If you’re looking for a hike in Big Bend National Park that ends with great views in just about every direction, you can’t do much better than the Lost Mine Trail. It’s nearly 5 miles round trip, and it gains 1,100 feet, but the payoff is worth the uphill effort. The Lost Mine Trail begins at the side of the road into the Chisos Basin, near Panther Pass (about 1.5 miles from the motel). Almost the entire trail heads uphill, and the climb starts immediately, as the path takes you up one side of the valley. Panther Pass, by the […]