Mattie Schuler is a freelance writer specializing in the outdoors, adventure gear and travel, as well as education and parenting. When she isn’t writing, she is actively looking for dogs to pet, wrangling children in the wilderness (Mattie is a forest school teacher in Boulder, Colorado) and either tracking snow reports or international flights, depending on the season. REI member since 2019.
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