Beech Mountain Hike

It's that time again; hiking season. After work, we fed and changed our 18 month old daughter, Bean, and headed to Beech Mountain with the Jax Outdoor club. It was our first after work hike with the Bean since last summer when her early bedtime forced us to re-evaluate the benefit of hiking with her versus keeping her happy.

Beech Mountain (839 feet) is listed as a moderate hike but has only a couple of rock scrambles. We hiked the South Ridge loop of 2.1 mile in a little over an hour and a half.

Bean was mostly cooperative staying in her pack until we reached the fire tower. After a short leg stretch and snack, we continued on our way.

Hiking with a toddler presents a couple of challenges (lots of preparation, timing consideration, unleashed toys thrown in mud puddles etc.). However, it was great to start the season off with our daughter in tow. Hopefully she will love the outdoors as much as my husband and I do.