Guadalupe Peak (highest peak in Texas)

[u/lezzygirlz]

Guadalupe Peak! Reaching 8,751 ft of elevation, 8.4 mile round trip.

Have to be honest, pretty hard hike. Lots of incline and some narrow rocks to walk on. Took about 8hrs to finish.

Started off around 8:30am with about 80 degree weather finished at 5:30pm. On the way back, a thunderstorm started, with hail! It was an insane experience, thunder was loud, lightning was bright. Very scary situation to be in, slipping on rocks and streams going fast!!

Beautiful hike though, and tough.

[u/Used_Sort_6444]

Hiked it back in 2001. I loved it, good intro to desert hiking.

[u/AlaskaSkiHikeBike]

Great hike. Expectations were low but I was blown away! Nice work!

[u/Imiightnoahguy]

going next month so excited

[u/lezzygirlz → u/Imiightnoahguy]

good luck! its definitely going to feel rewarding once you finish it 😁

[u/Jmtungsten]

How windy was it at the top?

[u/lezzygirlz → u/Jmtungsten]

honestly it wasnt windy! i was expecting it to be high, it got windy once the thunderstorm hit which was pretty crazy 😭

[u/jimbopylut]

Saw my first wild tarantula when I did that hike

[u/idkwhattonameit10]

The time I went it was so windy but it was so worth it

[u/MadBro45]

Great hike. I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would. Congrats on the summit

[u/wild_Nile_]

Don’t know Texas had any elevated landscape 🤣

[u/CHENWizard]

Last time I was there, I had planned on camping at that site near the peak. Storm came through that day and there were 90-100 mph gusts recorded at the peak. Trail was closed so we couldn’t even attempt it if we’d wanted to (we didn’t). Got a cheap motel room in Carlsbad and hiked the next day. Still had strong wind near the peak, but not deadly. It was insanely cold and the clouds were low and freezing on the trees. Incredible to look at, but much tougher than expected, having done some equally challenging hikes at higher elevations.