Background
She is a Freeskiing World Tour contender and former Junior Olympics competitor, who has been featured in several films such as Warren Miller’s “Wintervention” and “Tracing Skylines.” Her mother, freestyle skier Holley duPont, was one of the first women to land a backflip on skis. One of three daughters of Holley and Chris duPont, duPont was born in Sun Valley, Idaho, After graduating from the Community School in 2007, she moved to Beverly, Massachusetts, to attend Endicott College on a sailing scholarship, but after a year decided to enroll in the University of Colorado Boulder where she majored in fine art
Career
Lexi’s parents put her in her first set of skis at the age of two. Growing up, she pursued ski racing, competing on the Sun Valley ski team and even qualifying for the Junior Olympics two years in a row. After that, she went on to qualify first at Revelstoke, and finished fourth place at the "Red Bulletin Cold Rush", in 2012. duPont was signed to Eddie Bauer’s First Ascent team in 2010.
In 2013, she was featured in the ski film “Tracing Skylines,” for which she was nominated for “Best Female Performance” at the Powder Awards, and was also featured in National Geographic’s “Powder Highway Webisodes.” In 2007, she participated in a six-week volunteer program at M’Lop Tapang Center for Street Children in Cambodia.
Two years later, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, to raise funds for children in Tanzania, Africa. She has also volunteered for Beadforlife, and participates in Play Hard Give Back for Higher Ground, helping people with disabilities experience competition and the outdoors without limitations.
2010 | 3rd Place Freeskiing World Tour, Telluride, Colorado
Membership
During college, she was a member of the University of Colorado Free Style Team, and entered the Freeskiing World Tour, placing in the top 10 overall in 2009 and 2010.
