Family-Friendly Adventures
Create lasting memories with your family on our specially designed family tours. These adventures balance excitement with safety, ensuring everyone from young children to grandparents can enjoy the Colorado backcountry.
What Makes Our Family Tours Special
- Moderate pace and terrain
- Child-specific safety equipment
- Patient, family-experienced guides
- Frequent stops for photos and breaks
- Age-appropriate machines
Age Requirements
- Drivers: Must be 16+ with valid license
- Passengers: Children 5+ can ride with adults
- Double sleds: Available for parent-child riding
Tour Duration Options
2-Hour Family Experience
- Perfect for younger children
- Scenic mountain views
- Hot chocolate break included
Half-Day Family Adventure
- Extended exploration
- Lunch stop included
- More terrain variety
What We Provide
- Late-model snowmobiles
- Helmets for all sizes
- Insulated suits and boots
- Gloves and goggles
- Snacks and warm beverages
Safety Focus
- Full safety briefing
- Lead and sweep guides
- First aid trained staff
- Radio communication
- GPS tracking on all machines
Booking Tips
- Morning tours often have best conditions
- Book early for holiday periods
- Inform us of any special needs
- Dress in layers
Related Tours
- Daily Tours - our most popular ride, great for all skill levels
- Sunrise Tours - watch dawn break over the Rockies with your family
How we adapt for younger riders
Children under 16 ride paired with a parent or guardian on a two-up machine. We provide booster seats and additional handgrips so kids can hold securely during turns. The route avoids steeper sections and stays on the widest groomed trails where speed remains conservative throughout. Pace is set by the youngest comfortable rider in the group, not the average — if a child wants to slow down or stop, the whole tour pauses without question.
Practical considerations for families
Cold tolerance varies enormously among children. We bring extra hand warmers, neck gaiters, and child-sized goggles to fix common comfort issues that come up mid-ride. Bathroom stops are scheduled at the halfway point, which is a heated cabin with separate facilities. If you’re traveling with a child under five, we recommend the photography tour or a hot chocolate cabin visit rather than a ride; cold exposure at altitude can be more challenging for very young children than the marketing brochures suggest.
Photo and memory considerations
Family tours include a photographer-paired stop at the halfway cabin where guides take group photos with the alpine backdrop. Prints are emailed within 48 hours of your tour at no additional cost. Many families request these prints as a Christmas card photo or holiday memento, and the framing works well for that purpose because it shows the whole group in matching gear with the dramatic Colorado landscape behind. If you have a particular photo idea in mind, mention it during the booking call so the guide knows to set it up.