Hi everyone,
I am hoping to take my family hiking to Mount Conness sometime next year. Long story short - the mountain is named after my great, great, great uncle and has been a destination for my family for quite some time!
We are from Northern Illinois (I currently live in California) and I am hoping to have my family come out next year to tackle this adventure. None of us have climbed a mountain before, but have done numerous hikes throughout the Midwest. We are an active group of people. However, is this hike too much of a challenge for novice hikers? I have done my research on the hike and it sounds like it is roughly a 8-mile hike (round trip) from Saddleback Lake that takes 9 hours or so.
As novice hikers, is this hike too challenging? I noticed there is scrambling at the end to get to the summit - is it pretty intense? Would we be relatively safe? I would love all of the helpful hints and advice that anyone can offer.
Thank you!
Jack