Liz Craveiro

Volunteer Winter Program Director

Liz has been teaching adaptive and alpine skiing since 1988. She is Level II Alpine Certified and Level III Adaptive Certified. She is one of the founding members of AbilityPlus.  She taught adaptive skiing for 8 years at Loon Mt in Lincoln NH and was one of the first 10 instructors for their New England Disabled Sport Program. She taught for 7 years and ran the Adaptive Program at Waterville Valley for 5 years.  She was voted Waterville Valley’s Ski Instructor of the year and as Skiing Magazine’s Top 100 Ski Instructors in North America with a feature article in the Skiing Magazine and Elle Magazine. She was one of the Volunteer Staff for Disabled Sports USA at their Ski Spectacular in Breckenridge CO. for over 10 years.  She is the recipient of the Jim Winthers memorial award which recognizes a lifetime of contributions and significant achievements for volunteers in furthering the mission of Disabled Sports USA. Nominees for this award must have contributed a minimum of 10 years of service to Disabled Sports USA or one of its chapters. After retiring she and her husband have moved to NH and she is now a volunteer instructor and trainer with AbilityPlus at Attitash and Wildcat Mt. She has been a mentor and instructor to a number of adaptive skiers and Paralympians including Dr. Anjoli Forber-Pratt and Tyler Walker whom Liz was their first ski instructor. As an Adaptive skier herself (as a result of contracting Polio as a child ) she understands the positive effect sports can have on an individual with a disability and their families and strongly believes in the motto “ If I can do this, I can do anything”