This is the second installment in our series on how to snowshoe. To help you and your family choose the right equipment for your trip, we will go deep into the different design characteristics of snowshoes and poles and discuss boots and other clothing. With the COVID pandemic still limiting our indoor options, and with winter putting a cap on our outdoor options, this winter could look bleak for some families. We offer up snowshoeing as a low-cost, easy to access solution. You and your family can still go winter hiking and still get into the outdoors even as the weather changes.

This is the first part of our series on how to snowshoe. This will help you plan a destination for that first snowshoeing trip. With the COVID pandemic still limiting our indoor options, and with winter putting a cap on our outdoor options, this winter could look bleak for some families. We offer up snowshoeing as a low-cost, easy to access solution to these constraints. You and your family can still go winter hiking and still get into the backcountry, even as the weather changes.

With families everywhere already feeling COVID has limited what activities they can pursue, winter is now closing in, and many may feel like outdoor options are now going to be taken away, too. We wanted to take a few minutes to describe some of the virtues of snowshoeing, and how it may be an accessible escape that can overcome the twin constraints of COVID and the snowy outdoors.

Born from experience, here are some small, cheap, and exceptionally helpful items for winter camping

A review of the Trango Junior, a full body harness for kids ranging from 25 to 80 pounds.

Our thought process as we balance safety, enjoyment, and effort to progress our kids towards their rock climbing goals.

An in-depth review of the Deuter Climber 22L backpack.

Here are 12 tips to help you and your family camp in cold weather and winter conditions

After taking the Spring and Summer to figure out the basics during the COVID-19, the family got out for four days of camping in the backcountry wilderness. We did some hiking and some climbing... and remembered that the simple things can and do bring us together.