Mr. Morton recently designed approximately ten kilometers of trails for cross country skiers and biathletes training at the United States Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University. Mr. Morton carefully surveyed a very large area and plotted challenging trails which we believe will meet all international homologation specifications.

This alone would have been a very important accomplishment but Mr. Morton's support did not stop there. He also took the time to learn more about this area and especially the unique relationships between the landowners, the land lessors, loggers, and local residents to ensure everyone's needs and desires were addressed. Mr. Morton's counsel and recommendations were critical components to our project's success.

I would highly recommend Mr. Morton to anyone interested in developing professionally designed cross country ski trails. His nordic sports experience, knowledge of the forestry industry, and genuine concern for the environment make him a great asset to any ski trail design team.

Jeff Kleinschmidt, Director, United States Olympic Education Center Northern Michigan University

Over the past year we have been working with the Dartmouth skiing coaches to design a new 7.5 K competition loop for the ski races which we host. The terrain available presents several critical design challenges, which result in the need for a long final descent to the finish. We had laid out a possible line but were unexcited by it.

We invited John Morton to review the problem with us, and in a single afternoon he completely revolutionized our thinking about what was possible in trail design. Working under severe time pressure, John laid out what has proved this winter to be an excellent route, a descent broken up with a variety of turns and several short climbs, all of which flow together in a nearly seamless way. Despite the route's challenges, the overall layout and banked turns John prescribed made it safe to ski, which was our highest priority. John's ability to read the landscape, see the possibilities, and fit them together was uncanny. Perhaps best of all was the way that he managed to persuade us, in a gentle but professional way, to see the problem and the opportunities with new eyes. It was truly a pleasure to work with him on this project.

We recommend John Morton without reservation for your cross-country trail design needs.

Greetings again from Denali National Park! Our summer is quickly turning into autumn with the colors of the upcoming season very much on a roll even at this early date. I walked your trail again this week and am pleased how the vegetation has filled in the cuts. It looks, as I wished, that the trail has been there for decades. Thanks again for all the good work that you and Andrew did in making such an appropriate trail along this portion of Lake Creek.

The National Park Service is having the gravel on the corner of the road mined. The plan will be to relocate the park road to the southwest as the corner is removed but to keep a walking trail on the east side of the present roadway with reclamation and green space between the old and the new. That will complete your trail via Land's bridge all the way to the Moose Creek bridge. In a couple of years we'll finally have an off road route all the way from the lodge to Moose Creek. Your work helped set the high standard that we were looking for with this entire project.