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Bigbendranch, Or Email Us At: Ridebigbendranch@Tpwd.State.Tx.Us 2 HOW to USE THIS GUIDE TEXAS STATE PARKS BIG BEND RANCH BIking guide THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE m a h g n i t t o N l r a E A trek through the back - country of Big Bend Ranch State Park is guaranteed to take you out of the ordi - nary and into “the Zone.” By Bundy Phillips, Dan Sholly, and Karen Hoffman Blizzard Maps by Chris Beckcom REVISED JANUARY 2011 CONTENTS 2 Introduction 3 How to Use this Guide 4 Trip Planning 5 In Case of Emergency 6 Ride Descriptions (LR = Loop Ride; T&B = There and Back) 1. Sauceda – Horsetrap Trail LR (Easy/Moderate) 5.0 miles 2. Sauceda – Tascate – Sauceda LR (Easy) 6.7 miles 3. Sauceda – Llano Loop – Sauceda LR (Easy) 8.2 miles 4. Sauceda – Chilicote Springs T&B (Easy/Moderate) 12.2 miles 5. Sauceda – Encino Bike Trail – Sauceda LR (Moderate) 11.8 miles 6. Sauceda – La Posta – Fresno Canyon Stage Road – Pila Montoya – North Encino Trail – Sauceda LR (Moderate/Difficult) 17.5 miles 7. Sauceda – Arroyo Primero – Fresno Canyon – Sauceda LR (Difficult) 29.1 miles 8. Sauceda – Chorro Vista/Mexicano Falls Trailhead – Sauceda T&B (Difficult) 22.4 miles 9. Sauceda – La Mota Road – Sauceda T&B (Moderate) 14.8 miles 10. Sauceda – Oso Loop – Sauceda LR (Moderate) 14.5 miles 11. Sauceda – Yedra Trailhead – Sauceda T&B (Moderate) 13.6 miles 12. Sauceda – Rancherias – Sauceda LR (Difficult) 18.6 miles 13. Sauceda – Las Burras Trailhead – Saudeda LR (Difficult) 25.6 miles 14. Sauceda – Guale Mesa Trailhead – Sauceda T&B (Difficult) 22.4 miles 15. Agua Adentro Pens – Las Burras Trailhead – Agua Adentro Pens T&B (Moderate/Difficult) 14.2 miles 16. Rancho Viejo Trailhead – Old Entrance Road – Agua Adentro – Rancho Viejo Trailhead LR (Moderate/Difficult) 14.5 miles 17. La Posta – Fresno Canyon Stage Road – Pila Montoya – La Posta LR (Moderate/Difficult) 9.9 miles 18. Pila Montoya – Solitario Outer Loop – Pila Montoya LR (Difficult) 26.1 miles 19. Burnt Camp – Outer/Inner Solitario Loop – Burnt Camp LR (Moderate/Difficult) 9.6 miles 20. Tres Papalotes – Burnt Camp – Solitario Outer Loop – Tres Papalotes LR (Moderate/Difficult) 14.9 miles 21. Tres Papalotes – Solitario “Road to Nowhere” – Tres Papalotes T&B (Moderate) 6.0 miles 22. Lajitas – Fresno Canyon – Rincon Loop – Lajitas LR (Moderate) 30.4 miles 23. Lajitas – Fresno Canyon – Sauceda – Lajitas EPIC RIDE (Difficult) 52-70 miles 24. Lajitas – Fresno Canyon – Crawford-Smith House – Lajitas T&B (Moderate) 26.6 miles 25. West Contrabando Trailhead – Dome Trail – West Contrabando Trailhead LR (Moderate) 11.0 miles 26. East Contrabando Trailhead – Whit-Roy Mine – Dome Trail – West Contrabando Trailhead LR (Moderate) 22.6 miles 27. East Contrabando Trailhead – Dome Trail – Contrabando Waterhole – East Contrabando Trailhead LR (Moderate) 17.8 miles 28. “The Other Side of Nowhere” EPIC RIDE (Difficult) 107.0 miles introduction Whether you’re an advanced campsites throughout the park, biker or a physically fit novice, as well as lodging at the Sauceda awesome backcountry adven - Ranger Station (SRS). tures await you at Big Bend To add to the experience, the Ranch State Park (BBRSP), park is full of cultural reminders Texas’ largest state park. From of the prehistoric people, Native the dramatic mountain climbs Americans, Spanish explorers, and vistas of upper Fresno ranchers and cinnabar miners Canyon, to the swooping desert who came before, including stretches of the Contrabando old mines, ranch-house ruins, Loop Trail, to the rugged ancient stone shelters, and more. Solitario Outer and Inner Loop The land here showcases 600 Trails, there is challenge, risk, million years of the Earth’s and adventure for every level natural history. The park’s of biker. terrain was shaped by ancient With over 300,000 acres and seas, the shifting of tectonic more than 200 miles of old jeep plates and volcanic activity that roads and trails, BBRSP offers a left behind bizarre rock forma - range of options, from short tions, caves, canyons, mountains, loop rides to multi-day, SAG- waterfalls, springs, arroyos, and supported, camping rides and a wide diversity of plant and adventures. For multi-day trips, animal life. The Solitario, a the remote and beautiful Fresno 10-mile-diameter collapsed Canyon serves as a natural dome with a bike loop around north-south corridor that the inside, is a signature feature enables bikers to connect with of the park. the park’s numerous loop trails. Many ride possibilities exist in There are many options for side addition to those described in hikes and exploring throughout this booklet. Some rides can be the park. combined or improvised upon; or It’s easy to plan multi-day trips combined with hikes and other because the park’s reservation side-trip adventures. Once you system allows you to reserve feel comfortable navigating your specific campsites, lodging and way around the park, feel free to meal service in advance. There create your own adventures! are numerous backcountry Visit the Big Bend Ranch Web site for more information: www.tpwd.state.tx.us/bigbendranch, or email us at: [email protected] 2 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE This trail guide provides direc - help you gauge the length of your tional information for 28 specific trip and how much water you rides. Interpretive information may need. These ratings are about the park’s natural and subjective and will vary from cultural treasures is described person to person. in separate publications, so be Ride rating: Is determined based sure to ask for these at the on how hard you will physically visitor’s center. Taken together, work on the ride, depending on these guides and materials are your fitness level, length of ride, intended to help you fully trail roughness and/or biking experience the park. skills required. If you exercise Because the trails at Big Bend rarely, you may find a ride rated Ranch State Park are a “work in “easy” to be “moderate.” Weather progress” and water sources and temperature are also key are scarce, please pay careful factors; a ride that is “moderate” attention to signage and think in difficulty in cool weather may about where you are going at be “difficult” in hot weather or all times . In some areas signage heavy rain. While there are may be incomplete, and rock some very rough sections, there cairns (stacked rocks) serve as are no “technical” rated trail the trail markers. A good sense routes in BBRSP. However, be - of direction is helpful, as well as ginner-level riders should stick a bike odometer and GPS unit. A to the routes rated “Easy” or compass and map are essential. “Easy/Moderate.” The mileages provided in this Ride time: Assumes a moderate guide are approximate. Most level of physical fitness. Actual of the trails and old roads are ride times will vary from person rugged and are not maintained to person. These times do not to “city park” bike trail stan - include time spent changing dards. Trail conditions can tires, eating, resting, hiking change due to weather or sea - or exploring. sonal vegetation growth. Trails are not always perfectly cleared of rocks and cactus. Please keep bikes on Beware of white thorn! Check designated trails and roads. with park staff to determine the Remember that all natural, latest information about trail historical and cultural conditions. features are protected The guide provides “ride rating” within the park. and “ride time” information to www.tpwd.state.tx.us/bigbendranch | 3 TRIP PLANNING Plan ahead of time: Because Maps and trail guides: BBRSP is extremely remote and Visit the TPWD Web site rugged, advance planning is (www.tpwd.state.tx.us/bigbend crucial. Obtain maps and study ranch) before going. Maps are them before going. If you are going available at the park. Other online on a multi-day trip, determine map sources include Google Earth, whether you need guide services USGS (www.usgs.gov) and TNRIS and/or SAG support. Take contain - maps (www.tnris.state.tx.us). ers large enough to carry 200-220 Lodging: Park campsites are avail - ounces of water per day, depending able by advance reservation; find on the ride and time of year. There descriptions, photos and GPS coor - are non-potable water sources dinates at www.tpwd.state.tx.us. on some of the rides, so consider The Big House and bunkhouse at bringing a small water purifier or Sauceda offer lodging and meals by purification tablets. Hard-soled advance reservation (432-358-4444). shoes are recommended for Outside the park, Lajitas Resort walking in rocky arroyos and and Spa (www.lajitas.com) offers creekbeds. An odometer and a 103 rooms, a restaurant, spa and GPS unit are always helpful, and a pool. The nearby towns of Terlingua/ MAP and COMPASS are a must. Study Butte, Alpine, Presidio and ALWAYS CARRY AT LEAST Marfa have lodging and restaurants. TWO SPARE TUBES!! Chinati Hot Springs (www.chinati - Access: There are two access hotsprings .com) offers cabins and spring-fed thermal pools. points: Sauceda Ranger Station, 30 miles east of Presidio in the center Commercial outfitters and bike of the park, and the East and West rentals: Terlingua-based Desert Contrabando trailheads on the Sports (888-989-6900 or www. southeast border of the park near desertsportstx.com) is the nearest Lajitas. Obtain a park permit from outfitter and guide service, and the Barton Warnock Visitor offers bike rentals. Marfa-based Center in Lajitas (432-424-3327); Angell Expeditions (432-229-3713 Fort Leaton State Historic Site in or www.angellexpeditions.com) Presidio (432-229-3613); or Sauceda also offers guide service and bike Ranger Station inside the park rentals.
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