Baby Skiing

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Expedition Ready Baby 

You can still back country ski with a baby. Annabelle is fully outfitted for baby winter expeditions in a  Patagonia puffy onesie-souped up by her engineer Dad. Her outfit is heated with the innards of a mini electric blanket which connects to an external battery pack-providing three levels of heat all day long. Just plug in the baby and go.  

Picking destinations is sometimes a challenge- you want green runs that are mostly a slog, and pretty much undesirable to anyone really wanting to ski.  Circumnavigating Table Mountain turned out to be a perfect spring baby skiing choice. 

The day started out with an excellent run off the back side of Herman's Saddle. Brandon's hoots, closely followed by Annabelle's hoots echoed throughout the valley.

 As we trudged on around Table Mountain towards iceberg lake we lost some visibly. I took the lead traveling by sense of smell so Brandon and the girl could use me as a canary in the coal mine for any weird terrain features, and let me tell you, there were plenty weird features on the south side of table traverse. We regained visibility before the ascent back up to the Artist's Point bathroom just in time for Annabelle to see her first wet slab. After observing out of  harms way, we then made our way up to the parking lot through the trees, and skied the super epic green runs back to Heather Meadow's parking lot. 





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