Outdoor Family
5 Tips for Spring Hikes with Kids
Whether it’s one child or a small group of siblings, cousins, or friends, use these 5 tips to prepare for your next hiking adventure. Happy hikers want to go out again.
8 Spirit-Boosting Spring Hikes for Kids
Spending time in a forest or exploring a lake shoreline are stress-reducing, morale-boosting activities for kids, helping to stabilize emotions and provide mental clarity. Explore a new trail and find some unplugged, wild serenity this spring with these 8 Inland Northwest hikes, which can be tailored for different hiking abilities.
Virtual Learning Recess Activities
Pandemic-induced virtual learning has reduced physical activity. Here are five ways for kids to get exercise during short class breaks on virtual schooldays.
Ski Idaho: Youth Passport & Programs
The Ski Idaho association’s 5th/6th Grade Passport program provides free lift tickets at Schweitzer, Silver Mountain, Lookout Pass, and other Idaho ski areas.
Local Youth Ski Racing Programs
Is ski racing a good fit for your child? If they already have basic ski skills and can get their skis off and on, ride …
Tips for Keeping Kids Warm Outside
Expert advice from Mt. Spokane Ski School Director and ski instructor Katrin Pardue–what to wear (and not wear) to stay warm, what to eat, and how to prepare kids for cold weather recreation.
5 Ways For Kids To Play In the Snow
Ideas for outdoor winter fun in the snow — get kids accustomed to having fun in cold, wet conditions prepares them for learning to ski/snowboard next season.
COVID Safety Tips: 7 P’s For the Ski Mountain
Ways to be safe and responsible on the mountain during the age of COVID, based on CDC and regional mountains’ COVID-19 policies and safety protocols.
Little Ripper: Libby Collins at Silver Mountain
Skier – Age: 12 Home mountain: Silver Mountain; also trains at Mt. Spokane and Mt. Hood (Oregon). Favorite runs at Silver: Tall Paul, SOB, the race …
Little Ripper: Kendal Brumet at Lookout Pass
Skier – Age: 11 Home mountain: Lookout Pass; dual-pass holder this season at Lookout and Silver Mountain. Favorite runs at Lookout: Montana Face, Lucky Friday. …