About Us

Portlandskirentals.com is owned by myself (Chris Benelli), and my wife Holly. I grew up skiing at a small ski resort named Sierra Summit, where my grandfather was a longtime bartender, ski instructor and photographer. Holly grew up in the Creston neighborhood of Portland, taking the ski bus up to Mount Hood every weekend.

Chris and Holly as young skiers

I started working in the ski industry in the early 2000's, with my first job as a chairlift operator at Sierra Summit. I moved on to managing ski retail, rental and service shop operations and have over 20  consecutive years working in the ski industry. I have managed ski shops in Mammoth Lakes, Lake Tahoe, and Portland, Oregon.

 Snowboarding in Alaska; the summit of Denali in 2015, and on the Triumvirate Glacier, March 2022

My personal ski journey has taken me many great places, but some of my best memories are skiing with friends and family when I was young. I started Portlandskirentals.com to help make it easier for families and newcomers to make it up to the mountain, and hopefully make some of those great memories!

Backcountry skiing near Anthony Lakes with our daughter Cora.  February 2023

Thank you for your business, 

Chris, Holly, and Cora Benelli