Dow Travers secured qualification to the Vancouver Olympics at a skiing competition in Chile. He said upon qualifying, "I am feeling very Olympic today." Travers was 22 years old at the time of the Games. The only event he was entered into was the men's giant slalom, which took place on 23 February. He posted run times of 1 minute 29 seconds and 1 minute 33 seconds, for a combined total time of 3 minutes and 2 seconds. This put him in 69th place out of 81 competitors who finished both runs, and the gold medal time was a combined 2 minutes and 37 seconds.