Ongoing Kid Stoke [2011 and on...]

**detrusor** · 03-20-2020, 11:04 AM

We’ve been touring everyday since lucking into last day at targhee (first chair!). Having a ball in truly mediocre conditions. Need to step it up and get higher.

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**VTskibum** · 03-20-2020, 11:52 AM

Tough act to follow previous few, but my 8 y/o has been my main ski partner this season and definitely starting to get the bug.

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**detrusor** · 03-27-2020, 02:43 PM

9 year old got all the way to the top today. 10 year old crushed it, she’s totally ready. Fun day w funky snow

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Sadly no good pics of the down....

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**Sirshredalot** · 03-27-2020, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by detrusor

9 year old got all the way to the top today. 10 year old crushed it, she’s totally ready. Fun day w funky snow

Sadly no good pics of the down....

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Nice to see you getting out with the kids, dude. How's the snow holding up today?

**detrusor** · 03-27-2020, 02:57 PM

Not sure, worked overnight. That was yesterday

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**detrusor** · 03-29-2020, 03:46 PM

Another nice day on the local skin track.

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**getoutside** · 03-30-2020, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by detrusor

Another nice day on the local skin track.

^^ nice getting out with the fam, and your daughter has a sweet set up! took the boys out to earn some turns and build a jump. hope it doesn't end soon.

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**detrusor** · 03-31-2020, 06:59 AM

Inverted for the win!

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**dcpnz** · 03-31-2020, 05:35 PM

Got out with my 11 year old today. 3,700' up and creamy sticky hot pow down

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I’m apparently not clever enough to embed video so settling for stills of the skiing

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**Shredhead** · 03-31-2020, 06:43 PM

It was a gorgeous day! One you’ll remember for the rest of your lives.

**detrusor** · 03-31-2020, 07:31 PM

Nice!

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**Doremite** · 03-31-2020, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by detrusor

9 year old got all the way to the top today. 10 year old crushed it, she’s totally ready. Fun day w funky snow

Sadly no good pics of the down....

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Nice to see the ladies that passed on their gear to my ladies! Have fun and stay safe.

**detrusor** · 04-05-2020, 08:40 PM

Need more kid stoke here! Toured again off of guardsman, 2 laps on west wall off of Jupiter (wind was ripping at the peak) then over to blue slip and to parking lot pickup down Erica’s.

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**detrusor** · 04-06-2020, 02:52 PM

Extreme sledding

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**getoutside** · 04-06-2020, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by detrusor

Extreme sledding

^^^

**Ottime** · 04-07-2020, 01:15 PM

Fuck yeah.

**detrusor** · 04-18-2020, 07:13 PM

Gotta give props to Alta for letting us go uphill. Fuck the rest of em.

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**skiracer88_00** · 04-27-2020, 01:02 PM

Skiing with the kiddo yesterday.

**skiracer88_00** · 05-07-2020, 11:36 AM

My thirteen-year-old and I got out on the citadel yesterday. This was a big deal for him and was his first true ski-mountaineering adventure.

**skiracer88_00** · 05-08-2020, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by fullStack

FKNA that is awesome. I'm jealous. My daughters are pretty damn good skiers but they still complain about walking up from the parking lot to the lifts, let alone doing any real hiking. Maybe next year...

Take it slow. Start out by doing short in-bounds hikes and celebrate each accomplishment no matter how small. It is a pretty amazing thing when your kid starts enjoying the adventure and journey to the top almost as much as the ski down. My kid actually said after we skied this that: "I'm actually happy that the ski areas are closed because its encouraging us to get out on some adventures".

**detrusor** · 05-08-2020, 11:49 AM

^^^^^ this. We started doing really small skins behind the house. Led to some big adventures this year.

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**bizarrefaith** · 05-08-2020, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by skiracer88_00

Take it slow. Start out by doing short in-bounds hikes and celebrate each accomplishment no matter how small. It is a pretty amazing thing when your kid starts enjoying the adventure and journey to the top almost as much as the ski down. My kid actually said after we skied this that: "I'm actually happy that the ski areas are closed because its encouraging us to get out on some adventures".

The mountain where my kid did his seasonal program this winter had a group for older (pre-teen and up I think) kids that includes skinning and my kid (still way too young) thought it looked so cool, so hopefully he still has that attitude when he's old enough for us to start trying it out together.

**skiracer88_00** · 05-08-2020, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by bizarrefaith

The mountain where my kid did his seasonal program this winter had a group for older (pre-teen and up I think) kids that includes skinning and my kid (still way too young) thought it looked so cool, so hopefully he still has that attitude when he's old enough for us to start trying it out together.

These programs are great. Its so cool to see race programs branch out to bring these programs to kids that love to ski but don't want to run gates all day. I coach the Junior All-Mountain team at Loveland (my kid is on the general All-mountain team). I had kids as young as 8 hiking to the top of 13,010 (Loveland's high point) and Wild Child this season, and they loved every minute of it. Its pretty amazing what a young kid is actually capable of when you put them in a group with other motivating like-minded kids that eat, breath and dream about skiing.