Big Bend Ranch State Park
Big Bend Ranch State Park is a huge state park just west of Big Bend National Park.
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Big Bend Ranch State Park is a huge state park just west of Big Bend National Park.
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Flickr album for this trip is here: This was a little backpacking trip in the Indian Peaks Wilderness area of Colorado. I’d already hiked much of the same area the previous year, that is the area up to and including the summit of South Arapaho Peak from the 4th of July trailhead. I would leave…
<- previous day | following day -> September 3, 2002 42º-56º @BSH Awoke early to get down to the trail junction early, where the escort was to begin. We saw smoke when we got up, and we passed a campsite of NPS fire workers on the way. They told us they’d meet us at the junction. Took…
(There is a separate Trip Report for my backpack to the bottom that trip here.) Work in progress… I headed out to Grand Canyon National Park in January of 2011 to camp and do an overnight backpack to the bottom of the canyon. Why January? Well, less crowded. I had overheard a Ranger telling another…
(There is a separate Trip Report for the car camping on that trip here.) Gear, Lessons learned Route South Kaibab-Bright Angel Campground-Bright Angel Trail Locations/Elevations Mileages South Kaibab Trail LocationElevationDistanceSouth Kaibab Trailhead7260′startCedar Ridge 6120′1.5 milesSkeleton Point5220′3.0 milesTipoff4000′4.4 milesBright Angel Campground2480′7.0 miles Bright Angel Trail LocationElevationDistanceBright Angel Campground2480′startRiver Resthouse2480′1.8 milesHavasupai* Gardens3800′5.0 milesThree-Mile Resthouse4748′6.5 milesMile-and-a-Half Resthouse5729′8.0 milesBright…
Reflecting on a trip twenty years ago, the author shares insights on what they would alter, such as hiking later into the day to utilize camping spots better, and creating a detailed pre-trip spreadsheet for trails and sites. They also describe an effective, though simplistic, food routine involving freeze-dried meals and powdered milk that fulfilled their needs well. However, the author notes excessive packing of heavy clothing and inefficiencies in water storage, suggesting modern packs with built-in hydration systems as an upgrade.
August 31, 2002 Upper Sally Keyes Lake 36º-63º @VLC 37.27506, -118.87703 <- previous day | following day -> Commenced this morning at 8:10; got to Muir Trial Ranch by 11:30 after a rather steep descent. I could feel the warm humidity of the lower elevation. We opened the gate and went into the ranch. I’d read several…