Post-Ski Adventures with Olympic Skier Travis Ganong

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Post-ski retreat at COMO Alpina Dolomites, former professional ski racer, Travis Ganong, talks about the ups and downs of an 18-year career as a ski racer, his emerging passion for back-country adventures, and the best way to re to relax after a long day on the slopes.

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• Former professional ski racer, Travis Ganong, tells us about the ups and downs of an 18-year career as a ski racer, his emerging passion for back-country adventures, and the best way to relax after a long day on the slopes.
• Travis Ganong is an Olympian and former member of the United States Ski Team, specializing in downhill and super-G.
• Born in Lake Tahoe, California, he skied an 18-season career, competing in two Olympics, earning multiple World Cup podiums, and winning a silver medal in downhill at the 2015 World Championships.
• After retiring from competitive racing in 2023, Ganong transitioned into backcountry skiing, big-mountain adventures, and global ski travel.
• He remains passionate about the sport, sharing his love for the mountains through guiding.
• When I think of my childhood, I think of fresh powder and bluebird skies, with stormy nights delivering deep snowfall to enjoy the next day.
• I was incredibly lucky to be born in the mountains, with skiing more or less right outside my backdoor in Lake Tahoe, California.
• My dad was the doctor at what is now the Palisades Tahoe ski area, and I would ski with him each morning up and over the mountain to his work.
• My two older sisters were ski racers, so a lot of my childhood was also spent trailing after them with my twin brother.
• I suppose with a background like that, skiing was always going to be my passion.

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