LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Andrew Weibrecht steers his pickup truck off the main drag of the Olympic village where he grew up and heads down a narrow, wooded dirt road to water’s edge, grabs a fishing pole and gazes out at windswept Lake Placid, Whiteface Mountain looming in the distance like a giant sentinel.

Home again.

“I love time in the woods so much, whether it’s going out canoeing, hiking, or just bushwhacking around with my dog,” said the two-time Olympic medalist in Alpine skiing. “Whatever I’m doing in the woods … just really centers me. It’s why I love living here. To be able to walk out the door and be out in it is pretty special.”

The man who earned the nickname “War Horse” for his unbridled fury in attacking a course — he blew out each ankle and had surgery on both shoulders and a knee in his career with the U.S. ski team — announced his retirement in May after nearly three decades of competitive skiing. The transition from the frenetic pace of the ski season into the role of husband to wife Denja and father to his two young daughters has been seamless.