Dartmouth Ski Team
The Dartmouth College Ski Team is organized under the aegis of the Dartmouth Outing Club and is notable for both providing students access to competitive skiing and training internationally successful nordic and alpine ski racers.. 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. 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. Cami Thompson Graves is the Director  of Skiing at Dartmouth and has been a Dartmouth coach since 1989; she was a US Ski Team member from 1985-1987, and is a member of the US Ski & Snowboard Board of Directors. History. Dartmouth College student Fred Harris (1888-1961) founded the Dartmouth Outing Club in 1909, and so became "the man who put America on skis" The Nashua (NH) Telegraph notes that in 1914, a group of Dartmouth students travelled to Canada to compete against McGill University in the first collegiate ski race. The Dartmouth Outing Club's 1927 race on Mt Moosilauke is cited by the  US Ski & Snowboard Association as the first downhill ski race in the country. By 1935 the ski team was sufficiently distinct from the Outing Club to have its own distinct captain; the first ″ski team″ captain was Selden Hannah D35, though there were ″winter sports″ captains before that. The Dartmouth Ski Team won the NCAA national championship in 1958, 1976 (tied with Colorado), and 2007. The team finished in second place in 1955, 1956, 1964, 1969, and 1970. Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Dartmouth skiers have represented the US (and other nations) in the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. World  Cup. The highest level of competitive ski racing takes place on the Alpine and Nordic World Cup circuits. Moosilauke Time Trial. Two times each year, the alpine and nordic ski teams complete a time trial, starting at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and ending at the summit of Mt Moosilauke. The course follows the Gorge Brook Trail, and ascends 2387 feet (to 4802 feet ASL) across 3.6 miles. The course record of 36:16 was set in 2010 by Kris Freeman. Related topics. Dartmouth Outing Club alumni not associated with the ski team have made notable contributions to mountaineering. For example, in  1963, Barry Bishop D53, Barry Corbet D58, Jake Breitenbach D57, Barry Prather D61, and Dave Dingman D58 all joined the first US expedition to Mt Everest. Margaret Wheeler D97 was president of the American Mountain Guides Association.