Snowshoes + Igloo building + Sleding - A Saturday awaiting snow

This is one of those winter activities that we can never get enough of. It's just everything you can ask for: fun, beautiful and different. Adults love it and kids talk about it for weeks after.

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The place we're going to is in Navacerrada but well away from the weekend crowds. It's a gorgeous secret area surrounded by pine trees... A pristine winter wonderland that has managed to stay away from most domingueros.

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The activity is not hard, because the snowshoeing route is divided in two parts (before and after lunch & igloo building) The first part is about 1h long and the second about 1 hourse also, just before the sledding time (yeyyy)

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It's open to any Children above 4 years old that like to walk and to be in nature (please, do not force it. If they've never liked to walk, they won't start today and they will not have fun).

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We'll have some hot soup and a bite to eat, provided by us, while the guide teaches us how to build an igloo. We need to gather strengh :)

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THE DAY IN A NUTSHELL

• We'll start around 10 am (don't be late, we can't wait!)

• Get the gear on, a little briefing on how to walk with snowshoes and off we go!

• We'll walk for approx 1h to work out the appetite and have some food while we learn how t build an igloo, something very useful if the night ever catches up with us on a winter hike and we want to survive

• After our little snow houses are built we'll have lunch and a hot coffee

• Then we'll put our snowshoes again and walk about another hour

• The rest of the afternoon will be devoted to sledding down the mountain, We'll get back to the bar right in Puerto de Navacerrada, before it gets dark and have a couple of beers before taking the train back to Madrid

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WHAT TO BRING (Make sure you go over the checklist)

• Pants and jacket - water resistant and bring an extra pair to get changed afterwards (you can leave them in our van)

• Leggings underneath the pants (specially important for kids)

• Hiking boots (please don't bring apreski boots becasue they're too big and wide and they don't fit inside the snowshoes) if you don't have, in Decathlon you find them from 15€

• 2 pairs of warm thick socks VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING 2 PAIRS

• Water resistant thick warm gloves (ski style) no need for expensive ones, just don't bring city thin woolen gloves)

• A couple tshirts (on long one short sleeves underneath, better if thermal but not neccesary) under your sweaters

• Two thick layers, ie: a polar fleece and a sweatshirt, if you get too hot, one can go insie your backpack

• Buff, scarf or some warm neck and mouth cover to make sure you don't get a cold throat

• Woolen hat that takes care of your heat and covers your ears

• Sunglasses

• Sunscreern and lip balm

• Lunch and 1,5 L water bottle

• Backpack with the extra pair of socks, extra pair of pants, a 1,5 L of water, your lunch, lipbalm, sunscreen and snough space to put one of your sweaters in case you get hot

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HOW TO GET THERE - DO NOT GO BY CAR!!!

Why are we all going by train? Because it avoids: super early waking up, horrible traffic and impossible to find parking space. This is not an exageration, lines up in the morning and down in the evening can be of 3h each way, and theres NO parking. It's nerve wrecking!

Take the 8 am train to Puerto de Navacerrada (It's Line C2 direction Cercedilla, you'll do a transfer there) PLEASE BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE

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PRICE 37€

Includes

• Licensed mountain guide

• Sporty People leaders

• Snowshoeiing route

• Igloo building

• Sledding

• Soup, coffee and chocolate to keep us warm and a midday snack to eat

• All gear (snowshoes, shovels, sleds, etc)

• Accident and liability insurances (also for no residents)