{"id":19002,"date":"2012-06-24T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T14:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?guid=9c83f7d0b53d5d080894db50b636e4c5"},"modified":"2012-06-24T09:30:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T14:30:33","slug":"places-to-ride-palo-duro-canyon-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/24\/places-to-ride-palo-duro-canyon-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Places to Ride: Palo Duro Canyon State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Places to Ride:\u00c2\u00a0 Palo Duro Canyon State Park<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the kids are out of school and the high temperatures in Houston can melt the grips off your handlebars, we frequently head to the mountains in the west.\u00c2\u00a0 In doing so, many of us go within 30 miles of Palo Duro Canyon State Park, the second largest canyon system in the United States.\u00c2\u00a0 At the bottom of the canyon exists 12 miles of singletrack in some of the best scenery found in Texas.
\n\tSure, it will be hot but if you overnight there on your way you should be able to get an early or late ride in to duck the worst of it.\u00c2\u00a0 Be wary of simply parking at the top of the canyon and riding down if you get there before the park opens for the day during the summer.\u00c2\u00a0 The climb out will be hot and steep.\u00c2\u00a0 Do not bother detouring off our route to ride here if it has rained recently as the clay in the soil will make riding slippery and probably bike damaging.\u00c2\u00a0 Enjoy.<\/p>\n

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