USA Luge is an Olympic class member organization of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and is the National Governing Body (NGB) for the sport of luge in the United States. A not-for-profit organization, USA Luge - the official American representative to the International Luge Federation (F.I.L.) - is based in Lake Placid, N.Y. with a western office in Park City, Utah, and its natural track operations in the Marquette/Negaunee, Mich. area. Chartered in 1979, as a direct result of the Congressional Amateur Sports Act of 1978, it is the responsibility of USA Luge to recruit, prepare, train and equip the United States National Luge Team for international and Olympic competition, as well as promote the growth of the sport nationwide.

Technical, marketing and administrative support are all provided through USA Luge's offices in Lake Placid. Coaching is provided through the Lake Placid, Park City and Marquette/Negaunee offices. Annually, a number of important competitions are held at the Mt. Van Hoevenberg complex, the Park City 2002 Olympic course, as well as the Lucy Hill, Mich. natural track run.

Lake Placid has been host to important international competitions such as the 23rd World Luge Championships, numerous World Cups, the 1^st, 10^th and 23^rd Junior World Luge Championships and the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games. This season, Lake Placid will host the Feb.  2-8, 2009 41^st World Luge Championships. This event will serve as the final Worlds before the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. The original luge run, which hosted the luge competitions during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, was replaced by a combined luge/bobsled/skeleton track in Feb. 2000. The Park City track has hosted the 2002 Olympic Winter Games' luge competitions, the 38th World Championships and numerous World Cups. The Lucy Hill track has also hosted several domestic and international events.

All three facilities regularly serve as sites for many recruitment and development training camps, as well as National Team training and racing in the two disciplines of the sport.