John Morton

John Morton has participated in ten Winter Olympic Games as anathlete, a coach, the biathlon team leader, chief of course or, more recently, enthusiastic U.S. biathlon team fan. He has attended scores of nationalchampionships, world championships, biathlon world cup competitions, and the World University Games.After 11 years as head coach of Men's Skiing at Dartmouth College, he wrote Don't Look Back, a comprehensive guide to cross-country skiracing. In 1998, he published A Medal of Honor, a...See more

John Morton has participated in ten Winter Olympic Games as anathlete, a coach, the biathlon team leader, chief of course or, more recently, enthusiastic U.S. biathlon team fan. He has attended scores of nationalchampionships, world championships, biathlon world cup competitions, and the World University Games.After 11 years as head coach of Men's Skiing at Dartmouth College, he wrote Don't Look Back, a comprehensive guide to cross-country skiracing. In 1998, he published A Medal of Honor, a novel about the WinterOlympics. In 2020 he published Celebrate Winter, a collection of stories andcommentaries related to skiing and the Winter Olympics. He was acommentator for Vermont Public Radio and a monthly columnist forVermont Sports Today (a monthly, regional newspaper) for almost twodecades. His articles on the outdoors have appeared in more than twodozen publications.Morton is also the founder of Morton Trails, and has spent the past 33years designing nearly 260 recreational trails and competition venuesacross the country. Recent projects include design of a world classbiathlon facility in Brillion, WI; design of a Nordic competition venue atBogus Basin, ID; reconfiguration of trails for Dartmouth College inHanover, NH, and Holderness School in Plymouth, NH, to accommodatesnowmaking and lights, as well as several trail networks for private landowners in the Northeast. See less