The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog
Last January my wife and I took a small side trip to The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In preparation for that trip I stumbled upon The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog and have been reading every since. Recently SmokyMountainHiker visited the Guadalupe Mountains National Park hiking Devil's Hall and Guadalupe Peak. He mentioned how he would have liked to have seen McKittrtck Canyon but ran out of time. I invited him to come read my report on my Pine
Pine Springs to McKittrick Canyon – Guadalupe Mountains National Park
A couple of weeks ago two friends and I headed out to the Guadalupe Mountains National Park for three days and two nights of backpacking. We started off at the Pine Springs trailhead and planned to finish at the McKittrick Canyon trailhead. Before us lay 19 miles of trail that traversed the heart of the Guadalupe Mountains allowing us to sample everything that makes this place unique.Fall Colors in McKittrick CanyonFriday morning we woke up at the Pine Spring