Kid Gear To Be The Best Snow Bunnies Ever

My kids were born in California into a moderate Bay Area climate, and have spent the past five years surviving the sweltering summers of Georgia. Snow for them–real snow–so far is a concept reserved for viewings of Frozen. They’ve experienced a dusting of snow here and there, but when we decided to take them on a trip to learn to ski and ice skate, we realized they did not have any of the kid gear necessary to brave the elements!

Having grown up in Florida myself, I didn’t learn to ski until my twenties. I am forever the person left on the green runs or at the ski lodge, while all of my friends are bombing down the black diamonds. I knew that I wanted to get my kids onto skis so that if the opportunity ever arose for them later in life to go skiing with friends and/or colleagues, they wouldn’t feel like fish out of water. Since we live in Georgia, and we didn’t quite feel like splashing out on a week at Vail, we looked for the closest possible ski facility with a lessons for kids, and we found it in the hills of North Carolina at the Sugar Bear Ski School at Sugar Mountain. I’ll be writing a whole post on our experience and I’ll link it here. Long story short, it was perfect for my kids! But I digress. Back to gear!

First, I needed waterproof skiing clothes for my kids. They already had waterproof jackets, so I was covered there. For their bottoms, I went with bibs, rather than pants, because I knew my kids would likely be falling down a lot and the bibs make sure that no snow slides down a fallen child’s back. For my son, who is nine years old and loves camouflage anything, we got this ski bib in grey-blue camo. And for my daughter, who is six years old and loves to be like her brother, but make it girly, we got this bib in pink camo.

The importance of good ski socks became clear to me the first time I skied with plain old athletic socks. As the day wore on, my feet became more and more cold, wet, and uncomfortable. Even with the best waterproof jackets and pants, there is nothing worse than wet socks, so I knew I had to make sure my kids had good ones. These kids’ ski socks did not bunch up or fall down, and kept my kids happy all day.

And to finish the waterproofing of my children, we needed good ski gloves. I settled on these gloves for my son in neon green digital camo–are you sensing a camouflage preference yet?–and these gloves for my daughter in pink and purple. Look at how cute these two monkeys turned out!

We were lucky enough to grab spots for the kids in ski school, but the instructors told us that if we wanted to teach the kids on our own, there were two products we needed: an Edgie Wedgie to make sure the kids’ skis don’t cross or get too far apart, and a training harness to help the kids stay upright on the slopes. I did end up buying these for the next time we try to ski.

Finally, perhaps you are a mom who hasn’t been out on the slopes in a while, and you don’t want to break the bank buying fancy ski clothes. Yours truly was in the same boat! I settled on this ski jacket, this bib, and these ski socks for my own attire, and all worked perfectly. I did size up one in the bib because I didn’t want it to be at all tight, and I initially wore running tights underneath for warmth, but ended up taking the running tights off halfway through the second day.

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