Silver Lake - Brighton
add photos3/4 Mile loop hike around Silver Lake with only 30 foot elevation gain.
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"Fun little hike with kids! "
We love to do this hike with our kids. It is "paved" for most of the way and is pretty stroller friendly. We usually see moose while we are there too! My girls LOVE to be in the mountains, and they have great spots for picnics when you are done hiking! Gorgeous in the spring!
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"Best for Kids ! "
This is a nice board walk around the lake ! You could even take a stroller with you. They don't have too many picnic tables but we managed to find an empty one for our lunch. Lots of fun squirrels around. My little guy loved watching the fisherman fish and look in the water for the fishes. It's a great place to take little kids but you still need to keep a good eye on them since there is a lot of water!
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"Great hike for small children!"
A couple of friends and I took the kids on this hike. (Ages 9 and under) Very easy hike for the kids! I think it was the right length for all of them. Most of it is on a boardwalk of TREK too. In fact, I took my 3 month old baby in our bob stroller and could have easily done most of it with a regular stroller. There are a few picnic tables by the trail head you could use if you wanted to do a picnic there in the summer/fall time.
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"Family Friendly, but Crowded"
On a hot summer day, I love living close to mountains where within 20 minutes I can drive 3000 feet higher in elevation and find it 20 degrees cooler. I drove my kids, age 10, 7, and 2 up Big Cottonwood Canyon on a hot summer day. Our destination was the Silver Lake trailhead near Brighton ski resort.
This hike is an easy ¾ mile loop hike around Silver Lake, along flat marshland boardwalks and forested trails. Kids 3 and older should be able to hike this trail by themselves. Strollers and wheelchairs can even be pushed along the boardwalks which would make a very enjoyable and scenic stroll. My two year-old easily completed the entire ¾ mile loop hike unassisted and enjoyed stopping along the way to admire ducks, fish, and the pretty wildflowers.
The only downfall to this hike is that it is an extremely popular hike and fishing lake. You never get the feeling like you are alone in nature on this trail. That is why a deducted a star from my rating. There is a less crowded trailhead that breaks off of the Silver Lake hike to Twin Lakes or Lake Solitude. These hikes are 1 mile and 1.25 mile one-way respectively, good options to find some solitude. One thing to note, bring plenty of sunscreen, shoes that can get wet, and bug spray.
In all, this hike was a fun activity for a weekday afternoon. However, I would recommend finding a different hike during the weekend if you want a real getting-away-from-it all nature experience with your family.
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