While his older brother is at Philmont I was going to take my 8 year old for a couple trips "nearby" (late June, early July). This past summer we did 39 miles in the Wind River Range. I was originally thinking 4 nights in the Pecos followed by 4 nights in the Weminuche but see the former is a bit out of the way of getting to the latter. So I'm now thinking maybe the Wheeler and Latir Peak areas might be better options.
I prefer being above treeline for the scenery. Prefer camping high if winds and weather aren't too bad. We'll have a Lunar Duo. Anyways, I realize it would be 2 shorter loops vs one longer one if we did the Latir/Wheeler option but he's not high mileage (5-10 miles daily). More importantly, I don't want him to get bored so if they are very similar maybe we'd only do one of them. He likes to scramble on rocks and we don't mind off trail as long as it's not more than class 2 for an 8 year old. Definitely want to bag a peak (he's all about beating his brother) though I'm hoping he's up to try Windom Peak in the Weminuche.
So are the Wheeler/Latir Wildernesses dissimilar enough to do both back to back?
Is the Pecos superior in some fashion (other than size of course) that it's worth me to detour there instead?
