My partner and I are planning a trip to Big Bend National Park next week. We will be mostly car camping, but we want to do one short backpack. He had polio as a child and can’t walk long or strenuous distances. I am wondering if there is a short, fairly accessible backpack in the Chisos Basin that we should consider. There are some sites about a mile and a half from the parking lot, but one book said that the hike to those sites is fairly strenuous. He has hiked successfully on day hikes in the basin, like on the Window Trail, so I wonder if he could handle this short hike to juniper flat or boulder meadow. It looks as if it is a bit of a climb on the map, but not as steep as the trail to Laguna Meadow.
Another alternative would be to hike a mile or so away from one of the car camping sites in the park.
Any suggestions about good places?
