Do you ever grow too old to ski? Is it ever too late in life to learn?
Join us for a panel discussion and find out.
Meet three of the people behind Dean Krakel’s inspiring story No Age Limit: Skiing at 60 and Beyond.
The event will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Register for free here or scroll down below.
Meet the panelists
Lisbeth “Hurricane” Carter
Hurricane started skiing when she was 40 years old and living in Boulder, Colorado. When the front range scene “got too big and crazy” she moved to Crested Butte, Colo.
“I don’t care if somebody calls me senior. Why would I care? What can I do about it? I don’t care. Get over yourself,” she says. “On my birthday every year I ski my age in kilometers, and this year that’ll be 74.”
Junior Bounous
Junior is legendary in the ski world.
He is famous for his competition racing and ski jumping, for his involvement in the budding ski industry, and for the development of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah.
What Junior is most famous for, though, is teaching.
“When I go to the top of the mountain and look around, it’s the same feeling I’ve had for 70 years,” says Junior.
Jesse Logan “Dr. J”
Dr. J really didn’t start skiing until he was 40 years old. Even as a novice his first love was the backcountry.
When he retired as a researcher for the Forest Service in Utah, he and his wife moved to Cooke City, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park's northeast entrance.
Dr. J spends over 100 days skiing the Yellowstone backcountry every winter. This is his 14th year as a guide.
Moderator
Dean Krakel
Interviewing skiers and hearing their stories was incredibly inspiring to me.
Skiing is something we can do for as long as it gives us happiness, for as long as our bodies will let us. Skiing is for keeps. It can challenge us and help us overcome challenges. It enriches our lives in innumerable ways and unites us in a friendly, helpful, and loving global community that knows no age limits and exists wherever there is the magic of snow.
Host
Liz “Snorkel” Thomas (Treeline Review)
Snorkel is Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Treeline Review. A Triple Crowner who once held the women’s self-supported Fastest Known Time on the Appalachian Trail, she’s the author of Long Trails: Mastering the Art of the Thru-hike, which won the National Outdoor Book for Best Instructional Book, with judges calling it "destined to become the bible of the sport."
She's thru-hiked over 40 long distance trails. She developed the sport of urban thru-hiking, leading Outside Magazine to call Liz a "living legend."