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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.

  • A Glimpse into ‘Dead Reckoning — Learning from Accidents in the Outdoors’ (May 14, 2021)

  • Mount Sopris Bike to Ski — Quintessential Spring Trip Report (May 8, 2021)

  • Bringing Steeze to Ski Touring — Strafe Cham Kit Review (April 22, 2021)

  • Climbing, Skiing 55,045 Feet in 24 Hours — Rea Kolbl Q&A (April 17, 2021)

  • Breaking Down the New BD Pieps Beacon Recall (April 13, 2021)

  • Team WildSnow Recaps 2021 Grand Traverse Ski Race (April 5, 2021)

  • Digital Mapping Evolves with onX Backcountry (March 23, 2021)

  • 3 Packs for Small Backs — BD Cirque, Gregory Targhee, Ortovox S AVABAG (March 12, 2021)

  • Voluntary PIEPS Beacon Recall Issued in Europe, Plans for US (March 4, 2021)

  • The Gothic Mountain Tour: Not Just a Training Race (March 3, 2021)

  • How Has Covid Influenced Backcountry Skiing? (March 2, 2021)

  • 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)

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