Thank you all for your suggestions! Going to give Horton Creek a try this coming weekend.

I'm taking my kids on their first overnight backpacking trip this month. They are 5, 9, and 11. I want it to challenge them but also don't want it to be so hard that they never want to go again. So, I'm thinking we'll hike 4 miles a day to make it feasible. So, I need around an 8 mile hike for the t...