Author Bio

Brigid Mander

Brigid Mander is a freelance journalist based in Jackson, Wyoming, but originally hails from the New York metro area, aka Long Island. Her work appears regularly in various ski and outdoor magazines and in the Wall Street Journal. Before becoming a full-time writer, she was a full-time ski bum in various ski towns around the world. REI Co-op member since 2018.

Stories by Brigid Mander...
Things to Do in Dublin

Things to Do in Dublin

Ireland’s lively capital originated as a Viking settlement around 840 A.D., but just upriver was an Irish settlement called Baile Átha Cliath. Today, Irish spea...
When In Jackson Hole, Ski

When In Jackson Hole, Ski

Emmanuel Hernandez first learned to ski on a snow-covered hill in his hometown of Jackson, Wyoming, when he was not yet 3 years old. His mother, Nancy Hernandez...
The back of a bison jam at Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

What is Overtourism?

In early 2018, would-be visitors to the Philippine island of Boracay had a problem. Years of steadily increasing tourist arrivals, poorly managed infrastructure...
A woman enjoys the windy Ireland weather.

How to Travel and Explore Ireland

On this small, windswept island in the North Atlantic, rocky shores and raw weather belie the verdant, misty interior that earned it the famed moniker “the Emer...