Percheron Draft Horses at the Private Beach at the Lake Clear Lodge. Guests enjoy a sunset view from inside the stagecoach.
Ernest Hohmeyer gives a History of Beer Tasting and Workshop to guests at the Lake Clear Lodge in the Speakeasy Rathskeller.
Chicken Schnitzel with Spaetzle Noodles at the Adirondack Alps Restaurant at the Lake Clear Lodge.

Destination Experiences

Where you can taste and laugh through living Adirondack history with family and friends with Stagecoach Rides, Speakeasy Dinners, History of Beer Tastings, Traditional Foods Cooking Demos and so much more.

  • Join us where your experience is as expansive as you want to make it.
  • Simply come for one of our Experience Dinners or stay in one of our hand-crafted lodgings.
  • Either way, you can throw away the keys for a memory-filled moment and immerse in one of the last Adirondack Great Camps open to the public.

Experience Schedule

Fridays & Saturdays

4:30 pm
5:00 pm

Old World Favorites Cooking Demonstration

Old World Favorites Cooking Demonstration

Several generations of Hohmeyer chefs are part of a centuries-long Old World culinary lineage dating back to medieval times. Explore seasonal themes from spaetzle to strudels via an interactive 30-minute cooking demo with recipes and how-tos.

*Availabile as an add-on for our Taste of Germany Experience Dinner.
Guests watch Executive Chef Cathy Hohmeyer demonstrate how to make Spaetzle in a 30 minute cooking demonstration.
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

History of German Beer Workshop & Tasting

History of German Beer Workshop & Tasting

What is a German Beer? How far back do they go? Are ales, lagers, and wheat beers the same in Berlin as in Munich? Are they the roots of today’s craft beers? Sample 6 beers as we explore the history and myths in a fun 30-minute tasting.

*Availabile as an add-on for our Taste of Germany Experience Dinner.
Ernest Hohmeyer gives a presentation on the History of Beer in the Speakeasy Rathskeller while guests sample different beers from around the world.
5:30 pm
7:30 pm

Taste of Germany Experience Dinner

Taste of Germany Experience Dinner

Start off in the 1920s Speakeasy Rathskeller, explore the hidden Beer & Wine Cellar with a large variety of Old World Wines and Beers from around the world. Savor authentic German dishes from Ernest’s side of the family from Heritage Chicken Schnitzel to Old World Roulade.

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
A corner table in the Adirondack Alps 1886 Stagecoach Dining Room. Hand-made Adirondack Chairs, dishware, and hand-painted glasses decorate the table.

Wednesdays [Starting 6/21]

4:30 pm
5:00 pm

Old World Favorites Cooking Demonstration

Old World Favorites Cooking Demonstration

Several generations of Hohmeyer chefs are part of a centuries-long Old World culinary lineage dating back to medieval times. Explore seasonal themes from spaetzle to strudels via an interactive 30-minute cooking demo with recipes and how-tos.

*Availabile as an add-on for our Taste of Germany Experience Dinner.
Guests watch Executive Chef Cathy Hohmeyer demonstrate how to make Spaetzle in a 30 minute cooking demonstration.
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

History of German Beer Workshop & Tasting

History of German Beer Workshop & Tasting

What is a German Beer? How far back do they go? Are ales, lagers, and wheat beers the same in Berlin as in Munich? Are they the roots of today’s craft beers? Sample 6 beers as we explore the history and myths in a fun 30-minute tasting.

*Availabile as an add-on for our Taste of Germany Experience Dinner.
Ernest Hohmeyer gives a presentation on the History of Beer in the Speakeasy Rathskeller while guests sample different beers from around the world.
5:30 pm
7:30 pm

Taste of Germany Experience Dinner

Taste of Germany Experience Dinner

Start off in the 1920s Speakeasy Rathskeller, explore the hidden Beer & Wine Cellar with a large variety of Old World Wines and Beers from around the world. Savor authentic German dishes from Ernest’s side of the family from Heritage Chicken Schnitzel to Old World Roulade.

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
A corner table in the Adirondack Alps 1886 Stagecoach Dining Room. Hand-made Adirondack Chairs, dishware, and hand-painted glasses decorate the table.

Thursdays [Starting 6/22]

6:00 pm
6:30 pm

Myths & Legends of Ancient Tonics

Myths & Legends of Ancient Tonics

Tonics from the gods, the elixir's by the ancient shamans, rations for the pyramids, beer as gold, a savior of the people. Join us for a 30-minute tasting and exploration of the myths and legends of ancient tonics and how they shaped what we drink today.

*Availabile as an add-on for our History of Food Tasting Experience.
Small tasting glasses with assorted ancient tonics at the Lake Clear Lodge & Retreat.
6:30 pm
9:00 pm

History of Food Tasting Experience

History of Food Tasting Experience

Savor the five eras of Adirondack Food, featuring the Pioneer era celebrating the origins of the Lodge as an 1800's Stagecoach Inn and Post Office. Cooking demos and stunning sunsets over Lake Clear await you.

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
Guests enjoy a History of Adirondack Food Tasting Dinner (long table) in the 1886 Stagecoach Dining Room while Executive Chef Cathy Hohmeyer explains the history and common roots behind one of the courses.

Fridays [Starting 6/23]

4:30 pm
5:00 pm

Roll-in-the-Dough Dessert Cooking Demonstration

Roll-in-the-Dough Dessert Cooking Demonstration

A family-fun 30-minute cooking demo, where everyone rolls in the dough to make their own strudel! Then you can have your dough and eat it too – as your own creation for dessert!

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
Freshly-baked Apple Strudel with Häagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream at the Lake Clear Lodge & Retreat.
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

History of Spirits Workshop & Tasting

History of Spirits Workshop & Tasting

A 30-minute workshop about the history of spirits, when it started, and why! Were spirits always called cocktails? Highlighted by a tasting of unique variations of our "Giggle Water" spirits.

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
A bottle of Lake Clear Lodge Giggle Water Honey Whiskey with a custom Adirondack Alps Speakeasy Beer Mug and Decanter, each with a .50 caliber bullet embedded in the glass.
5:30 pm
7:30 pm

Adirondack Alps Takeout Fridays

Adirondack Alps Takeout Fridays

Our 100-mile culinary-focused cuisine with Old World imagination, honoring the timeless practices of slow cooking, vegetable stocks, bone broths, essential oils, and natural herbs and spices: now in your own home! Plus, you'll get the password to the 1920s Speakeasy so you can relax while we finish your order fresh.

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
Adirondack Alps Vegetable Strudel in a gold metal takeout container with farmer delivered beans in sesame butter and a wild rice blend at the Lake Clear Lodge & Retreat.

Saturdays [Starting 7/8]

3:30 pm
5:00 pm

Pioneer Wagon Ride

Pioneer Wagon Ride

Ride a Pioneer Wagon with Lucky Clover Farm and authentic draft horses through the woods and to the shores of Lake Clear.

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
Lucky Clover Farm Horses Jasper and Fly pull a Pioneer Wagon in front of the Lake View Great Camp at the Lake Clear Lodge & Retreat.
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

History of Old World Beer Workshop & Tasting

History of Old World Beer Workshop & Tasting

Join Ernest Hohmeyer for a 30-minute experience about the history of beer, replete with a tasting of 6 beers from around the world! The topic changes monthly, corresponding with seasonal beers and trends, but you can always count on interesting conversation and tasty beverages.

*Availabile as an add-on for our Lake View Old World Bistro.
Ernest Hohmeyer providing a History of Beer Workshop and Tasting in the Speakeasy Rathskeller.
5:30 pm
7:00 pm

Specialty Horse-drawn Stagecoach Rides

Specialty Horse-drawn Stagecoach Rides

Relive the Lodge's beginning as a Stagecoach inn by riding an authentic 1800s Stagecoach to the beach near sunset...but watch out for those 1800s Adirondack Highwaymen!

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
The Lake Clear Lodge & Retreat's Henderson Stagecoach at the Lake Clear Lodge Lakefront with Percheron Draft Horses Jasper and Fly in the foreground.
5:30 pm
7:00 pm

Lake View Old World Bistro

Lake View Old World Bistro

In one evening, you can explore the Adirondack life of the pioneers; imagine yourself as a Speakeasy patron and an Adirondack Great Camp guest as you savor dinner overlooking one of the most spectacular lake sunsets in the world. Come just for the Old World Bistro or immerse yourself in a disappearing Adirondack experience.

*Availabile as an add-on for our .
Two hand-crafted, artisan clay plates with hand-pounded Chicken Schnitzel with Red Cabbage, Old World Potato Salad, and a lemon.

Get In Touch With Us

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