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| Hiking | 11.02 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 11.02 Miles | 5 Hrs 35 Mns | | 2.22 mph |
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| partners | | Spent two days up near Amarillo Texas at Palo Duro State park. The first days hike was a loop hike around Sunday Canyon along the Givens, Spencer, Lowry Trail (GSL), The Little fox canyon Trail, Lighthouse Trail and the Paseo Del Rio Trail. We ended the day doing a small loop on the Comanche Trail and Soapberry Trail. This combination of trails takes you on a grand loop of Sunday Canyon ending with a short 1 mile section along the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River.
We started the hike from the Hackberry Camping area and took the Givens Spencer Lowry Trail which follows along the north side of Sunday canyon. This well groomed 2.6 mile trail has minor elevation changes as it passes along small washes or creeks. The scenery will keep you occupied through out this trail with hard pack clay cliffs and hoodoos. The Little Fox Canyon Trail was a side trip off of the GSL Trail and is a little different from the GSL in that as it follows up Sunday Creek The vegetation becomes thicker with more grass land. Very easy walking along this trail. At 1.3 miles in you return to the GSL the way you came. Once back on the GSL we continued on to the Lighthouse Trail and followed that to the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red river. This section of the lighthouse trail follows an old two track but the scenery along the way makes the walk a pleasant one. Once at the river we took the Paseo Del Rio Trail back to the start point. Depending on the time of year this can be a very pleasant lush green walk along the river. Being this was fall approaching winter everything was rather dry but the river was running (more like a creek). We arrived back at the car with about an hour of sunlight left so we decided to do a short loop on the Upper Comanche Trail. This trail follows the river on the East side about 100 feet up. Very scenic walk with lots of hoodoos and rocks that have fallen from the cliffs above. I did see my second porcupine ever along this trail which was an unexpected surprise.
Very enjoyable day hiking, though we did get a late start. The park was not overly crowded but there were what I consider a lot of people by my standards (anything more than a half dozen is a lot). Very cold mornings in the low 30's but warmed up to 60 by the afternoon. The only water on this trip was in the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River |
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