Two-time Olympic skier Scott Macartney’s recovery from a serious knee injury is going well and he is on schedule to make a run for a third Olympic berth.

Macartney returned home to Kirkland Jan. 26 after injuring his knee Jan. 17 in the Lauberhorn race at Wengen, Switzerland.

He is recovering from an ACL injury and torn medial meniscus in his left knee.

As he put it, Macartney has a “laundry list” of previous injuries to his knees. Among them: ACL, MCL and meniscus injuries. Not to mention a tibial fracture and patella tendon surgery.

The latest surgery was a slightly more intensive than previous ones because of what Macartney called a tricky situation with his meniscus that the doctors had to take some time to get right.

The meniscus recovery will determine how long he must wait before he can get back on the snow.

“I’m pretty much just sitting around because I can’t do much range of motion stuff until I let that meniscus heal,” he said.

Macartney is off crutches, but still wearing a straight leg brace. The timeline before he can return to range of motion exercises is approximately six weeks, meaning he can exercising again near the beginning of March.

Once he can start exercising again, Macartney said the general rule to get back in shape is one month for every week that you’re out of action. Once he gets back on the snow, it will take about three months to get back to the appropriate level for competition.

For alpine skiing, athletes must place well in World Cup races to make the Olympic team. Macartney said the World Cup races in November through December are the ones the selection group looks at.

“If everything goes well in rehab and I’m able to ramp it up appropriately, I should be good to go,” he said.

Macartney crashed at nearly 90 mph in a World Cup race last year and doctors placed him in a medically-induced coma to ease swelling of his brain. This crash didn’t have quite the same impact for Macartney.

“My injury was much more dramatic and traumatic last time,” he said. “This time the crash wasn’t spectacular, it was just awkward… It still sucks but it’s not the same.”

Injuries have not jaded Macartney, who is still enthusiastic about skiing.

“I can’t look at myself in the mirror and say this is a job. It’s not,” he said. “This is fun. It’s an awesome experience. This is a dream.”