Green Mountain Hike with the Kids

I was able to take a day off with the little men and I figured what better way to tire them out then by hiking up a mountainside.  This was slightly complicated due to Gage's recent broken arm incident, so he was basically hiking/climbing with only one arm.  This is the picture from the beginning of the trail near the top of Flagstaff mountain on the way to Green mountain.  They each found some early walking sticks and were off.

We found many fun things along the way that were fun, like this log Gavin decided to perch himself on.  Early on, this trail was nice and gentle but that soon would change as we got closer to the top.

As you can see from above, the trail soon went fairly vertical and it turned more into scrambling up the rocky path.  Gavin is already blazing ahead and I encouraged Gage to take more time and slow down with me so he wouldn't fall on his face with no right arm to catch himself.

Here is the top of Green mountain.  There is a great view from up there and you can almost seen our house in Broomfield.  You also can hike this from Chatauqua up the front side but it is a much longer hike.  It still turned into a two hour trip for us.  The guys did great, as always, and even managed not to obtain any new injuries on the journey.