Steiner Ranch Trail System 3/14/15

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Ian

Saturday, March 14th, 2015

Hike: Steiner Ranch Trails

Weather: sunny, clear, upper 70s

Hikers: Ian, Court, Biff

Length: 2.69 miles

We headed out to the Austin suburb of Steiner Ranch for a hike on the trail system that we have done multiple times before, back when Courtney’s parents had a house out there. The trail system is not very well marked and it is easy to get lost, as we have before, and as our track below shows. We had a basic pdf map on my phone, but that wasn’t super accurate either. Luckily it is not a very large trail system so there is no real danger of getting really really lost.

The water was running really well and it was very pretty. Biff had a blast. Without other dogs around for him to chase after, he is a very pleasant hiking companion and stays pretty much right by us, even when off leash.

Despite not being very long, this hike was somewhat strenuous as we basically were going up and down through the ravine the whole time. The water was flowing well and was very clear. We had to turn around a few times and try to figure out the proper directions and the phone GPS came in handy.

Spring has finally officially hit Austin as the weather was perfect, hitting a high of 78 on the hike. It’s a fun, close hike and one that Biff can do pretty easily as well, so I’m sure we will come back in the future and try and get lost some more.