U.S. Olympic Ski Racer Breaks Down Snow Conditions Around The World

3-time Olympic alpine skier Tommy Ford sat down with Condé Nast Traveler to discuss the different types of snow conditions you find around the world, from the Beaver Creek in Colorado to Ushuaia, Argentina, and Lake Takapō in New Zealand. The discussion was mostly surrounding the snow conditions while racing or training, not the off-piste or regular trails that most skiers are riding, but he does touch on some other forms of snow.

Tommy Ford competed at the 2010, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics, taking his best result in the Team Parallel in Beijing with a 4th place. Unfortunately Ford suffered pretty serious leg injury in the middle of the 2024-2025 World Cup season and he hasn’t returned to the races quite yet, so we won’t be seeing him compete in Milano Cortina.

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