Austin Weekend Hiking & Backpacking Club

Violet Crown Trail - Zilker Trailhead toward 360 Trailhead

This hike will be an approximate 6-mile hike of the Violet Crown Trail in Austin, TX. We will meet at 9am on Saturday, June 28th, 2025, at the Zilker Park Violet Crown Trailhead (near the Beverly Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater), and hike approximately 3 miles (to where the trail intersects Barton Creek, just short of the 360 Trailhead). We'll turn around and hike back towards the Zilker Park Trailhead.

Please be aware the parking lots within Zilker charge $3.00 per hour for parking. If you have ideas for parking alternatives and/or carpooling, please feel free to comment on the event.

I would suggest two lunch ideas: Option 1) On the return hike, take a quick detour to eat at Tacodeli. (For anyone who wants to swim in Barton Springs pool after the hike, this would be a great option.) However, there would still be about one more mile of hiking after eating at Tacodeli to return to the trailhead. Option 2) Meet at Chuy's after the hike to eat lunch.

Learn more about the Violet Crown Trail: https://violetcrowntrail.com/

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Lake Georgetown - Hike & Campout - Cedar Breaks to Tejas Camp

This is an ideal hike for beginning backpackers (and a recommended conditioning/qualifying event for a full-loop backpacking trip around Lake Georgetown that will be scheduled for September 27-28)!

We will hike with backpacking gear from Cedar Breaks trailhead to Tejas Camp, approximately 11 miles, and camp overnight at the group site at Tejas (I have reserved the group site for September 6-7). We will not continue hiking after the campout - campers will return home the morning of September 7th.

The group reservation at Tejas allows for up to 25 campers and 5 vehicles at Tejas Camp. We will need to use a car shuttle system to get everyone to the starting point at Cedar Breaks trailhead. Let's meet at 9am on 9/6/25 at the Tejas Camp trailhead. Myself, and hopefully a few more volunteers, will begin shuttling hikers to the Cedar Breaks trailhead. Cars left at Cedar Breaks will need to pay for a daily use pass ( https://www.recreation.gov/activitypass/d589d86b-7acd-11eb-aa53-7a66f0569cfb/order ). We should get everyone shuttled to the Cedar Breaks trailhead and be ready to hike by 10am on Saturday, 9/6/25.

On Sunday morning, 9/7/25, we'll need a few volunteers with cars at Tejas to shuttle people back to their cars that were left at Cedar Breaks.

Please feel free to PM me if you have questions/concerns or can help with car shuttling.

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