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"I had been planning for years to see the total eclipse; April 8, 2024. One year ago, I reserved a home in Fredericksburg, Texas, treating my son Garret, his wife, her father, and my 4 grandkids. We came in April 1st and left April 9th. I wanted a high elevation location to see the eclipse so I chose Cross Mountain on the outskirts of Fredericksburg. To pick up my weekly 3 cardio exercises I jogged from our house to Cross Mountain 3 times, April 3rd, 5th, and the day of the eclipse April 8th. I jogged, rather than hiked, 3 times because Cross Mountain is not much of a mountain by New Mexico standards. I was surprised that it was listed on the 3 websites that I log peaks. It is listed not because of size, but because it has a name. I had 6.3K, 5.6K and 5.3K runs. (3.9, 3.5, and 3.3 miles.) The elevation gain was about 250 feet. The day of eclipse was absolutely amazing! I had been praying that God would give a little glimpse of the eclipse because it appeared it would be totally cloudy. It felt like God opened the clouds just for me at the perfect time, and all of us on Cross Mountain were equally blessed. (See my YouTube video of the event.) I was with my son Garret, and 7-year-old ..." — Phil-Robinson • Apr 5, 2024
"Found out that the preserve was open to hiking this weekend so hopped over. Started out as as a dreary, socked in morning, but the clouds burned off by the time we reached the summit." — wacbravo • Mar 15, 2024
"Found out that the preserve was open to hiking this weekend so hopped over. Started out as as a dreary, socked in morning, but the clouds burned off by the time we reached the summit." — wacbravo • Mar 15, 2024
"Found a great herd path to the scrambly bits, then a choose-your-own adventure over and around the false summits to the top. We took a different herd path off the mountain and it ended up being a horrendous scree fest all the way back down. Wish we stuck to our uphill route." — wacbravo • Mar 11, 2024
"What a great hike! My first 3000' gain hike in probably a year, and my first state high point in probably well over a year! Feels good to increment that tally by one. Time to get more serious about it again. I think this was state high point #29 for me? Gorgeous day - we were supposed to summit the day before (12/26) but they were forecasting 20 mph sustained/40 mph gusts at the peak, and a wind chill of 9°F. No thanks! So we did Carlsbad Caverns during that weather and did Guadalupe on 12/27 instead! Busy trail, and we made fantastic time. A year of getting back to running has really helped me out, which I'm so thankful for! Just such a cool hike. I'd never been to this part of Texas before. I'd love to come back and do some of the other trails, maybe backpack the backbone/ridge trail? Very cool experience. " — psychikingjes • Dec 27, 2023