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Wendy Fisher To Be Inducted Into Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame

Originally posted on Powder | By Izzy Lidsky | Last updated Jul 2, 2025 3:15 PM ET

The Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 class of inductees.

Included alongside several renowned skiers and figures in skiing is women's freeskiing pioneer, Wendy Fisher. Fisher attended Burke Mountain Academy with the legendary Shane McConkey before joining the US Ski Team and representing the US in the 1992 Winter Olympics in downhill, slalom, and giant-slalom.

Following her time on the national team, a trip to Crested Butte, Colorado with McConkey inspired Fisher to pursue other disciplines. She ended up winning two World Extreme Skiing Championships, a Pro-Tour title, and the first ever X-Games women's Skier-Cross event.

Alongside her impressive competitive skiing career, Fisher was one of the first women to be featured in ski films with major production companies like Matchstick Productions, Warren Miller, and Switchback Entertainment.

Fisher also won Best Short Film award at the 2015 Powder Awards for her film Super-Mom. Raised in Tahoe, Fisher moved to Crested Butte in 1994 and has been an ambassador for the sport and Crested Butte mountain for more than 20 years.

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Joining Fisher in the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame class of 2025 is ski racer Alice Mckennis Duran, who hails from Glenwood Springs, Colorado and represented the US in two Olympics. Duran retired from competetive skiing in 2021 and has worked as a coach and mentor at Ski & Snowboard Club Vail since.

Famed freestyle skier Trace Worthington will also be inducted into the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame. Worthington is one of the most decorated freestyle skiers in history between his 37 World Cup Aerials wins, seven world titles, and 11 national titles.

Worthington went on to become a sports commentator for NBC, Red Bull TV, and FOX. He grew up in Winter Park, Colorado, where he is now raising his two daughters that are also competing in freestyle skiing at the World Cup level.

Jon Kreamelmeyer and Bob Meserve are both being inducted as 'sport builders' alongside athletes like Fisher, Worthington, and Duran.

Based in Summit County, Colorado, Kreamelmeyer has worked as a coach and mentor in cross country skiing and has created a lasting impact on the XC community. Meserve was an early pioneer of adaptive sit-skiing and is recognized as as a leader in the field. Meserve was also inducted into the National Disabled Snowsports Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame candidates are nominated under either the Athlete, Sport Builder, or Inspiration categories and are voted on by a 140-person panel of current Hall of Fame members and snow sports industry representatives.

“I’m excited about celebrating two exceptional para-athletes by honoring Bob Meserve and Jon Kreamelmeyer. I’m also excited to welcome both Alice Mckennis Duran and Wendy Fisher as two inspiring female athletes," said Executive Director of the Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame, Jennifer Mason.

The induction ceremony will take place on September 27, 2025 at Beaver Creek Resort, Colorado.

This article first appeared on Powder and was syndicated with permission.

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