Mt. Bachelor is one of the most family-friendly mountains in the West. But it has also long been a training ground for some of the best skiers in the United States with the terrain helping produce local Olympians Tommy Ford, Kiki Cutter, Mike Lafferty and most recently, Laurenne Ross.
Ross is a four-discipline racer who finished 11th in the downhill at the Sochi Olympic Games. She skied her final downhill race in the U.S. National Championships in Aspen before announcing her retirement
Laurenne loves to take advantage of all that Central Oregon has to offer, including mountain biking on over 400 miles of singletrack and hiking or climbing at Smith Rock State Park.
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