It all looks pretty, doesn’t it? The baby bundled in her bunting, the toddler throwing a snowball, the fat flakes falling among the tall evergreens. Well, I have to be honest with you: hiking in a snowstorm with children is… more work. Snow was swirling upwards from the parking lot towards the tree tops when we pulled up to the trailhead. The thermometer in my car read 18 degrees, but I was guessing it felt colder with the wind. The baby was happy sleeping in the car, and Huck just woke up from his nap and was protesting.

Having the right gear is essential for traveling in the mountains during the winter. Instead of finding the first

After my initial post about teaching Huck to ski, one of my friends on social media offered some excellent advice about teaching toddler's to ski. I followed up with some questions for Caitlyn Concklin, and she wrote some helpful guidelines. We recently used this approach to introduce our daughter, Tatum to ski (when she was about 15 months old). Thanks, Caitlyn!

Huck turned two 10 days ago. While I know that it is unlikely that such a young toddler will be able to actually turn his skis, or have the muscle strength to stand in skis for very long, I wanted to introduce him to our world.