Athlete Interview: The Profundity of Telemark Skier Meghan Kelly

On a hut trip to the Selkirk Mountains some eleven years ago,Meghan Kelly, one of the strongest telemark skiers of her generation, was with a group of fellow female snowriders on SheJumps’ inaugural Alpine Finishing School, a program that would become a linchpin in the advocacy group’s aim to inspire more women to tackle technical backcountry skiing.

There, the ensemble began to envision the future. Specifically; Kelly’s.

“I was kind of saying, ‘Oh yeah, this is kind of my last trip,’...