Blind, visually impaired skiers find community, freedom at Ski for Light in Kananaskis

Blind, visually impaired skiers find community, freedom at Ski for Light in Kananaskis

“[Ski for Light] is just such a great thing because it makes it possible for me to get as close as possible to the life I had before."

Blind, visually impaired skiers find community, freedom at Ski for Light in Kananaskis

Finding his stride along freshly groomed ski tracks, Sven Mogensen listens for verbal cues from his guide that paint a picture of what’s coming around the next bend on the winding trail ahead of him.  “Bending slightly to the right here” or “Track disappearing in three, two, one,” says guide Elaine Kerr through a headset that amplifies her voice so Mogensen can hear above the swish of their cross-country skis on the snow. With no cane by his sid…