Hey everyone. New member, long time lurker here.
This July I'm taking my 7 year old son on his fourth backpacking trip. I know I want to take a route from Tuolumne Meadows to the valley, but I'm looking for advise on which one.
My plan is to take 4-5 days and not do much more than 7 miles a day. Last year my boy did fine on the high trail to Thousand Island Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. We stayed at Summit Lake the first night, and I think that's 6.5 miles and 1,500' of gain.
He's a really good hiker as long as he has pretty scenery. On the other hand, it gets hard to motivate him when there's nothing to see but trees. So, if one way is a bit harder but prettier, it'd be better to go with prettier.
