Katie Hearsum

Katie Hearsum is a Colorado-based freelance journalist who has been covering topics relating to tourism and the outdoors for publications such as U.S. News & World Report, 5280 and Elevation Outdoors magazine for a decade. Like many Denverites, Katie is a Midwest transplant who moved West to attend college and never looked back. An avid hiker, she has trekked all over the world--into mystic cloud forests on the Salkantay Trek to Macchu Picchu, from hut-to-hut across glacial streams in...See more

Katie Hearsum is a Colorado-based freelance journalist who has been covering topics relating to tourism and the outdoors for publications such as U.S. News & World Report, 5280 and Elevation Outdoors magazine for a decade. Like many Denverites, Katie is a Midwest transplant who moved West to attend college and never looked back. An avid hiker, she has trekked all over the world--into mystic cloud forests on the Salkantay Trek to Macchu Picchu, from hut-to-hut across glacial streams in Patagonia, and through swarms of mosquitos while portages in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Still her favorite trail is the one that passes through her own backyard. You can connect with Katie and read more of her work by visiting ... She lives in Grand Lake, Colorado. See less