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Manasseh Franklin

Manasseh Franklin

Manasseh Franklin loves snow. She loves it so much, she took on the role of Editor-in-Chief of WildSnow.com. Prior to that, she taught writing at the University of Wyoming and roamed around Colorado, Idaho, California and Wyoming alternating between skiing and writing pursuits. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and environment and natural resources from the University of Wyoming and especially enjoys writing about glaciers. Find her other work in Alpinist, Adventure Journal, Rock and Ice, Aspen Sojourner, AFAR, Trail Runner, Western Confluence and http://glaciersinmotion.wordpress.com.

  • Making Turns and Skintracks at Bluebird Backcountry (February 24, 2021)

  • Light(ish) & Robust — 2021/22 Fischer Transalp First Look (February 18, 2021)

  • Drinking Beer with the Bench Girls — Totally Deep Podcast 84 (February 12, 2021)

  • Grim News as Avalanche Fatalities Climb in CO, UT, Europe (February 3, 2021)

  • High Pressure Kit Review — Ortovox Col Becchei Pant & Piz Boe Jacket (January 25, 2021)

  • Envisioning a Friendly, Busier Backcountry — Shaun Deutschlander Q&A (January 18, 2021)

  • Solving For Z Review and the Future of Ski Films (December 21, 2020)

  • Risky Business — Zahan Billimoria on Solving for Z (December 14, 2020)

  • Totally Deep Podcast 81 — CAIC Director Ethan Greene (December 9, 2020)

  • For the Long Haul — Pomoca Climb 2.0 Climbing Skin Review (December 3, 2020)

  • 40 Tribes — Connoisseurs of “Next-level Shredventures” (November 30, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News — Gear Shortages, Avalanche Stats, Powder Stash Lawsuit (November 20, 2020)

  • Unraveling the Mysteries of Avalanche Education — Totally Deep Podcast 80 (November 16, 2020)

  • Avalanche Forecasting 101 — A Conversation With Blase Reardon (November 12, 2020)

  • Chris Davenport Talks Gear — TDP VideoCast (November 5, 2020)

  • Talking it Out With Hadley Hammer — Q&A (October 30, 2020)

  • Jeremy Jones and Purple Mountains — TDP 79 (October 27, 2020)

  • One Stop Shop — Avalanche Education Resources (October 23, 2020)

  • Skiers Demand Pieps DSP Beacon Recall (October 20, 2020)

  • Beyond Tuckerman — ‘Presidential Skiing’ Q&A (October 19, 2020)

  • Staying Alive with Mark Smiley — TDP 78 (October 13, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News Update — POWDER Closes, Bluebird Expands, Avalanche EDU Goes Online (October 4, 2020)

  • Itching for New Ski Films? Here’s Where to Find Them (September 14, 2020)

  • Four WildSnow Writers to Read Now (September 7, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — September Snow News (September 3, 2020)

  • COVID’s Impact On Avalanche Forecasting & Awareness (August 31, 2020)

  • Light, Fast, Fun — Black Diamond Cirque 78 Review (August 24, 2020)

  • Sneak Peak: Phantom Slipper Splitboard Boot (August 11, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — Summer of COVID (August 1, 2020)

  • Film review — K2: The Impossible Descent (July 23, 2020)

  • Trip Report — Bike to Ski Redemption on Grizzly Peak (June 19, 2020)

  • Dynafit TLT 8 Expedition CR W Touring Boot Review (June 10, 2020)

  • Softer Than a Bamboo Stalk — Le Bent Base Layer Review (May 29, 2020)

  • Totally Deep Double Hitter — Super Frenchie, Social Distancing (May 8, 2020)

  • Strange New World — Ski Touring News Update April 2020 (April 20, 2020)

  • Walk 500 Miles, and More — Women’s La Sportiva Sytron Review (April 3, 2020)

  • Expedition Inspiration — Quarantine Reading List from the Trip Report Archives (March 30, 2020)

  • Colorado Keeps Ski Touring, For Now — Coronavirus News Update (March 28, 2020)

  • Should You Go Ski Touring During Coronavirus? (March 21, 2020)

  • Ski Touring News Roundup — Coronavirus Edition (Updated) (March 14, 2020)

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