That's heartbreaking, Mike; I'm so sorry for the family's and your tribe's loss. So tragic.


We're hitting the road tomorrow; BV Monday, S@T Tuesday, probably touring Wednesday; from there, it...

Cool shots, all. Nice pow & jumps & cruisers! Here's a little kicker fun from this past weekend...
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At 3, my recommendation is don't overdo it. Go out for some easy stuff with the leash-pack, and spend most of the day hanging out in lodge and playing in the snow. Trade off with spouse. Sure, do a...

The contour trekkers look nice. I just took his last year's downhill skis and slapped on a pair of Chouinard 3-pins from my antique gear box. And he sort of fits my wife's old T3s. ...

Just saw the vid, and Logan does indeed rip! Mad angulation skillz.

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Did a rather epic tour with 9-year-old Ben today; I really thought conditions would be easier, but neither the precip nor the winds ever quit. Afterwards, he was pretty proud of himself, and...

Yeah, I really liked using the harness, particularly for lift security. Towards the end of that era, we kept it on him for that reason, and only very occasionally used the actual leashes as backup...

Awesome tots, aragon vt & silver!!

Young Benton, 9 now, on his first day tele skiing:
http://bobskiing.com/trips/ben_tele.jpg

I handicapped myself appropriately that day with 80s-vintage gear;...

Nice stuff alias_rice & vt_ski!

Sirshred, those balance bikes are amazing for getting the kid ready for all sorts of balance activities, not just biking; here's our little guy before he was 3: ...

Great job Owen; I'll show that to Ben to maybe inspire him for our upcoming Tuolumne Meadows trip.

Also cool to see UM's little one on a real 14er. And huge congrats to Norseman; cute little kid!!

Jeez, 4. Rockin!!!

A few months ago:
http://bobskiing.com/tmp/plangran.jpg

And, a week or so ago, his first Yosemite climbing, at TM's Pothole Dome:
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My kid (8) has had several lessons, all from the same person (who he liked, and learned well from the first time), typically one lesson per season. I give him suggestions and technique tips here and...

From about a week ago, a nice warm day at Royal Gorge:

http://bobskiing.com/trips/mariah.jpg


Mikey: We were going to hit Carson later that week, but that ended up being a kind of rainy day;...

Congrats to Owen!


Our 8-year-old's gotten two real-deal powder days already this season. He likes it!

http://bobskiing.com/trips/hwtwo.jpg

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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind (his first day downhill skiing was at Dodge)! We've talked about a return to Sonora Pass as well (didn't happen for us this past season, but we did an easy backcountry...

Not a lot open, they were just running Kuma and Cub, with one run coming off of each, plus a few bony off-piste variations coming off the run from Kuma, which we made the most of. But a good time was...

If the kid has a harness (and we kept him in one for a little while after we weren't leashing him any more, for this reason) it's easy to hold onto the back of it while on the chair, easier than...