Morton has participated as an athlete, coach, and team leader in seven Olympic Games for the United States in the biathlon event.
[4] Morton completed the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program[8] at Middlebury and graduated in 1968.
Morton traveled with the team to Sapporo, Japan, but was benched for the entirety of the games because of personal conflict with his coach.
[9] Falling ill the night before the 20-km race, Morton was unable to compete, which put him at a disadvantage in placement for his second event of the games: the 7.5-km relay.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Morton worked as the Chief of Course for Biathlon events.
[3] A competitive skier, Morton races in cross-country skiing events and is one of the top Masters athletes in the world for this discipline.
[10] Morton is considered a master on the biathlon event and has written books and journal articles concerning his experiences with the sport.
[13] His most recent book, Celebrate Winter, originally published December 2020, revised January 2021, is a collection of stories, sharing insights and reflections of more than fifty-five years of competition and coaching.