We hiked the 4 day Kepler track in New Zealand this year. All the time we took with our kids when they were young is paying off big time now.
Here are my hard earned and learned ultimate tips to creating young hikers. Hopefully, these ultimate tips will help you get your kids out hiking so that you can enjoy trails together for years. Continue reading
Don’t be a foolish hiker! Make smart choices.
Please don’t be a foolish hiker and do something that puts you or others at risk. Here are 8 tips that everyone should follow to enjoy their hike and be safe. Continue reading
Do you know the most important thing to bring when hiking with kids?
Over years of hiking with my kids I have found that this is the single most important thing to bring when I go hiking with kids. This will make sure your hike is fun as opposed to unpleasant. Continue reading
Hiking the Milford Track with our kids was pretty fun.
Hiking the Milford Track with kids was an amazing and memorable trip for our family. After hearing about this amazing walk for years we finally did the planning and had an unforgettable hiking trip along this trail on the South Island of New Zealand.
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This lego hiker has a map and compass, but do you need one when hiking with kids?
A map and compass are one of the 11 essential items to bring on a day hike with kids. Here is an explanation on why you need to bring these along. Continue reading
Here are the best hiking with kids blogs that I have come across and I wanted to pass on to my readers. These have gear reviews, trails to explore and more. Continue reading
Over the years my owners have created a ‘bag of tricks’ that they take with them whenever they go hiking with their kids in the Rocky Moutains. I don’t know why they say they have a bag of tricks because in all the time we have spent outdoors I have never seen them open up an actual bag and pull out any tricks.
Sometimes when the kids are gone I hear them talking to each other about their ‘bag of tricks’. My best understanding is that their ‘bag of tricks’ is a number of things that they have to keep the kids entertained or moving on the trail. They seem to pull them out when the kids are getting bored on the trail and don’t want to keep hiking or when the kids begin to get grouchy. Continue reading
Hiking with kids is a day playing in the Rocky Mountains with your family.
There is nothing I enjoy quite as much as spending a day with my family out for a walk in the mountains. Exploring the mountains with your family is an adventure. You never know what you are going to come across on the trail – maybe you will see a big mammal grazing in a meadow or come across some really strange looking bug.
These hikes are some of my favorites in Utah. They are between 2 and 6 miles long, making them a bit hard for very small kids, but not too long for most five and six year olds. Continue reading
I love hiking, especially in the Rocky Mountains. Prior to my owners having kids and being parents I loved to spend the day wandering in the mountains, pushing my body to its limit to see how far I could go and what I could see. A ten-mile round trip hike was a nice way to spend the day.
As I have learned, hiking with kids is not the same as hiking with just adults. With adults, a hike tends to be focused on getting to a distant goal, such as a mountain peak or lake. In contrast, with kids it is all about the journey and not the destination.
Change Your Mindset – Go Slow and Enjoy the Journey Continue reading