U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced the athletes named to the 2026–27 Stifel U.S. Para Alpine Ski Team, ahead of a World Championship season that begins in December.
Featured image: archive photograph of U.S. Para Alpine athletes from the 2025–26 season, not the newly announced 2026–27 team portrait.
Established athletes and new faces
Paralympic super-G silver medallist Patrick Halgren headlines the roster alongside Paralympians Audrey Crowley and Jesse Keefe. Crowley has earned a World Championship bronze medal and four World Cup podiums, while Keefe recorded personal-best finishes last season, including fourth in slalom.
Meg Gustafson and guide Spenser Gustafson join the team after making their World Cup debut last season, earning two podiums and qualifying for the Paralympics. Noah Bury is also newly named after making his first World Cup and Paralympic starts.
John Farra, U.S. Ski & Snowboard Para Sport Director, described an exciting season featuring new coaches, new athletes and renewed commitment to developing the team.
2026–27 competition calendar
The international season opens in Steinach am Brenner, Austria, on 9–10 December 2026. World Cup events continue in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Slovenia before the 2027 FIS Para Alpine World Ski Championships in Tignes, France, in mid-March. World Cup Finals are scheduled for Bardonecchia, Italy, on 22–26 March 2027.
The team announcement covers standing, sitting and visually impaired classifications. Athletes named across the programme include Kelsey O’Driscoll, Allie Johnson, Saylor O’Brien, Tyler McKenzie, Matthew Brewer, Robert Enigl and Ravi Drugan.
Source: U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s 2026–27 Stifel U.S. Para Alpine Ski Team announcement.
