So after taking her to Yosemite and Big Bend to show her why I enjoy hiking so much, my mom is begging me to take her hiking and maybe backpacking again. It would have to be in mid-February. When we were in Big Bend, we managed to get snowed into our campground with around 2 inches of fresh snow fall, and she was cold. I loved it. She loved it too, but she complained of being very cold (to be fair, her clothes were not appropriate for the temperatures).
She wants to go somewhere in February, but insists that it must be warm. I think warm for her is over 40 at night. I tried to tell her that it's winter in Southern California as well and only places directly on the coast stay that warm, and most of the hiking is more inland and will probably average around 40 at night. She insists that I find a warm hike. I think she also wants to try backpacking, although I'm not sure she's ready for cold weather backpacking having never done it in the summer. Any ideas?
She's in quite good shape. When in Yosemite, she hiked up to Cloud's Rest and up to Nevada Falls and in Big Bend, she hiked out and back to the South Rim (~12.6 miles, 2000 ft gain).
