Colin Durkin, 9, and his mother, Jessica Bradley, of Beverly, Massachusetts, prepare Sunday for a day of cross-country skiing at Carter’s XC Ski Center in Bethel. Their friend, Janer Bolingbroke of Bethel, organizes herself on the right. Carter’s XC Ski Center is hosting the WinterKids Family Days on Feb. 13, which is to include activities and discounted ski tickets. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Jes Carter holds out a scavenger hunt sheet Saturday at Carter’s XC Ski Center in Bethel. Carter is creating the scavenger hunt as an activity on WinterKids Family Days, which is planned for Feb. 13 the ski center. Children will have opportunities to search for posters of animal tracks and actual animal tracks in the snow. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Samantha Sawan, right, and Joseph Ballow begin their ski adventure Sunday at Carter’s XC Ski Center in Bethel. The couple, along with two other friends, say they chose to cross-country ski Sunday after a day of downhill skiing Saturday, hoping to get out of the windy conditions. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Johannes Raatz, left and Karina Vargus of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, pick up up rental skis Sunday from Ben Woodward at Carter’s XC Ski Center in Bethel. The Ski Center is hosting a WinterKids Family Day on Feb. 13, featuring discounted tickets for children and adults. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Zoe Hasson-Porobic, 10, gets a hand Sunday putting on her cross-country boots from her mother, Susan Hassan, at Carter’s XC Ski Center in Bethel. The two came from Portland to ski, and estimate it is their fifth time cross-country skiing. “That doesn’t include the time I put my skis on in the living room while I was taking a guitar lesson,” Zoe says. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal