Great campsite for GMNP backpacking due to the shelter from wind, rain, lightning, etc. Lightning is always such a worry in the late spring/early summer out here and most of the backcountry campsites are pretty exposed, but Tejas is down low in a valley and well sheltered by tall pines and surrounding ridgelines. We had some weather come through while we were staying here but the topography seemed to force it all around us as well.