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 outdoorspeople of color to make sure everyone is learning each other’s perspectives.
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!
Our final ski days of the season – we visited Big Sky and skied half days while working remotely and homeschooling. It quickly became one of our favorite ski resorts, especially after we saw a mountain goat from the run.
Backpacking/Hiking
- The Six-Person Family Chasing the Triple Crown | Outside Online
- Washington family sets out for a CDT summer | Silver City Daily Press
- How to Wash Your Backpack and Kid Carriers | Tales of a Mountain Mama
Camping
- Gaining Confidence Camping with Two Kids in Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park | Morrison Outdoors
- Winter Camping in Trollheimen with a 1 and 3 year old | Jostein Væge (video)
Climbing
Cycling
Diversity & Inclusion
- Birds Without Borders: The Audubon Society’s Mapping Migraciones | LA Weekly Such a cool idea to connect migration between bird species and personal stories.
- What to do when your girlfriend skis faster than you | Freeskier (via The Brave Ski Mom)
- Coloradan Called Out for Bolting Over Moab-Area Petroglyphs | Outside Online
- Books About Black Environmentalists | Rooted in Color (via Outdoor Afro)
- ‘Fatima’s Great Outdoors’ Is an Adventure Tale for All | Outside Online
- Let Women in Outdoor Films Be Jackasses | Outside Online (video)
- A Mother’s Invention Helps Kids with Mobility Challenges | Colorado Parent
- The Mountains We Share | Latino Outdoors
- The Problem With America’s National Parks | The Experiment (podcast)
General Advide
- Outdoor Etiquette & Nature Manners for Kids | Run Wild My Child
- Fun Things to Do on a Windy Day | Tales of a Mountain Mama
- Outdoor Rainy Day Activities for Kids | Run Wild My Child
- Useful Hiking Tips and Tricks for Busy Families | Hike it Baby
- Repurpose Your Outdoor Gear for Parenting | Outside Online
- Take Better Photos of Your Kids with your Smartphone | Tales of a Mountain Mama
Nature
- Plant a Love of Nature in Your Kids | The New York Times
- Birding in Seattle with Kids! | Springtime Walk in the Montlake Neighborhood | Wild Tales of… (video)
Paddlesports
- Kayaking the Okefenokee Swamp | Cory Hallett (video)
Safety
- First Aid Kits for the Outdoor Family | Tales of a Mountain Mama I appreciate the first recommendation to take a Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder class!
Snowsports
- The Youngest 100-Day Skiers Ever | Inside Aspen Snowmass Our kids got about 50 days of skiing in this year and I thought that was impressive until reading this.
- nomadiclearningacademy: 2-year old treasures
- thebackpackingmom: definitely agree with the slow travel
- she_colorsnature: love the joy and the rock paint!
- runwild.mychild: muddy baby!
- alaskawildlings and mtnbabe: teaching kids to clean up our parks and trails is so important
- dineodowd: kids catching snow on their tongues are so cute (8/25/21: image no longer available)
