Family Friendly Skiing
Surely the family skiing is something very special. If you go skiing with young kids, then you’ll give them the gift of learning early. But if you have a chance to travel to the skiing resorts with older kids, then you’ll spend an unforgetable time together. Anyway, you’ll get not only fun but pleasant memories.
Nowadays practically all ski resorts welcome families with kids. They are ready to offer kids’ programs and ski and snowboard schools. Many ski resorts prepair special opportunities, such as child-care centers, nurseries, and cool programs for teens.
First of all you should decide where to go. For example, Colorado’s ski destinations are legendary. Utah’s motto and Smuggler’s Notch (in Vermont) are also great places to go skiing.
But quite often the families with children prefer to go local. So if there’s a ski resort in driving distance, then it’s a good idea to load up the gear and head for the hills.
You should also keep in mind while choosing a family ski resort that sometimes non-celebrity places can be perfect ones for families. There you can get uncrowded slopes, lower prices, manageable size, friendly ambiance.
Family Skiing
Anyway you should keep in mind that skiing is just basically expensive, given the cost of gear plus lift tickets, not to mention travel to, and lodgings near, the slopes. So plan you budget carefully before the trip.
And please, don’t waste time while spending your vacation at the skiing resorts. It’s amazing how much time we can waste getting onto the slopes. Just look for the “ski in/ski out”, because it’s a lovely convenience, when kids can put their gear on right outside your lodgings, and zip to the lifts — and also a major time-saver.
If you’re renting gear, then try to do the actual rental the night before you want to hit the slopes. Keep in mind that rental shops are busy in the morning, and the process of getting a family fitted with boots, skis, boards, helmet, can eat up prime time.
It’s very convenient to get gear and clothing fully organized the night before, because suiting up with kids can take an incredible amount of time
It’s a good idea to look for “Fresh Tracks” programs, that provide access to the mountain early in the morning. Remember to book kids programs in advance, at popular spots
So if you really want convenience, then you should stay at a resort with a “ski concierge” (for example, Four Seasons Resort Whistler)
Here are some practical tips on the slopes with kids.
- Please, dress in layers, because the temperatures on the mountain heat up and chill down fast.
- If the members of your family don’t have cell phones, then don’t forget to buy a “family radio set” to communicate and meet up on the slopes.
- Also it’s very important to agree in advance on a place to meet if you get separated
- Remember that kids should know how their bindings work. And of course kids should be able to recognize mountain patrol staff and volunteers.
- If you go skiing with small children, then you should ask for assistance on lifts. For older kids skiing or ‘boarding on their own: never go out of bounds.
So if you’ve decided the place to go to, loaded up the gear, got your child acquainted with rules then you are ready for the trip to the ski resort! Be careful and have fun!
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