Fry­att Val­ley, Jasper National Park. Photo by Max Schof­fel 

Lynn Mar­tel is a free­lance writer who spe­cial­izes in sto­ries and arti­cles that focus on the moun­tain envi­ron­ment — through out­door adven­ture, his­tor­i­cal biogra­phies and cur­rent events, glaciol­ogy, hydrol­ogy and biol­ogy, art, writ­ing, film­mak­ing and peo­ple. She writes for mag­a­zines includ­ing Explore, Cana­dian Geo­graphic, West­world, Alberta Views, High­line and Koote­nay Moun­tain Cul­ture; and the Rocky Moun­tain Out­look, Cal­gary Her­ald, Whistler Pique, Jasper Fitzhugh and The Local Townie  newspapers.