Maggie Slepian Title: Writer Education: University of New Hampshire Location: Bozeman, MT Maggie Slepian is a Montana-based writer and editor with a decade of professional gear-testing experience in the outdoor world. She is an avid backpacker, bikepacker, climber, and horseback rider, as well as an average skier and mountain biker. She has toured thousands of miles on long-distance trails and bike routes.Highlights:Columnist with Outside Magazine Contract editor for Runner’s WorldCo-founder of BackpackingRoutes.comFeatured on NPRExpert source for New York Magazine, Thrillist, and the London TimesAppalachian Trail thru-hikerColorado Trail thru-hiker Experience Maggie is a columnist with Outside, a contract editor for Runner’s World, and the co-founder of BackpackingRoutes.com. She has been featured on NPR and served as an expert source for New York Magazine, Thrillist, and the London Times.Maggie's essays, advice columns, travel writing, gear reviewing, and reporting have been featured in Lonely Planet, Tripadvisor, Women's Health, Outside, Backpacker, Runner's World, Men's Health, Huffington Post, the Strategist, and more.Maggie is an avid climber, backpacker, mountain biker, horseback rider, hunter, skier, Nordic skier, and trail runner. The amount of time she spends outdoors and the range of activities mean she's always on the ground testing gear and apparel. Education Maggie has an English/editorial degree from the University of New Hampshire. About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process