Kids ski helmets

Kids ski helmets are essential piece of safety gear that child must have. Resorts place such importance on children wearing them that they’re compulsory in many ski areas up to twelve years of age.

Why are kids ski helmets important?
They protect and cushion your child’s head if he falls. A fall without one doesn’t need to a spectacular ‘wipe-out’ to cause serious head injury. Your child could bump his head simply by slipping over when he’s waiting next to you.

Won’t my child get hot wearing one?
Possibly so – most likely on a nice warm sunny Spring day. Our children sometimes complain about becoming hot and sweaty underneath the helmet. That's hardly surprising as a person loses roughly a quarter of their body heat from their head.

Kids ski helmets do usually having some sort of air vent, in the tough outer shell and padding, but children can still get warm. Please don’t be tempted to take it off whilst skiing. If you need to cool your child down, take a rest and keep safe.

How do I get the right size?
To ensure that the headgear fits properly, you can either measure your child’s head, then find the appropriate size. Or it may simply be a case of trying several sizes and makes to see which fits best.

It should not be too tight, neither should it be too loose. If you can wobble it easily on top of your child’s head you should try a smaller size. One we once bought was slightly too big for our then four-year-old. The problem was easily fixed because it was supplied with some extra pads to place inside. An instant snug fit.

Are there any features to look for?
Yes, we look for kids ski helmets with these features:

Look for a clip of some sort on the back of the helmet into which you can place your child’s goggle strap. This means your child can take his goggles off at the end of the day without them falling away and getting lost.

In resorts with hands-free lift passes, I’ve seen children moving their heads towards the ticket checking point. Why?
That’s because the height of the check-point is usually around head height for children. So if you tuck your child’s lift pass into his headgear, all he has to do to get through is lean his head towards the machine.

In the resort we stayed in last year, all check-points were on the left hand side, so we tucked the pass in the left side of the headgear between the shell and the padding.

Worried that the pass might fall out, we simply secured it with a little sticky tape. (You can see the black tape in this picture with the pass behind the vent).