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The Winter Olympics are less than two and a half weeks away. A woman who grew up in Killington and who graduated from Killington Mountain School is preparing for her first Olympics. That’s Hannah Soar before she claims she even kn ew what the Olympics were. Now she is headed to Beijing for her first game s. Coming from a die- hard skiing family, Soar spt en every weekend in the Winter making turns at Killington. The mountain is famous for some of the toughest terrain in our region. Which is how Soar found her discipline, representing the United States in Moguls. <IT WAS PRETTY EASY AT KILLINGTON, IT IS A MOGUL MANIA, KILLINGTON, VERMONT. WHICH I LOVE, YOU GO SOME PLACES, PEOPLE GO ‘I HATE MOGULS, TRIM THOSE DOWN’, WHERE LIKE THE KILLINGTON COMMUNI IS TY ALL UP IN ARMS MAKING SURE THEIR MOGUL TRAIL DOESN’T GET GROOMED OVERGHNIT, SO THEY HAVE GREAT MOGULS ON SUNDAY MORNING. IT W AS PRETTY EASY TO FALL INTO THAT, ALSO I CAN FOLLOW MY PARENTS. MY PARES NT WEREN’T COMPETITVE MOGUL SKIERS, BUT THEY WERE DIE HARDS.> Unlike most Olympic skiiers – oinrder to relieve the pressure of competing at the highest leve l. Soar likes to sneak off before competition

Heading into her first Olympics, Soar credits success to Killington’s moguls

Hannah Soar claims she did not even know what the Olympics were as a child, now she is headed to Beijing for her first games. Coming from a die-hard skiing family, Soar spent every weekend in the winter making turns at Killington.The mountain is famous for some of the toughest terrain in Vermont.Which is how Soar found her discipline, representing the United States in moguls.”It was pretty easy at Killington, it is a mogul mania, Killington, Vermont. Which I love, you go some places, people go ‘I hate moguls, trim those down’, where like the Killington community is all up in arms making sure their mogul trail doesn’t get groomed overnight, so they have great moguls on Sunday morning. It was pretty easy to fall into that, also I can follow my parents. My parents weren’t competitive mogul skiers, but they were die-hards,” Soar said.Unlike most Olympic skiers, in order to relieve the pressure of competing at the highest level, Soar likes to sneak off before competition and recreationally ski, or as she calls it “bump around” on moguls.

KILLINGTON, Vt. —

Hannah Soar claims she did not even know what the Olympics were as a child, now she is headed to Beijing for her first games.

Coming from a die-hard skiing family, Soar spent every weekend in the winter making turns at Killington.

The mountain is famous for some of the toughest terrain in Vermont.

Which is how Soar found her discipline, representing the United States in moguls.

“It was pretty easy at Killington, it is a mogul mania, Killington, Vermont. Which I love, you go some places, people go ‘I hate moguls, trim those down’, where like the Killington community is all up in arms making sure their mogul trail doesn’t get groomed overnight, so they have great moguls on Sunday morning. It was pretty easy to fall into that, also I can follow my parents. My parents weren’t competitive mogul skiers, but they were die-hards,” Soar said.

Unlike most Olympic skiers, in order to relieve the pressure of competing at the highest level, Soar likes to sneak off before competition and recreationally ski, or as she calls it “bump around” on moguls.