July 2020 Trip to Elephant Butte. A total of 16.3 miles of hiking with 14,577 feet of elevation gain. Day-1 TH to Camp-1: 6 miles and almost 6000 feet of climbing (5873) Day-2 Camp-1 to Camp-2: easy day of 3 miles and 1867 feet of gain. I can enjoy the great views here and plan my summit of EB Day-3 Elephant Butte Summit. From camp-2 to summit and back is 8 miles and 5621 feet of gain. Day-4 Exit. Leave camp-2 for TH. A total of 8.3 miles with a gain of 1216 feet and a loss of 7043 feet. Whoa!