ENCHANTED ROCK, 1: Scenic views of an Enchanted Rock on 
Passport to Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife 

Enchanted Rock is a rock climber's winter wonderland.

The park is 1,640 acres. The rock itself makes up about 640 
acres of that (00:06)

Reynaldo Sierra is the Park Manager at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. 

Based on the history of climbing in the park, modern climbing 
began during the 1930's when some of the locals began to climb 
in this area. In the 1970's, there was an expansion into climbing 
occurring during the park. Since that time, it has become and still 
is one of the more popular rock climbing areas in Texas and probably 
even the US. (00:24)

There's a route at E-Rock for just about everybody. 

Well the park has technical climbs, which are of course, the rope 
climbs, the face climbs and the crack climbs. And we also have bouldering, 
which is the free style climbing, an ample amount of it scattered 
throughout the park. Hundreds and hundreds for all age groups. 
There's plenty of climbing available. It provides a little bit of 
everything to wet any climbing appetite. (00:24)

More beta on climbing tomorrow.

More information at passporttotexas.org.

That's our show ... with research and writing help from Kate Lipinski... 
For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.