Wilderness Ridge Trail

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

easy

Length: 1.54 mi

Est. time: 36m

Gain: 170 ft

Loss: 220 ft

Max elev: 7,055 ft

Point-to-pointTrail class 3Nativehike

Elevation profile

+170 ft gain · −220 ft loss — an estimate from a DEM.

Trailhead & logistics

Wilderness Ridge Wilderness Campground (Campground)

What to know

Overnight on Wilderness Ridge

⏱ The need to carry all water with you is the primary limiting factor for all Wilderness trips in the Guadalupe Mountains.

🗓 winter, spring, fall

Build a loop

Connects to:

Permian Reef Trail

Connect the dots

Learn:

Geology Lesson 1. The present is the key to the past.Geology Lesson 2. Global building blocks Geology Lesson 3. Where did the oceans go?

Journeys:

Geronimo Segura Iris Calderhead Pratt Wallace Pratt John Butterfield Roger Reisch Noel Kincaid

Plan smart, verify on site

Length, elevation, and difficulty are estimates derived from open data (NPS Public Trails GIS, high confidence) — not a safety guarantee. Conditions change; check current closures, weather, and water, and carry the essentials. Always defer to NPS.gov and park rangers.

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