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Apr 11 2021

LindaAnn

Guides 110
Routes 2,246
Photos 8,982
Triplogs 2,600

45 female

Joined Dec 24 2007
Ahwatukee, AZ

Hunter Peak

Big Bend, TX

Hunter Peak

Big Bend, TX

Hiking		Apr 11 2021
		LindaAnn • Triplogs 2,600

Hiking	9.37 Miles	2,792 AEG

Hiking	9.37 Miles	5 Hrs 7 Mns	1.98 mph
	2,792 ft AEG	23 Mns Break

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The Tejas Trail

The Bowl

Hunter Peak via Bear Canyon

Bear Canyon - Guadalupe Mtns

Frijole Trail

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Got started a little earlier than the previous day, which was good since it was warmer. Parked in the overflow lot again, but I think there were still a few open spots at the trailhead. From the trailhead, we headed north on Tejas Trail and across the dry wash (I think it might be the Delaware River). From there, we turned left and continued up Tejas. I really liked this trail--probably my favorite one of the weekend. It had a nice steady uphill, and the views were great. Plus, it was shaded all the way to the top since we started early. The lower parts were desert, but it transitioned to pine on the way up. I was actually sad to turn off Tejas at the top. From there, we headed east on Bowl trail, again in the pines. Views to the south were expansive, and we could see the "Bowl" area to the north.

We took the short side trail over to Hunter Peak. Breezy up top, but great views. After a quick break, we headed back down to Bowl and continued east. At the junction with Bear Canyon, we headed down that. Very steep and rocky descent. The top of Bear Canyon was so-so, but the middle section was neat. The walls of the canyon narrowed with the trail winding around large boulders. Definitely the best part of Bear Canyon. After that, the canyon widened and we continued downhill, where it was getting warm.

Turned right onto Frijole Trail and took that back south and west to where Tejas crossed the wash and took Tejas back to the trailhead. Great loop, especially the western half of it. Only saw four backpackers near the campground at the Tejas/Bowl junction and four hikers on the lower section of Bear Canyon, otherwise had the trail to ourselves.

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Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Benchmark

	Pine Spring	Dry	Dry
	Dry

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Sep 14 2012

PatrickL

Guides 7
Routes 79
Photos 2,440
Triplogs 652

34 male

Joined Jan 10 2010
Pomona, CA

Bush Mountain & Hunter Peak, TX

Hiking		Sep 14 2012
		PatrickL • Triplogs 652

Hiking	14.40 Miles	4,800 AEG

Hiking	14.40 Miles	7 Hrs		2.51 mph
	4,800 ft AEG	1 Hour 16 Mns Break	18 LBS Pack

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Bush Mountain

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Set off on Tejas Trail for Bush Mountain, Texas' second highest peak. Tejas had some pretty good views, but overcast made for lousy pictures. Topped out on Tejas and jumped on Bush Mountain Trail, which generally follows the crest of the huge ridge to the top of Bush. It's basically a straight shot, but there are numerous ups and downs. You can tell this is a back-country trail that doesn't see all that much traffic. Not so much overgrown, just not manicured, which isn't a bad thing at all.

The peak is somewhat underwhelming. It's really more of a hill, but it has benchmarks. The real reward is the cliffs just a minute to the west. Very cool to see the ground "end" with the desert floor even further below. As I was taking pictures of the cliffs, what appeared to be a big horn sheep was traveling along the ledges. I know I saw the horns, but I'm not familiar with the fauna in the Guadalupes. Possibly some kind of antelope? It disappeared into the trees before I could get a good shot.

With the bad weather the day before causing me to cancel my Bear Canyon hike, I contemplated the option of heading to Hunter Peak and descending Bear Canyon on the return trip. I knew the distance wouldn't be a whole lot more, and with time on my side, it was a no-brainer. Hunter Peak was another one of those sweet peaks that really feels like a peak, if you know what I mean. More cliff candy for the eyes.

I looked for BM Pine Top's azimuth mark near Bear Canyon trail for a while. I ended up walking in a giant circle with no avail. More of those lovely blobs of grey had worked their way overhead and I had some on/off sprinkles on the way down Bear Canyon Trail, which is a steep one. When I was back on "flat" ground, the sprinkling became more consistent. It was pleasant. Frijoles/Foothills took me back to the car, making a nice loop.

Fauna

Fauna [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Rainbow Grasshopper Tarantula

Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Benchmark Reference Mark

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Bush Mountain Guadalupe Mountains Guadalupe Peak Hunter Peak Shumard Peak

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May 13 2004

Jim

Guides 73
Routes 176
Photos 10,174
Triplogs 2,324

46 male

Joined Sep 08 2006

Hunter Peak via Bear Canyon

Big Bend, TX

Hunter Peak via Bear Canyon

Big Bend, TX

Hiking		May 13 2004
		Jim • Triplogs 2,324

Hiking	7.00 Miles	2,780 AEG

Hiking	7.00 Miles	6 Hrs 30 Mns	1.08 mph
	2,780 ft AEG

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Hunter Peak

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Being as this hike is now in the register, I thought I would run my triplog up the flag pole and see who saluted.
I did this way back in 2004 on a trip out from Florida. I remember it as a great day. Unfortunately, my photos from it are prints, not digital. This hike was actually done in reverse. I went up the Tejas trail and down the Bear Canyon trail, and then back to the trailhead on the Frijoles trail. I also made a short side trip into the Bowl to look at the large meadow that resulted from a fire. The old decaying metal water tank at the top of the trail was pretty neat.

I agree with Mike about the Tejas Trail. Unless it was really cold and I wanted to warm up on that southern Exposure, I would go up and down the Bear Canyon and avoid that hot, sunny, exposed slope the Tejas uses. Bear Canyon was a highlight of the day. If I get back to this park soon, I will go up the Canyon do a loop in the Bowl, and then descend.

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