Franklin Mountains State Park has been busy this year. In the past few months the park has been affected by heavy rain falls that reshaped the landscapes; staff members have obtained and continue to earn certifications and training and our rangers have been involved with both locally and nationally recognized search and rescue efforts.
High rainfall amounts in September brought flash flooding to a variety of areas within the park resulting in trail and signage damage. However, the outdoors community ultimately answered the call and assisted the park rangers by doing both individual volunteer trail repairs as well as joined us on our “National Make A Difference” day for which we hosted a specific trail rebuilding project for the Mundy’s Gap trail. The focus was on the section which saw an annihilation of the bridge and narrow pathway.
Avid hikers who frequent the park weekly shared their accolades with staff members and remarked on the caliber of work and repair of that section of trail. We are very grateful to all of the volunteers who were a part of the concerted efforts of providing some much needed TLC to our park.
The 2nd Annual Happy Tails n’ Happy Trails event on November 2nd was a tail waggin' success. This adoption fair/doggie play day in the park saw almost 50 dogs including 6 dogs that are up for adoption from the Animal Rescue League. One of the highlights of the day was that Bender, one of the adoption
dogs, may have gotten a new forever home!
Over 35 people came out with their pooches big and small to enjoy a beautiful day out in the Franklin Mountains State Park. With ranger led presentations on hiking safety, free dog obedience courses and training tips, free treats, ranger led "Bark in the Park" hike, raffles and much more, everyone gained some valuable information and prizes and left with wonderful memories. Thanks to all of the organizations who joined us for the event and offered prizes for the raffle.
The park events schedule is available on: The TPWD calendar of events under Franklin Mountains State Park; the Franklin Mountains SP Facebook page; the El Paso Hikers Group on Meetup.com; and in the El Paso Scene.
Upcoming events to look forward to in December include: Christmas Hikes to the Mines, Womens Only hikes, Peak Fitness challenge hikes, and more. Remember New Years is just around the corner, too, and we’ll be hosting our popular New Years Day hike again on January 1st.
We look forward to seeing you out on the trails!
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