Between a win at Research and Development and going head-to-head with Elena Hight at last year’s Natural Selection, the past few winters have been transformative for Ellery Manning. Mix in her first year of school with competing at Mt. Baker’s Legendary Banked Slalom, and all the other fixings of an 18-year old’s day-to-day life, and it’s hard to comprehend how Manning has kept up. But one thing’s for sure: she has arrived. Go behind the scenes of Manning’s season, her rise to backcountry snowboarding’s biggest stage, and everything in between.