Field trip: GoHike: Beginner Hiking Course
September Hikes: 4 to 8 miles, 750 to 2,000 feet gain - Swauk Forest Discovery Trail
Join a potential larch viewing opportunity! Dog-friendly, casual 3.5 to 4 miles on this trail with nice views. This hike may count toward your monthly required GoHike course September hike.
Contacts
- Sat, Sep 21, 2024
- Foothills Hiking Committee
- Day Hiking
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 4.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 570 ft
- Pace: 1.8 - 2mph
- 10 (10 capacity)
- 1 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Trailhead at 8am, ready to hike. Potential for carpool from Preston P&R at 6:20am.
Dog friendly hike! Please be okay with hiking with dogs if you are signing up for this hike. A limited number of dogs will be allowed, please email leader ahead of time if you are interested in bringing your dog.
Hiking with dogs generally means a slower pace with lots of stops for sniffs, bio breaks and just because, which results in a casual pace.
We'll hike as a group, stopping for photo breaks, dog things and snack/water breaks with an average speed around 1.8 mph. If you are someone who like to rush to get back to the trailhead or gets annoyed with stopping all the time, this is not the hike for you.
Potential for an after-hike social gathering at a food establishment, details to be in Hello Hiker email.
Look for the Hello Hiker in the week before the hike; please read and respond accordingly by the given due date. Failure to respond could result in removal from the roster if there are participants on the waitlist.
Required Equipment
Your leader will send out a Hello Hiker email prior to the hike with details on the hike, as well as recommended and required equipment.