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Melissa McGibbon is an award-winning adventure travel journalist. She is the destinations editor at Powder Magazine and the chair of the Society of American Travel Writers Editors Council. She is also a member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association. She is a contributing editor at Hearst Publications and the senior editor at Outdoor Sports Guide Magazine. Her work appears in Travel + Leisure, The Points Guy, Outside Magazine, Lonely Planet, SKI Magazine, Powder Magazine, Backpacker Magazine, Matador Network, The Salt Lake Tribune, Scuba Diving Magazine, and more.

Some of her favorite travel accomplishments include circumnavigating the globe by ship, meeting with Fidel Castro in Havana, BASE jumping, flying over an erupting volcano and diving the Silfra Fissure in Iceland, downhill mountain biking in Peru, and skiing in Antarctica. 

She is usually skiing, biking, climbing, practicing yoga, or diving—and is always in pursuit of adventure, travel, or some daring combination of the two.

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November 15, 2020

Backpacker Magazine | Holiday Gift Guide

October 15, 2020

Outside Magazine | Winter Buyer’s Guide

July 24, 2020

VisitUtah.com | Why You Should Ditch I-15 on Your Way to Zion

June 19, 2020

Lonely Planet | Why Navarre Beach is one of Florida’s best-kept secrets for eco-adventures

June 15, 2020

VisitUtah.com | Utah’s Unexpected Pit Stops

April 15, 2020

VisitUtah.com | 5 Places You Can Try Glamping in Utah

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    August 13, 2019

    Lonely Planet | Adventures in California’s San Luis Obispo County

    February 27, 2019

    VisitUtah.com | Mission to Mars: Riding Gooseberry Mesa

    We may as well have been on Mars. Far away from any semblance of civilization and surrounded by a seemingly endless horizon of dramatic desert landscape, […]
    December 8, 2018

    Park City Magazine | Snowy Solitaire: Brooks Lake Lodge and Spa

    This Storybook Lodge Offers the Perfect Wintry Getaway Located in the Wyoming hinterlands, Brooks Lake Lodge & Spa is the stunning, tech-free refuge you’ve been seeking. […]
    September 12, 2018

    Outdoor Sports Guide Magazine | The Continental Crown: Visiting Glacier National Park

    Visiting Glacier National Park – The Continental Crown Glacier National Park is mystifyingly beautiful. Its dramatic, saw-toothed aretes and ancient glaciers jut high in the sky […]
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