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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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August 4, 2022

Scuba Diving Magazine | Everything You Need to Know About Scuba Diving Viti Levu Fiji

March 9, 2022

SKI Magazine | Start here if you’re planning a trip to ski Sun Valley

February 9, 2022

Outside Magazine Nov 2021 | Road Trip Essentials

February 8, 2022

Matador Network | Everything to know about staying at ice hotels

December 9, 2020

Lonely Planet| Why Lake Tahoe’s south shore makes a perfect Nevada getaway for responsible travelers

November 27, 2020

Lonely Planet | The 6 best ways to have the US national parks all to yourself

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