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Tracy Ross

Freelance Writer

Tracy Ross is a Colorado-based journalist who has written at the intersection of family life, raising children, and the outdoors. Her work has appeared in Outside, Backpacker magazine, and other outlets, and she is the author of the acclaimed memoir The Source of All Things.

Latest articles by Tracy Ross

My adult kids found themselves in nature. Will my youngest lose herself in her phone?
Home Planet

My 12-year-old daughter will inherit a warmer world — and, I fear, a lonelier one.

By Tracy Ross