(The ultra hard-core can now tackle the hundred-mile Guadalupe Ridge Trail, which starts in the park and ends just past Carlsbad Caverns; you will need to hire an outfitter to drop water caches along ...

Ocotillo Trail takes visitors to the top of Carlsbad Old Guano Trail scales Carlsbad Caverns Guadalupe Peak the highest point in Texas Smith Spring Trail reveals native beauty and regional history, ...

At the end of April, a week or two before summer’s heat would detonate across the Southwest, my husband and I stopped to acclimate to the thin, crisp air of an alpine summit. Under the shade of ...