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Megan Michelson

Megan Michelson has covered the ski and outdoor industry as an award-winning journalist and editor for going on 20 years now. Formerly an editor at Outside Magazine, Skiing Magazine, and the freeskiing editor for ESPN.com, she’s now a freelance writer based in Tahoe City, California. She contributes to a range of publications, including the New York Times, Outside, SKI, and the San Francisco Chronicle. A former ski racer originally from California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, Michelson later got into backcountry skiing and big-mountain competitions, earning a World Championship title in telemark freeskiing in Alaska and a best women’s performance nomination at the Powder Awards for her appearance in an indie ski movie. She has skied on five continents and regularly spends about 100 days a year on snow.