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| Hiking | 5.33 Miles |
464 AEG |
| | Hiking | 5.33 Miles | 2 Hrs 27 Mns | | 2.22 mph |
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| partners | | The second day in Big Bend we did three trails, the first being the Chimneys Trail. This is a short 5 mile round trip hike that starts along the Ross Maxwell Road and heads to some rock outcrops along the flat desert floor. I had originally planned a longer 11 mile hike up the Blue Creek Trail but the weather didn’t look too promising with an 80% chance of rain so we opted for shorter hikes. The Chimneys Trail actually continues on past the Chimneys at 2.4 miles in and continues on to Maverick road at mile 7.
This is an easy flat walk along the creosote covered desert floor to the Chimneys. The Chimneys are an outcrop of rock that sticks out above the desert floor forming a ridge of oddly shaped rocks. On the southern end of this ridge is the Chimney (I guess they call the rest of the ridge Chimneys also but I didn’t think they looked like Chimneys). On East side of the Chimney is evidence of early inhabitants with rock art and grinding holes. I can see why they picked this place, nice views while preparing meals of Kit Mountain to the east and a sweeping view of the desert around them. We spent a good amount of time exploring the rock outcrops making a counterclockwise loop around them. There is a window on the southern edge of the ridge. This is supposedly a 4.8 mile round trip hike but we clocked 5.3 so we must of wondered around the rock formations for a half a mile.
We wore rain gear for most of the hike as there was a slight drizzle almost the whole way. The Chisos Mountains were in the clouds. Great hiking weather though. Saw one other person on the trail at the Chimneys and met another two hikers on our way out. I’m not sure I have any desire to do the last 4.8 miles of this trail to Maverick road because it looks like a long flat walk through creosote. |
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average hiking speed 2.22 mph
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