WILMINGTON, N.Y. Stephanie Ryan never gave downhill skiing a thought, even though she lives in the Olympic village of Lake Placid in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains. "I really didn t care about ...

L ike thousands of other kids, I first learned how to ski at Pats Peak Ski Area through its Learn to Ski and Ride Program. An elementary school student back in 1995, I’d pile into a yellow school bus ...