The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has provided us with safety guidelines, based on which we have created a clothing and gear Amazon Idea List for our Forest MunKis.
The graphs below further visualize how you can help your children stay warm, by layering them up properly so they can remain comfortable even in temperatures below 40°F!
We have assigned different temperature ranges to the three types of weather illustrated in the graphs and organized the clothing section into base, second, outer layers and accessories. We then assigned each category specific clothing items which all have their specific key function in keeping your child warm and dry, based on decades of Swiss Alpine skiing experience.
Note that when deciding on how to dress your child, always go by how the temperatures are perceived and not by the temperatures that were actually measured, as wind, humidity and precipitation can have dramatic effects on how we experience extreme heat or cold.
We encourage parents to always keep at least one dry pair of socks, mittens, and pants in their child's little backpack, as well as disposable hand and toe warmers during winter.
Furthermore, we suggest that children always have a pair of rain pants handy to explore muddy terrain, while staying dry in the process.
Finally, we recommend parents to get their children an extra pair of winter boots and an extra snow suit, in case one of them gets soaked, or needs laundering and won’t fully dry by the next day.
Base Layer: underwear or diaper, thin onesie and tights for chillier days
Second Layer: pants and sweater or light jumper that can be removed easily
Outer Layer: Rain pants, rain coat and rain boots
Accessories: Hat and light scarf, sunglasses
Base Layer: Turtleneck onesie and thick tights
Second Layer: Wool or fleece sweater or jumper and thick long pants, ski socks
Outer Layer: Snow/rain pants and coat, waterproof winter boots
Accessories: balaclava or hat & infinity scarf, fingered wool mittens
Base Layer: thermal underwear, turtleneck onesie and thick tights
Second Layer: wool or fleece sweater, thick long pants, (doubled up) ski socks
Outer Layer: snow suit or snow pants & winter coat, waterproof winter boots
Accessories: balaclava or hat & infinity scarf, wool mittens, water proof mittens
