Texas Trails. Hiking Gear Reviews. Brutal Honesty.
John Haynes Ridge is a good one in my book and it also happens to be the highest point in the park so you just know I had to trot my ridiculous peak-bagging ass up its slopes. You’ll find some lovely views if you can tough out the brutal ascent. Definitely a trail worth hiking … Read more
Givens, Spicer, & Lowry Trail is a fun, relatively easy meander through quintessential Palo Duro. It shows off the magnificent rockery (I think sophisticated people call it geology?) of the cliffs area and, when combined with the Lighthouse & Paseo del Rio Trails, makes a pleasant 9 mile loop. Essential Gear Hiking Givens, Spicer, & … Read more
This trail’s claim to fucking fame is that it is the one and only trail in the park that takes hikers from the floor of the canyon to the rim. Once I figured out that this was probably the steepest trail in the park, I simply had to put my legs to the test on … Read more