Kids Ski Harness - How to Help your Kids Learn to Ski

When your children begin learning to ski, before getting them to start ski school, it is important that they know how to get around in skis, feel confident and have fun. One way to do this is to use a ski harness and reins. This will really help your children learn the basics of skiing and build their confidence so they find it easier when starting skiing lessons.

The way ski harnesses work is that they will help your children learn how to control their speed on a slope, how to stop and then once these are mastered, it will help them to gain more confidence on increasingly harder runs. Having an adult hold on to the other end of the ski rein, it will keep your children safe in case of run away skis!

It gives your children more of an opportunity to try out different ski slopes and ski chair lifts, as they are both difficult to master right away. One of the main pros of using a ski harness and reins is that if your children fall one on of the steeper slopes or while getting on and off the chair lifts, you can just pick them right back up again using the handy handles.

The top two ski harnesses and reins we sell are from Lucky Bums and NipperGrip:

The Lucky Bums ski harness and reins is perfect for teaching your kids how to both ski and snowboard. From America, this child’s ski harness and skiing reins system combines the safety and usefulness of the Lucky Bums signature integrated handle with 2 detachable learn-to-turn skiing trainer reins and the small back pack is ideal for keeping emergency snacks and tissues handy! Ideal for an introduction to skiing and brilliant at controlling speeds of more accomplished Little Skiers as they try harder pistes. It also has a robust handle for lift safety and  picking up children after the inevitable falls!

The NipperGrip ski harness is a more basic ski harness with a handle on the back (for control over all mentioned above). Uniquely, it also has a ski harness on the front, so that whatever position your child ends up in, even flat on their back, you will be able to just pick them back up onto their feet. The reins are removable for kids “free” skiing in front of you, good for when they begin to tackle more difficult pistes. It is also small and lightweight so wouldn’t be a problem when taking it on your skiing holiday in the winter.

May Johnson, October 2013