El Capitan (Texas) - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

"El Capitan, used as a signal peak for hundereds of years by travellers in the area, is a stunning peak rising quite abruptly out of the Chihuahuan Desert floor in West Texas. Its sheer face greets visitors approaching the Headquarters Visitor Center at Guadalupe Mountains National Park from both the south and the northeast.

El Capitan is the southern terminus of the Guadalupe escarpment, an ancient limestone reef that forms the present-day Guadalupe Mountains. El Capitan is guarded by cliffs on three sides, and those faces are rarely climbed due to the unstable condition of the rock and the sheer nature of the peak. Hikers can scramble up to the summit by first climbing to near the summit of Guadalupe Peak and scrambling down to the south to the Guadalupe Peak-El Capitan saddle, then up the backside of El Cap. There is no trail.

This El Capitan is not to be confused with its El Capitan cousin in Yosemite - El Capitan of Guadalupe Mountains National Park is comparable in stature and sheerness, but its desert environment and limestone make-up makes it a unique, challenging, and rewarding summit. On top, you command an impressive view of the desert.

Thanks to Scott Kelley for this description."

Source: "Peakware", a World Mountain Encyclopedia.

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