Put on ski clothes

About this visual support

Base layer, mid layer, ski trousers, jacket, boots, helmet, goggles and gloves. Getting dressed for a day on the slopes is a whole routine of its own, and the order matters. Put the jacket on before the trousers or the gloves before the helmet and you have to start again. For a child who finds tight boots, itchy base layers or a pressing helmet uncomfortable, dressing can become the hardest part of the whole ski day, long before the first run.

The visual support shows a man pulling on an orange ski jacket with goggles around his neck, with ski trousers and ski boots standing beside him. Use the picture as a heading and lay the clothes out on the floor in the order they go on, starting with the smallest items. A practical tip is to put the boots on last and sitting down, since they make it hard to move, and to tighten the buckles gradually rather than all at once. Helmet and goggles can wait until you are standing by the lift, so your child does not walk around with pressure on their head in a warm room.

In Routined ski dressing can be added as a checklist with pictures, and the app can be tried for 14 days at no cost.