Hike pictures - Caprock Canyons Trailway

[Strychnine]

Slider and I went on a walk this weekend. No homo.




The Caprock Canyons Trailway is a 60 mile rail line that was dismantled and turned into a hiking trail. This is a 22 mile stretch from Quitaque, TX to South Plains, TX


“In September 2011, 80 descendants of the great southern plains bison herd were released to roam 700 acres of grasslands in the park”




The hike starts on top of the Caprock.






Random piles of railroad debris




The Valley of Tears
” According to legend, the name of the valley was suggested by some unknown person who heard the wailing of mothers and children who had been kidnapped by Indians and brought there in the mid-1800s to be separated from each other and sold”










Camp for the night was at the 10 mile point at the entrance to Clarity Tunnel. We got to watch bats fly all night and being surrounded by three canyon walls it was completely dark at night. The number of stars visible was completely insane.

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Breakfast… there was bourbon and rain.




Heading through the tunnel in the morning




And this is the view we walked into on the other side. Completely different than where we came from.









Trundling is the practice of rolling large rocks or boulders down hillsides. It is discouraged in many areas, for reasons of safety and environmental impact.
Its practice can be traced back to rock climbers in the 18th century in North America."

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Foot care stop. The original plan was to do 10 miles on flat ground the first day, hit the tunnel, camp, do another 8 the next day, then finish with a final short 4 mile trip the third morning. After the blisters started becoming a bitch and we realized we were making pretty good time we decided to power through and kill the last 12 miles in one day.






Coaxing Sldier back from the edge with more bourbon




But the last few miles were back on top of Caprock in the west TX wind. Fucking miserable.




And the first stop when we got back to FTW… a bar.

[Binky]

Ya'll killed that bottle. Full when you started?

[Strychnine]

Ya'll killed that bottle. Full when you started?

LOL. There was that, a flask of Eagle Rare 10 yr single barrel, and a little bit of Bulleit Rye.

[GrayStangGT]

Very cool, I would really like to take the mountain bike up there and ride it.

[samuel642000]

That's a pretty cool adventure, I've been getting the hiking itch lately.

[Binky]

LOL. There was that, a flask of Eagle Rare 10 yr single barrel, and a little bit of Bulleit Rye.

First rule of drunk hiking.. Pick a route you can't get lost on.



That's perfect.

[01vnms4v]

Looked like good times, nice pics

[mk5.0]

Badass man, my last backpack trip was ouachita and have been dieing to go again.

[Sean88gt]

Slider looks to have blistered lips.....

[GeorgeG.]

that looks awesome!

[talisman]

Awesome guys.

[naynay]

at least yall had separate tents

[livinglegend_86]

Great scenery!

...and adding alcohol to anything fun makes it that much better!