Heather Hansman
Heather Hansman is an award-winning freelance writer and the author of Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns, and the Future of Chasing Snow and Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Outside Magazine. She lives in Durango, Colorado, and her new book, Fierce Country, is out July 14, 2026.