TR: Teach Your Children Well -Kiid Trip

[Cayuse]

Cayusette had been talking about wanting to do some touring and hiking for turns once the lifts stopped spinning so when the spring soccer schedule came out and she had a free weekend a plan was hatched, with me figuring that if I can get her excited about it then it will be a father/daughter activity and won't catch near the grief from Mrs. Cayuse when I want to go.

We drove from Spokane up to Kellogg Friday night and took advantage of the lifts at Silver Mountain on Saturday then Sunday headed up to Lookout Pass. I had thoughts of doing a couple runs around but for her 12 year old legs the 1300 or so of vertical to the top once was enough and she was only interested in the ski down to the parking lot.

Slogging along a cattrack:


Heading on up:


I made it!:


Lunch at the top:


At the top we spent some time practicing with beacons and showing her how to assemble a probe. While she is too young to be counted on in a companion rescue at this point I want her to know about the gear and learn about the dangers so she goes into this with her eyes open.

Then it was time for the ski down on some nice corn.

It's weird skiing with a pack:


Really weird:


Some lines for another day:


Capped off with some drinks I'd stashed in the snowbank much to her delight and then took her to the 50,000 Silver Dollar Bar so she could see that before heading home.

Looking forward to a couple more local trips with her in the next month and hopefully skiing Chinook Pass over Memorial Day.

[saxon]

That made me smile. Thanks for posting.

[skifishbum]

fkna i don't care wtf that boston baked bean attention whore says
kids stoke is grade A good shit
thanks for sharin

[~mikey b]

good stuff!

[igBand]

Great TR...thanks for sharing the kid stoke!

[Ottime]

Fantastic. My sone is 1 now, and I so look forward to getting out with him someday. We did some inbounds touring together this year, with him on my chest, and he loved it.

You may want to teach her to put her beacon over her base layer and not outside her coat. Otherwise, she might get beat up on the internet...

Hope to see more pics and stoked posted up in this thread as the spring continues.

[thin cover]

This is awesome, I hope that when my son is older we can share this experience many times over.

[Cayuse]

You may want to teach her to put her beacon over her base layer and not outside her coat. Otherwise, she might get beat up on the internet...

Not sure what you're referring to, the white is her base layer and the harness never got taken off, we had that discussion.

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[Buster Highmen]

Looking forward to a couple more local trips with her in the next month and hopefully skiing Chinook Pass over Memorial Day.

With all the snow, Chinook may not be open on Memorial Day, but Crystal should be.

http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories...t-chinook-pass

Put out a shout should you make it this way.

[userA]

thanks for sharing the kidstuff, washington kids need to ski with their dads.
my 8yr. old is in battle mode everytime he hits the slopes.
bf

[ACH]

Cool TR, thanks for sharing...

[Ottime]

my bad. thought that was a white vest... good to see you are on top of that.

[jgb@etree]

Awesome kid stoke. Way to get after it w/ the youngin'!

[anemic]

That is so awesome.

[hutash]

Very cool TR

Bet she kicks your ass on the up and down in no time.

[userA]

of course she will

[Cayuse]

Very cool TR

Bet she kicks your ass on the up and down in no time.

I look forward to that, I keep telling her that we will be at the same level for one day then she will pass me and old age and treachery will allow me to keep up for awhile longer. And then she'll be able to set the skin track for me in my old age

[mtl_ripper]

Awesome, can't wait for first earned turns with my young ones. Sunny day to boot, eh!

[iamTRuTH]

That was killer, very cool.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Congrats to you both!

[TBS]

You are a good dad for teaching your daughter the skills necessary to mis-spend her life skiing

[pruitt]

I have three daughters all under 6. I can't image having them all out touring up to go skiing. I can only hope!!

Thanks for the inspiration.

[JayPowHound]

My little girl is about to turn 2 and daddy daughter tours without grief from the better half sound amazing. Can't wait!

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

That right there is just good old fashioned win, start to finish. Way to do it right.

[Lexi-Bell]

W00t!!

Father-daughter kid stoke bump,

Thanks for sharin keep it up dad!