Tracy Ross is an award-winning journalist and contributing editor at Backpacker magazine, an ASME Award-winning outdoor publication with 1.2 million readers. Her essay“The Source of All Things” won the National Magazine Award in 2009 and was selected for inclusion in The Best American Sports Writing and TheBest American Magazine Writing. Her Skiing magazine story “Our Country Comes Skiing in Peace” received a notable mention in Best American Travel Writing, and her work has also appeared in Outside and Women’s Sports Illustrated. Ross’ assignments have taken her to the wilds of Alaska, the ski slopes of Iran, and the most remote reaches of Ecuador. She writes about exotic places and intriguing people but mainly about the wilderness and how it intersects with the most important issues in our lives. She lives with her family in the mountains above Boulder, Colorado. |
