TR-Guadalupe Mountains NP Backpacking Oct 1986

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Originally posted 3/16/2026 Gear I recall that this was my first backpacking trip ever. I’ll have to go through my notes and photos to recollect exactly what I did, and will update this post accordingly. I did three (!!) backpacking trips in Guadalupe Mountains National Park (GUMO) in 1986 so while many details are clear,…
First solo trip west; Big Bend National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Lubbock A note about some of the photos here–I scanned many of these slides thirty years ago when I had to squeeze them onto floppy disks, so their resolution is poor. Gear, Lessons learned Trip Report Planning Some of…
(Pine Springs, TX) Roger E. Reisch, the first employee at Guadalupe Mountains National Park passed away peacefully in Edmond, Oklahoma on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. He was 89. Roger Eugene Reisch was born in the Richmond Heights area of St. Louis, Missouri, on February 6, 1924. He was the second of five children of August…
Marcus/Bush Mtn Trail Update: I finally did the Marcus trail in April 2025 but got snowed out of my following Blue Ridge/Bush Mountain backpack. I really want to finish up all the hiking trails in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. I’ve never been up the Permian Geology trail to the Wilderness Ridge BC site. I’ve never…
I’ve hiked many times in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, just south of Rocky Mountains National Park. This time was a multi-day backpacking trip. Because of the nature of the trail system and the need for permits in advance, I planned a route with a sort of curly-cue path. Discover more from Phil's Phieldnotes Subscribe to…
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