How To Dress For Skiing | Tips From An Outdoor Family — Transcript

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1. 0:00Adia back over here
2. 0:02so 're right here I'm here with Adia
3. 0:05she's our 5-year-old and she's gonna
4. 0:07help me show you how we dress for skiing
5. 0:11now the mountain environment and being
6. 0:13outside on skis is a very Dynamic
7. 0:16environment not all days are the same
8. 0:18but we really only have two different
9. 0:20ways to dress one is our cold weather
10. 0:22outfit and then the other is our normal
11. 0:24winter weather climate outfit so let's
12. 0:29begin we go to go skiing and Addie is
13. 0:31going to help me show you how we get
14. 0:32dressed for a regular day of skiing so
15. 0:34this is normal winter temperatures
16. 0:36anywhere from plus 2° C to like - 8 - 10
17. 0:41right now
18. 0:43today okay the yeah you you explain what
19. 0:47do you need this long underwear first of
20. 0:49all long underwear and then yep what
21. 0:52kind of feet what kind of socks do you
22. 0:53have on your feet wool we got those wool
23. 0:55socks on again yeah and then you're
24. 0:56going to put on a nice fleece pant over
25. 0:59top of your long underwear so now you're
26. 1:00going to put your fleece on and then it
27. 1:03is warmer today so you're going to
28. 1:04you're going to be cooking you're going
29. 1:05to need to go
30. 1:07[Music]
31. 1:10outside thing about all these layers is
32. 1:12if it's a really nice sunny plus 3 four
33. 1:155 degree day and she's wearing her
34. 1:17jacket she might not want this fleece on
35. 1:19on a hot sunny day when it's above zero
36. 1:21she might just want her ski jacket on so
37. 1:23she's wearing some nice pink snow pants
38. 1:25from uh North Face they're insulated
39. 1:27these were the Freedom bib pants I
40. 1:29believe and then what we do when we get
41. 1:31dressed inside we uh put the snow pants
42. 1:33on and then we do the boots nexts we
43. 1:34don't want to wrestle and put our feet
44. 1:36in the boots when we wearing all of our
45. 1:37jackets and the balac clava up here
46. 1:39because it's just so much and then add's
47. 1:41snow pants are getting too small for her
48. 1:43we do need new snow pants and a ski
49. 1:45jacket probably she needs to get a
50. 1:46little bit bigger stuff we usually size
51. 1:49up and try to get a little bit of extra
52. 1:50bagginess and room we'll size up more in
53. 1:53a snow pant than we do in a jacket so
54. 1:55because it's 0° we don't need tow
55. 1:57warmers in there today even if it was
56. 1:58minus 3 or 4 we wouldn't be using those
57. 2:01disposable tow warmers oh you want to do
58. 2:03this first or do you want to do your
59. 2:04bellava first this is one of the key
60. 2:06moves with doing a face mask is you want
61. 2:08to make sure the chin hooks first and
62. 2:10then you kind of go quickly and fast and
63. 2:12you make sure there's no hair in the
64. 2:13mouth or the eyes I I've been doing that
65. 2:15for a few kids for many years and then
66. 2:18we got the goggles up and when we put a
67. 2:19helmet on yeah it was raining outside
68. 2:21when you went out there okay chin up B
69. 2:24and now we make sure that the the face
70. 2:26mask the Bell clava is all wrapped into
71. 2:28the jacket now these mitts the stone
72. 2:31mins these I recommend for toddlers
73. 2:33they're good they're great they're the
74. 2:34warmest most waterproof mint we've ever
75. 2:36found they're a Canadian company called
76. 2:37Stones I'll put an affiliate link below
77. 2:40uh if you're interested in getting a
78. 2:41really good pair of mitts and uh these
79. 2:43are a bit wet cuz you were outside
80. 2:44playing yesterday and you didn't dry
81. 2:45them okay hestra is an alternative glove
82. 2:48brand that I also recommend Luca and
83. 2:50August love their hras Courtney and I
84. 2:52are loving ours and they're leather and
85. 2:54they're incredible they're really good
86. 2:55quality the other face mask goggle combo
87. 2:58that none of our kids really wear but
88. 3:00it's pretty amazing uh this is from Anon
89. 3:02a goggle company and they make face
90. 3:04masks that have magnets that actually
91. 3:06just clip right there get some air and
92. 3:08then when you want to have your skin
93. 3:09completely covered uh it's it's a magnet
94. 3:12which is a pretty good feature so I do
95. 3:14recommend if you can get your hands on a
96. 3:15pair of these yeah you can try it do you
97. 3:16want to try it yeah do you want to like
98. 3:18take that off and try okay ready you do
99. 3:21it ninja mask how do you do it show me
100. 3:24show me how you make the
101. 3:27magnet if you have any questions about
102. 3:29how to dress your kids for skiing leave
103. 3:31a comment below I'll do my best to
104. 3:33answer it I have some links on our
105. 3:35website to some of the gear and
106. 3:36equipment we were using last year
107. 3:38there's some blog posts there as well on
108. 3:40how to choose the best ski boots or
109. 3:41goggles and helmets and ski jackets and
110. 3:43snow pants for kids hand-me
111. 3:46down buying stuff used or using
112. 3:49hand-me-downs is a great way to make it
113. 3:50a little bit more affordable ad you what
114. 3:52are you wearing and as a Bas layer right
115. 3:54now what do you have on long underwear
116. 3:56you've got long underwear on okay can
117. 3:58you put these socks on what kind of
118. 3:59socks are these wool they're wool yeah
119. 4:02they keep your feet warmer than cotton
120. 4:03socks especially if they get a little
121. 4:05bit wet and sweatier now Addie it's a
122. 4:07cold day out there today so you've got
123. 4:08long underwear bottoms long underwear
124. 4:10Top This is a non-cotton long underwear
125. 4:12so this is like a polyester and then
126. 4:14here we're going to throw on some fleece
127. 4:16pants because it's really cold out
128. 4:22there on a normal winter that that and
129. 4:25that yeah we'll do it all so come here
130. 4:26so now add's got her mid layer on so she
131. 4:29got a fleece pant and a fleece here now
132. 4:31this is the thin fleece not all fleeces
133. 4:33are created equal here she's got a real
134. 4:35thicker one and now Addy it's a cold day
135. 4:37out there we're going to wear this big
136. 4:39puppy we're going to do this quickly so
137. 4:41you don't overheat nice and warm and now
138. 4:43hop into this big snowsuit so this is a
139. 4:45cold weather dress so she's wearing Luca
140. 4:49and August hand-me-down snowsuit right
141. 4:51now it's actually quite big for her but
142. 4:52we do this on purpose we pick a bigger
143. 4:54outfit a bigger snowsuit on the cold day
144. 4:57so that she's actually not going to get
145. 4:59your you're going to get a bit hot in
146. 5:00here okay we won't be too long so
147. 5:02because she's in a bigger snowsuit she
148. 5:04can fit that fleece and the puffy jacket
149. 5:06there we'll do what we always do we put
150. 5:08on a nice bellava face mask bellava face
151. 5:11mask has a hole in it for the face and
152. 5:13it'll cover up her chin and can cover up
153. 5:16her mouth and nose as well if she pulls
154. 5:17it up you're going to put it on yeah you
155. 5:19good at getting the hair out this is a
156. 5:21this is an important move if you get
157. 5:23hair all over their face or in their
158. 5:25mouth they're not going to be as happy
159. 5:26and because it's a really cold day we're
160. 5:28actually doubling up and now we put on a
161. 5:30a fleece over top and comes down and
162. 5:32then it's just another big neck one that
163. 5:35can be there I I know let's do this
164. 5:37quick and then we do goggles up on the
165. 5:39helmet boom and now last but not least
166. 5:42we do use tow warmers on their toes so
167. 5:45when it's colder out around that - 8 -
168. 5:4799 - 10 Mark tow warmers is something we
169. 5:49use don't buy these for $5 a piece at
170. 5:52the ski hill you can buy them online in
171. 5:5510 packs or 40 packs for a lot less we
172. 5:57usually wear similar mitts and so we put
173. 6:00those Ms on look how big those are and
174. 6:02then we got to get you out of there so
175. 6:03you don't melt and of course we put the
176. 6:06ski boots on and we usually do that
177. 6:08before we do all the top stuff I'm a dad
178. 6:10who documents our family's Outdoor
179. 6:12Adventures and I hope you found this
180. 6:14video useful helpful if you're trying to
181. 6:15figure out how to dress your kids for
182. 6:17your first time on the mountain or maybe
183. 6:19you've been doing it for a while and you
184. 6:21just want to make sure you're doing it
185. 6:22uh doing it right hope to see you next
186. 6:24video more importantly I hope you get
187. 6:26outside for an adventure of your own
188. 6:27soon