This is a trip around the Outer Mountain Loop of Big Bend National Park in January of 2024. I tackled this hike with ‎@tangenttrails . We hit a major cold front on the first day of what turned out to be a 3 day/2 night loop. The overall milage for the trip was about 34/35 miles.

I tried to add in a lot of info and tips to help you with planning your OML hike. If you have any questions, I'd love you to leave a comment.

You'll hear me mention problems with my water filter throughout the video. I am since convinced that the cause of my problems was that although I backflushed my filter after my last trip, my filter element was dry going into this trip and it took several tries at wetting it and flushing the filter to get it to actually flow. Lesson learned.

Be sure and check out ‪@tangenttrails‬ video of this same trip. He's a great hiking partner and I enjoyed this hike together. Be sure and subscribe to his channel while you're there.
   • Backpacking Big Bend | Winter 2024  

This was my second time to hike the OML. The last time I did it was a much different trip in February of 2018. Here are the two videos from that trip:
Part 1
   • Big Bend Outer Mountain Loop  Ultral...  
Part 2
   • Big Bend Outer Mountain Loop  Ultral...