Big Bend National Park

98chilipepperxj

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #1

Hello Jeepers, I'm going on a 4 day expedition to Big Bend in January with a few people and curious about the trails. I've never been there before, so if any of you have, please share some good info about what are the better trails/best camping spots etc. Thanks!

 

BobbyGTX

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #2

There another group of us going out there in January too.

 

USMC Wrangler

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #3

The Jeep trails or hiking trails? Black Gap is the only "unimproved" road in the park. It can be hairy after a heavy rain like all the unpaved roads, but otherwise pretty tame. The rest of the dirt roads are pretty much just that. Old Ore has some rocky spots but nothing a stock Jeep can't handle. Hiking trails...Emory Peak is about 10 miles round trip and is well worth the hike. Balancing rock is cool and so is Pine Canyon, IMO. Enjoy!

 

Jegar

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #4

Don't know how actually useful or up-to-date this reference is, but it looks interesting. USMC Wrangler lived in that area, so I would definitely defer to him.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_bk_p4501_0152k.pdf

 

Exodus 4x4

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #5

You won't run into anything you couldn't handle with a stock setup. Old Ore is the more scenic trail to drive IMO. The hike up to Pine Canyon is worth it in the spring, not sure about winter though. Big Bend Ranch may offer more interesting trails. If I were you I'd check with the group headed out there like Bobby said. They're actually going to the state park.

 

98chilipepperxj

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #6

Thanks for the input yall. Bobby, when are y'all going? And USMC Wrangler, Semper fi and happy vets day! Also I should've clarified, jeep trails is what I was looking for but we are doing some hiking as well.

 

BobbyGTX

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #7

98chilipepperxj said:

Thanks for the input yall. Bobby, when are y'all going? And USMC Wrangler, Semper fi and happy vets day! Also I should've clarified, jeep trails is what I was looking for but we are doing some hiking as well.

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Right now its setup for January 7-10,

 

98chilipepperxj

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• Nov 11, 2015

• #8

Ok we are going the 15th through the 18th. We can't really change our dates it took us forever to pick them.