John Carleton attended Phillips Andover Academy, and then later Dartmouth, where he captained the ski team. He earned a Rhodes Scholarship, and while at Oxford, also captained the ski team there, competing in two Oxbridge Ski Races, held in Switzerland in 1923. Carleton was a veteran of both World Wars, and his career was as a lawyer. In 1931, he and fellow Olympian Charles Proctor earned a measure of fame in their native New Hampshire when they were the first to climb and ski the headwall at Tuckerman’s Ravine. Carleton also was an American pioneer of Alpine skiing, competing in the Eastern Ski Association’s first downhill race in 1932 on Mt. Moosilauke. He also worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps to help develop 15 ski trails in New Hampshire.
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