The Guadalupes—including Guadalupe Peak, at 8,749 feet Texas’s highest point—seem to create their own weather. Clouds stream over the peaks on a late October morning. Skies of silver and azure contrast sharply with high grass, juniper, yucca, and other dryland plants (top and bottom left). Above the rim: a hiker’s first view of a showy bigtooth maple along the trail to Devil’s Hall, Pine Springs Canyon (bottom right). Click any photo to view a larger version in a popup window (please disable popup blockers). |
