Our monthly post to highlight the best writing and most useful tips written by Outdoor Parents the previous month!
You won’t typically find gear reviews or travel guides here – on this site we focus on the skills and inspiration to help you get outside and stay outside with your kids. We also believe that everyone should feel welcome in the outdoors, so we share articles by parents and outdoors-people of color to make sure everyone is learning each other’s perspectives.
Going forwards we are also going to be sharing these links right away on our Facebook page as we find them. So in case you’d like to read them slowly over the month, please follow our Facebook page.
Hopefully, this encourages you to plan your next outdoor adventures, reflect on what you were able to accomplish over the past month, or what you learned and would do differently. Enjoy!
Backpacking
- Cinematic Family Backpacking Crow Lake Way to Sheepherder Lake June 2021 Sony a7iii 50mm 1.2 gm | Hikes for Miles via Backpacking with Babies and Kids (video)
- Backpacking Hiking Packing List for Families | Born to be Adventurous
- Strawbridge Family of Six Completes Triple Crown | The Trek
- As the Water Boils (113) AT 2021 | Strawbridge Treks (video)
Camping
- Adventure, Baby! First Camping Trip Of 2021 – Brewers Campground | Get Outside
- How to Make Camping Fun | Outside Online
Climbing
- Spring 2021: The Season of Redemption! | Cragmama
- 11 yo on Pseudo Hardmen (5.11a) | Steve and Erica Lineberry (aka Cragmama) (video)
Cycling
- 100kms by Bike to Pinhal Novo | Mama Overlander
- A New Cyclist Rest Area at Ludas & Róka Tanya // RECUMBENT TRIKE family vlog | Steintrikes Wild One | Family Adventures on Trikes (video)
Diversity & Inclusion
- This retired teacher found her passion while birding. Now she’s making it accessible to all | CNN
- How LGBTQ youth are building community through conservation work | National Geographic via Outdoor Alliance for Kids
- Meet the Women Making the Outdoors More Accessible to All | Condé Nast Traveller via Outdoor Alliance for Kids
- Who’s On Top? “the emotional story of members of the LGBTQ community who challenge stereotypes about gender and sexuality and demonstrate their diverse journeys in overcoming physical and figurative mountains.” via Outside Online (video – paid)
- Untelling The Story | Climbing Gold “Ship Rock. The Totem Pole. Spider Rock. Just because it’s there doesn’t mean we should climb it. We dive into the troubled relationship between climbers and tribes and take apart an inaccurate story the climbing community has been telling itself for decades.” via Access Fund (podcast)
- 9 Ways to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive | Outside Online
General
- Pregnancy and the Outdoors Matrescence, Part 1 | She Explores from Toddlers ‘n Trails (podcast)
- Opinion: Why becoming a parent is a scarier prospect for Sea to Sky women | Pique Newsmagazine
- Play. Clean. Go. Recreation Tips | Tales of a Mountain Mama
- How to Get Kids To Go Outside | Tales of a Mountain Mama
- How to Get Outside MORE: Tips & Tricks to Encourage Kids to Play Outdoors! | Wild Tales of… (video)
- Healing in Nature with Renee Burns | Outdoorsy Families (podcast)
Hiking
- 7 Strategies to Get Your Toddler Hiking Independently | Outdoorsy Families
- Hiking Governor Dodge State park #FamilyFriendlyHike | Dineo Dowd (video)
Paddling
- Paddleboard Gear for the Whole Family (Pup, Too) | Outside Online
- 12 Best US River Rafting Trips for Families | Outdoor Families Magazine
Safety
