Our Favorite Short Hike #3

 

Upper Burro Mesa Pour-off Trail (3.6 mi/RT)

We hiked this trail the other day for the first time and it got Jasper's seal of approval. He loves a trail that allows for rock-scrambling and a sense of exploration, and this one provided both. The route follows a dry wash downstream, through narrow rocky gorges. Every bend of the trail offered surprises, in both geologic features (like a really pretty arch high up on the canyon wall) and wildlife. The canyon walls towered overhead by the time we reached the pour-off, which was only accessible to those brave enough (meaning Mike and Jasper!) to scramble down a steep rock fall. After a heavy rainfall, the water pours down a couple hundred feet over a straight cliff to the Lower Burrow Mesa trail, which we hiked late last year.

Can you see Jasper in the photo above? He climbed up to the arch.

As I said, this boy loves to climb and jump!

 

The above photo shows Mike and Jasper standing underneath the "pour-off" from the Lower Burro Mesa trail. The Upper Burro Mesa trail brought us almost to the top of this cliff.

Anyway, just another FUN trail to hike at Big Bend NP!