Scot Schmidt

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Scot Schmidt" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Scot Schmidt (born July 21, 1961, in Helena, Montana) is a professional extreme skier.^[1][2]

Schmidt began ski racing in his hometown of Helena, Montana. He moved to Squaw Valley in 1979 to pursue a dream of making the U.S. Ski Team., and started skiing professionally in 1983. That year, Warren Miller Entertainment invited him to showcase his explosive and suspended style in what would be his first of over 40 films. In his 35th year as an athlete with The North Face, Schmidt became a designer and technical consultant for the Steep Tech line of ski wear.

In 2003 Schmidt began skiing at The Yellowstone Club, a resort in his home state of Montana, and in 2007 he became the Club’s Ski Ambassador.

In 2014, Schmidt was recognized by his peers and inducted into the US Ski Hall of Fame.

As of 2021, Schmidt currently resides in Big Sky, Montana.