Hello all
I am starting to plan taking my six year-old daughter to climb her first mountain this summer, and am looking for some recommendations.
She's as fit and healthy as any other six year-old. We recently climbed a 1,300 ft hill (not sure of total ascent), and she ran up the final ascent (though she had a friend with her - which has just given me an idea...)
My requirements:
- somewhere in the lakes (I'll be travelling up M6 from the south of the lakes)
- a real mountain (>2000ft)
- ideally something interesting for her to climb (maybe something to do/see on the way up or down), and
- ideally something that 'feels' like a mountain rather than just a bigger hill
I have climbing experience (Coniston Old Man countless times, more recently Scafell Pike, Skiddaw and Helvellyn - all alone), though would prefer something easy to navigate so I can spend the time giving my daughter attention rather than with my nose in a map!
To summarise, I'm not fussy at all
Can anyone recommend anything?
Any other hints/tips would be greatly appreciated too.