The trail starts a little further in which turned it into about a 6 mile hike. It seemed that if you take the right at the fork where the loop starts the incline is more gradual. But there are plenty of benches and good stopping points throughout the trail. My youngest was exhausted by the end of the hike (he is 3) and had to carry him about half a mile which was not bad terrain to do so.
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