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Apr 18 2017

fricknaley

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49 male

Joined Jun 20 2003
Tucson, AZ

Bush Mountain

Big Bend, TX

Bush Mountain

Big Bend, TX

Hiking		Apr 18 2017
		fricknaley • Triplogs 4,124

Hiking	16.77 Miles	4,052 AEG

Hiking	16.77 Miles	6 Hrs 55 Mns		2.51 mph
	4,052 ft AEG	14 Mns Break	12 LBS Pack

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The Tejas Trail

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did a big loop up into the guadalupe mountain high country and it was spectacular. my route started at the main Pine Spring Canyon trailhead. I went up the Tejas trail to the top out point and trail intersection, then hiked the Bush Mountain trail to and past the summit of Bush mountain to the Blue Ridge trail, hiked entirety of that to the Tejas trail back to top out point, then back down the canyon on the Tejas. Big loop taking in a lot of the unique piney high country.

Tejas Trail: the hike up the canyon on this trail is probably my favorite part of the hike. pretty big ascent along the east canyon wall with spectacular views. gets you up into the pines

Bush Mountain trail: more rugged with ups and downs. still offers views west to the high peaks on the west side of the canyon uncluding guadalupe peak. before the summit of bush mountain you pass two small campgrounds (Pine Top and Bush Mountain). Bush Mountain is the 2nd highest peak in texas. Unlike guadalupe peak, Bush peak has a large, broad and partly forested summit but still offers prettyawesome views to the west. continuing north past the summit the trail is obiously less traveled but still easy enough to follow. it goes through some small burned areas and small ups and downs.

Blue Ridge trail: takes off from signed intersection with Bush mountain and is mostly downhill. early on you pass another small Blue Ridge Campground. Farther out on Blue Ridge are views of the surprisingly forested high country summits. Shortly after passing signed juntion for the Marcus trail, the Blue Ridge ends at signed intersection with Tejas trail

Tejas: drops you down to dry canyon bottom then begins gradual climb back to the trail intersection at the top of pine springs canyon. this section of Tejas trail is also fantastic as you ascend the small dry canyon through very nice pines with some ample shade.

I absolutely loved this hike and it takes in a lot of cool stuff in the park. aside from a young couple at the bottom of the Tejas trail at the very beginning of my hike, I had this whole entire thing to myself :y:

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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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The Tejas Trail

Bush Mountain

Hunter Peak

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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.

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[ checklist ] Rainbow Grasshopper Tarantula

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[ checklist ] Benchmark Reference Mark

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

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