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Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:01 am
by nstd
Recommend any short backpacking trips to introduce my 4 years old to? Maybe a mile or two hike in to set up camp. Thanks!
camp fire and fishing is a plus!
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Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:27 am
by freestone
The Big Pine walk in camp. The creek just above the camp still has fish.
Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:42 am
by balzaccom
In Yosemite, the shortest trip along those lines is May Lake, where you share the lake with the High Sierra Camp--but that also means you have toilets, drinking water----you might even be able to get dinner!
Near Carson Pass there are a couple of lakes (Winnemucca and Round Top) that are within about a mile and a half of the trailhead.
Little Lakes Valley on the East Side has lots of options --and lots of dayhikers in the same areas. So does the Virginia Lakes Trailhead, and Green Lakes.
Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:03 am
by John Harper
Little Lakes Valley, easy hiking, several lakes with creeks connecting them all. That seems a perfect place to take a little one.
John
Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:25 am
by fishwrong
Winnemucca Lake from Carson Pass on Hwy 88. Easy hike, campfires OK, brook trout, good scenery but limited camping sites and busy day traffic. Get a reservation.
Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:18 am
by markskor
Saddlebag Lake Area...a ferry to the far side - no quotas, 20 lakes on a loop and camp anywhere - (just do as far as he can go)...good fishing...great stars.
Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:15 pm
by maverick
Little Lakes Valley!!!
Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 2:09 pm
by flyman
Little Lakes Valley, Awesome area.
Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 2:46 pm
by Tom_H
Sky Camp at Point Reyes. Also, walking from the parking lot along the beach to Coast Camp is a bit longer, but the little one might enjoy the surf en route to camp.
Re: Short backpacking trip
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:59 pm
by Wandering Daisy
I would love to take my grandkids to Coast Camp at Point Reyes, but my daughter says "no" because one is sensitive to poison oak. Rignt now it is all over, oily and sensitive people can even get it without actually touching it. I think Pt Reyes is a great place for kids. The hike up to Glen Camp is not even that bad as long as you take it slowly. One neat way to get to Coast Camp is to walk on the beach from Liminator Beach. Could also bicycle to Coast Camp.
The length of the drive is also a factor. Most kids are not keen on a 5 hour ride to the trailhead. Also would not take a small child during mosquitoes on their first trip. Avoid camping near fast running streams. Some good short hikes from South Lake. Bull Lake is not as crowded as Long Lake. Green Lake (Hoover Wilderness) is also good, as long as you go later in the season.