Short And Easy Hike Into A Beautiful Canyon

Trail Map
This display map at the trailhead shows the trail route.
User: Blaze - 3/7/2008

Location: Big Bend - Burro Mesa Pouroff

Rating: 2stars
Difficulty: 1star  Solitude: 4stars
Miles Hiked: 2.00 Miles  Elapsed Time: 45 minutes

Comments:

As the other reviewers have pointed out, this is a short and easy hike that leads you into a canyon where Burro Mesa pours water off a short cliff when it is the wet season.

The hike is mostly through a gravel wash, which makes it challenging to get traction.  The rock formations are very attractive also.  When I did this hike, the canyon was completely dry.

As a side trip, there is another adjacent canyon next to Burro Mesa Pouroff.  It is "off trail", but it offers another nice canyon and some large boulders.



Log Photos
Trail Map
Burro Mesa Pouroff
View Of The Trail
Another View Of The Trail
Area around Big Bend - Burro Mesa Pouroff
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