Kelly Bastone has written for Backpacker, Sunset, National Geographic Traveler, Runner’s World, SELF, Skiing, Hemispheres, USAirways Magazine, Bike, Hooked on the Outdoors, Budget Travel, Cross-Country Skier, Women’s Adventure (formerly Dandelion), Pittsburgh, 5280: Denver’s Mile-High Magazine, Grand County Living, Bloom, Colorado Meetings and Events, Parks and Recreation, Steamboat Magazine, and others. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Prior to freelancing full-time, Bastone worked as Curator for the Tread of Pioneers, a museum documenting the pioneer and ski history of Steamboat Springs. For seven years she taught English at boarding and private schools in Cleveland, Ohio and Denver, Colorado; while in Denver, she also worked at the Denver Art Museum, teaching visitors about various phases of American and world art.

She has traveled extensively, often through work or study projects such as picking grapes in France, studying Andean weaving in Bolivia, and completing her master’s degree in Oxford, England. In 2003 she hiked from Georgia to New Jersey on the Appalachian Trail.

Bastone lives in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, where she enjoys backcountry and resort skiing, mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, and yoga. She received a B.A. in English and French from Hiram College and an M.A. in English from Middlebury College (Bread Loaf).