Planning family travel shouldn’t feel overwhelming. Trail West itineraries are thoughtfully designed for families with young kids—blending unforgettable outdoor experiences, kid-friendly pacing, local food, practical tips, and flexible daily plans into one easy-to-follow guide. From desert adventures to mountain road trips, each itinerary helps you spend less time researching and more time exploring together.
Whether it’s your first family camping trip or your fiftieth, packing can feel like the hardest part. This free Trail West Car Camping Checklist helps you organize everything you need—from camp kitchen essentials and sleeping gear to kid-specific items and outdoor extras—so you can spend less time worrying about what you forgot and more time making memories around the campfire. Designed by a family that camps often, it’s a simple, practical packing system you’ll use for every adventure.
We’re Kate and Greg, parents to 3-year-old West and puppy River, living at 9,000 feet in a small Colorado mountain town. Our lives revolve around outdoor adventures, but finding advice on camping with a young baby that fit our lifestyle was harder than any mountain climb. So, we followed our intuition—covering thousands of miles on trails and road trips with West. We camped, traveled, and learned, but we could have used some guidance. Our biggest fear? Losing the ability to explore the wild and travel as a family. Want to know how we made it work?
