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All cases in the list below are from alpine or downhill skiing activities; no skiers have been known to have died during any cross-country event, or in any major international ski jumping competitions (e.g. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Olympic Games), though many ski ...
The Dartmouth Outing Club hosted the US's first downhill ski race on Mt Moosilauke in 1927, and Dartmouth skiing has been intertwined with ski racing ever since. [2] [3] The alpine teams train at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, New Hampshire. The nordic teams train at The Dartmouth Cross Country Ski Center at Oak Hill, Hanover NH. [4]
Durrance also won the U.S. men's downhill, slalom, and combined events in 1937 and was named to the U.S. Olympic Team for the 1936 Winter Olympics, the first to include alpine skiing. The only medal event was the combined and Durrance finished tenth; eleventh in the downhill portion and eighth in the slalom.
Both skiers lived in Bend. The couple’s bodies were recovered Tuesday by the sheriff’s office search and rescue team. The Central Oregon Avalanche Center said the avalanche happened at 6,700 ...
Jan. 22—The plans took shape on a Wednesday, over a Zoom call. Landon Crecelius, David Sittser and Corey Zalewski gathered virtually to work out a ski trip for the following morning. By 8:15 a.m ...
Another skier, in an avalanche separate from the one in Oregon, was killed near Powderhouse Peak in California, around 111 miles east of Sacramento, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
Thomas Corcoran, (November 16, 1931 – June 27, 2017), better known as Tom Corcoran, was a four-time United States national champion in alpine skiing and a two-time Olympian. In addition to seven years of international ski racing, Corcoran also raced competitively for Dartmouth College .
Brooks Dodge (December 30, 1929 – January 17, 2018) was an American alpine skier. [1] He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics. [2] He graduated from Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School. [2] During his Olympic career, he helped develop innovations in tighter ski wear and in safer bindings for racers.