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The Countdown For One of Our Favorite Festivals

Heads up you lovers of winter, you admirers of ice, you devotees to frozen digits: The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival is just around that frozen tundra.

From February 3 to the 12th, on the shores of Mirror Lake, an ice castle becomes the centerpiece of a 10 day Festival. This year's theme is Adirondack Wildlife

“Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau  -- who hails from Saranac Lake -- has designed the official poster and button.

oith feature  “Doonesbury” character Zonker holding a canoe paddle with a wildlife scene in the background. Trudeau  is the official artist for the Winter Carnival button design since 1981. Sales benefit the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Click here, for more information about this year's event.