 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nokusimuka kwaHitler, mhuri yakadzokera kuUnited States uye akapinda Dartmouth College muna 1934 uye akakunda paSestriere, Italy, muAmerica wokutanga kutonga pamakwikwi makuru eEurope okudhambha. Durrance akakundawo muUnited States varume vanodzika, slalom, uye zviitiko zvakabatanidzwa muna 1937 uye akatumidzwa kuU.S. Olympic Team ye1936 Winter Olympics, yekutanga kusanganisira alpine skiing. Mubairo bedzi wakanga uri mubatanidzwauye Durrance akapedza ari wechigumi; wechigumi nomumwe muchikamu chokudzika uye wechisere mu slalom. Akanga ari mukundi wenguva nhatu weHarriman Cup muSun Valley, Idaho, yakabva yaitwa muBoulder Mountains kuchamhembe kwenzvimbo yekutandarira, uye akabatsira kucheka nzira dzekutanga paGomo reBald muzhizha ra1939. Durrance akatumidzwa kunzvimbo yeOlympic ya1940, asi mitambo iyoyo yakabviswa nekuda kweHondo Yenyika II. Muna 1940, akashanda semutori wemifananidzo wekushambadzira weSun Valley uye akaroora ski racer Margaret Miggs Jennings. 