CELEBRATION OF THE MOUNTAINS: It's a Celebration of the 
Mountains ... and we'll tell you about it ... on Passport to 
Texas ... 
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

If you've dreamed of flying like a bird, you'll come close 
when you soar a mile to the top of Ranger Peak inside a 
gondola at Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park in El Paso.

"You can see three states and two countries from the top of 
Ranger Peak. We can see new Mexico from the north, and of 
course Texas, and you can see the state of Chihuahua in the 
country of Mexico to our south."

Nancy Scarantino is park interpreter. The park, located in 
the Franklin Mountains, is in the middle of El Paso. And 
throughout October, the entire area participates in 
Celebration of the Mountains.

"At our park site, every weekend in the month of October, we'll 
have master naturalists onsite; we'll be doing special 
interpretive tours. And then on the weekend of October 22 and 
23, we're offering a $2-dollar discount off all tickets to ride the 
aerial tramway. And on that particular weekend, we're going to 
have wildlife exhibits, interpretive tours given by park rangers, 
and the gift shop's going to offer in-store specials going on, on 
some of the unique gifts we have."

Ms. Scarantino says something happens to people who 
visit the Wyler Aerial Tramway State Park.

"They just see how beautiful it is. And they appreciate it, and it 
helps them to want to keep it that way."

For more information visit the events calendar on the 
TPWD web site: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us

That's our show ... for Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia 
Nasti.