The Road to Sochi: U.S. Ski Team Athlete Travis Ganong’s Life on the Road

While the World Cup circuit can be draining for Travis and other U.S. Ski Team members, it brings the athletes to beautiful places like Garmisch-Partenkirken, Germany.
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Travis’ ski technician prepares his skis in the Atomic Factory in Altenmarkt, Austria.
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The bags are packed and the U.S. Ski Team leaves Wengen, Switzerland for the next stop on the World Cup.
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Travis spent a total of six days at home in Tahoe this winter. At least one of them was a bluebird powder day at Squaw Valley.
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The ski chalets in Kvitfjell, Norway are quite different than the one’s near Travis’ home mountain of Squaw Valley.
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Lake Tahoe is calling and Travis will be back home in the Sierra in a few short days.
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Travis takes in the beauty that is Val Gardena, Italy.
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It’s not often you find armed military personnel on the slopes in North America. At Rosa Kutor in Sochi, Russia… it’s a different story.
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While being away from home for 125 days can be trying, at least Travis can spend time with his girlfriend Marie-Mixhele Gagnon of the Canadian Ski Team.
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