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August 02, 2004
Foreman Hollow Nature Trail with Twins
[Foreman Hollow] A bit strenuous going up, but a good choice for packing around 1 year old twins. We saw 0 (zero) people on a July Saturday morning. Which was nice. An excellent choice for an otherwise busy summer day in the mountains. A stop at Grannies in Heber on the way home is highly reccomended.
We did it clockwise. The initial climb is hateful in the morning. Lots of sun, small trees and rocky switchbacks. We stopped for lunch at the top of the loop in a shady spot near a meadow. The twins were into it, but they didn't eat very well at lunch. So they devoured french fries and mint shakes at grannies. Not healthy, but at least they were eating. After the climb, its a really quite stunning hike through the pine forests and hollows of this canyon.
There's little interpretive signs along the way which, among other things, point out the commercial value of the pine trees and tell you how to estimate the number of board feet in a tree. It was a nice touch. The sign about microclimates was especially useful.
We had two of the twins' uncles with us. Having them help carry was probably essential to making it through the initial climb. Average hikers will probably struggle with the climb even without a kid on their back.
Posted by jones at August 2, 2004 09:05 AM
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