Please read the following description of each level. This information
was written to help you decide which hikes would best meet your particular
level of hiking challenge.
Description - If I wanted to take a group of kids
on a trip and have them feel good about the day's excursion,
this would be the level I would choose for them. The experience
(to them) may feel like a complete adventure, but it wouldn't
be one that would forever taint them of wanting to hike
again.
Benchmark Hike - Our annual Lunar Hike
at Joshua Tree National Park is a perfect Green Circle Hike.
There is minimal elevation gain, and most people feel that
we hiked "just enough" to even consider it a hike.
Benchmark Hike - Holy Jim Trail to Holy
Jim Falls (Santa Ana Mountains). This 2.8 mi. 650' trip is
quite frequently traversed by kids, and it's just deep enough
in nature to make them feel like their journey was really
out there.
