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Erica Zazo

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Covers:  Gear reviews, women in the outdoors, hiking, camping, backpacking, local travel, midwest travel, exploring small towns, international travel, breweries, beer, and untold stories about the outdoors.
Outdoor Writer 🏳️‍🌈 | Words: @backpackermag @theoutbound @cnnunderscored @blockclubchi @popmech + more |📍Midwest | 🗣️ erica dot zazo @ gmail

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Erica is a freelance outdoor + travel writer based in Chicago. She's passionate about exploring lesser-knowing hiking and camping destinations, specifically throughout the Midwest. She is a frequent contributor to Backpacker Magazine and Group Tour Magazine, and you can also find her work in alternative-outdoor publications, including RANGE and SISU.

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Trails by transit: Let trains, buses and the 'L' get you to these 4 nearby escapes into nature - ...

Trails by transit: Let trains, buses and the 'L' get you to these 4 nearby escapes into nature - ...

Escaping downtown Chicago to get to the great outdoors doesn't require an expensive plane ticket - or even a …

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Chicago's Top 6 Dayhikes

Chicago's Top 6 Dayhikes

Hot dogs. Lake Michigan. Da Bears. And excellent trails? Absolutely: The Windy City's greater stomping ground…

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Found Her: The search for female founders at Outdoor Retailer | Misadventures

Found Her: The search for female founders at Outdoor Retailer | Misadventures

I was, however, on a mission to introduce myself to as many retailers, brands and organizations as I could at…

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Shredding Water in Winter: For the Love of the Great Lakes - RANGE Mag

Shredding Water in Winter: For the Love of the Great Lakes - RANGE Mag

Tags: Beth Price, Environmentalism, Erica Zazo, Great Lakes, RANGE, RANGE Magazine, RANGE Magazine Issue 10, …

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Group Tour Magazine and Student Group Tour

Group Tour Magazine and Student Group Tour

A monthly resource for professional group travel planners, Group Tour Magazine offers industry news, articles…

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Epic Trails, Excellent Beer: How to Hike the Triple Crown in Virginia (and Where to Drink Afterwa...

Epic Trails, Excellent Beer: How to Hike the Triple Crown in Virginia (and Where to Drink Afterwa...

Did you know that three of the most famed peaks along the 2,100+ mile Appalachian Trail sit within just a 10-…

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The Ultimate Gay Gear Guide: 7 Outdoor Brands That Support LGBTQ+ Organizations

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By Erica Zazo 
| Outside Magazine
Skip the rainbow-washed merch drops. Spend your money with these queer-inclusive brands instead. For a long time, being out and being an outdoors person felt like two separate identities. The wilderness was a place I went to escape stress and judgment. The city was where I more outwardly waved my rainbow flag. But over the years, living in a (surprisingly) outdoor-centered city like Chicago, I’ve found joy in meeting more LGBTQ+ and queer people who love the outdoors, and being gay, as much as I do.
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Are Pride Events on the Mountain Family-Friendly? We Took Our One-Year-Old to Find Out.

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By Erica Zazo 
| Ski Magazine
My family and I didn’t go to Keystone this past winter season to chase powder or clock in run after run. First of all, with Colorado’s dismal snowpack, that wasn’t really on the table anyway. Second of all, we were traveling with a one-year-old. ‘Nuff said. Instead, we went searching for something you can’t find on a trail map. Something built by humans, not the weather. We went looking for our people at Keystone Pride. Spoiler: we found them (sparkled, bedazzled, and all).
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21 Things To Do Outside In Chicago This June

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By Erica Zazo 
| Block Club Chicago
CHICAGO — Summer plans in Chicago are heating up, and so are the opportunities to adventure within city limits. You can sign up for a Juneteenth 5K in Garfield Park, watch drag queens climb walls and perform at First Ascent Avondale or make new friends on a community bike ride, lakeside yoga class or casual birdwatching meetup. It’s no secret that summer in Chicago hits different, so don’t miss out on attending one (or many) of these epic outdoor adventures.
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