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DESTINATION Guadalupe Peak Trail - Texas Highpoint 11 Photosets 2020-11-06 2020-09-26 2020-09-20 2018-09-22 2018-05-25 2017-04-17 2014-02-28 2012-09-15 2012-05-17 2011-04-30 2005-10-12 |
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The peak trail was fairly well manicured as to be expected for a National Park. Worst part of the day were the brutal winds, I had a consistent 40-50 mph headwind climbing uphill, and a few gusts to 70+. There was one point where I went around a corner and the wind was so strong that it actually stopped me and made me stagger to regain my balance...a little disconcerting to say the least. I did run into a few guys from Fort Worth (the 'cool' side of Dallas, as they said) who were heading up to the backcountry camp for an overnighter, at least I am not the only crazy one. I wished them well and kept on chugging. The switchbacks over the first mile and a half are pretty strenuous, but it levels out a bit from there. Pretty country, lots of conifers, Sotols, and Yuccas everywhere you look. Views up top are incredible, even if it is of fairly blank desert and salt flats. I must have been able to see for 60 or 70 miles at least, and it was a somewhat hazy day too. Definitely the coolest peak marker I have seen to date too. I signed in up top, took in the sights, and powered my way down the trail. Good stuff!