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Texas
El Capitan Trail
9.3 mi
Distance
4,856 ft
Gain
4h 31m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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Why you'll love it
Big climb
Out & back
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El Capitan Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 9.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,856 ft
- Elevation loss
- 4,856 ft
- Highest point
- 6,519 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,994 ft
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- National Park Service
About this trail
El Capitan Trail is an 18.52-mile out-and-back route in Texas with 4,856 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 6,519 feet.
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