To the editor:

Dear Ski Patrol:

I wanted to formally thank you for your dedication and expert assistance in caring for me due to injuries sustained at Whiteface on Feb. 8. I was finishing my day and skiing down Upper Boreen when I hit a patch of ice, lost my right ski and was launched off the trail into a tree. It happened so fast and unexpectedly that I had no time to prepare. It turns out that I dislocated my right hip and torqued my right knee.

A team of what seemed to be around 10 patrollers was able to get me up from the ravine and onto a sled and brought me to the base. Due to my hip, I could not lie flat, and they had another patroller support me by sitting back to back against me on the board, and then on the sled. That was ingenious and saved me from exacerbating my injured hip.

I owe you a debt of gratitude and consider myself very lucky to have been treated by the best ski patrol in the East!

Sincerely,

David L. Dufort

Stamford, Connecticut