Nevado de Toluca guided tours
Full expeditions from Puebla or Mexico City
Mountain guides, transport, accommodation… all you need
Nevado de Toluca (4.680 m – 15.354 ft), or Chicnauhtécatl in Azteca is the forth highest mountain in Mexico.
This is one of the most climbed mountains in Mexico due to its proximity to Mexico city and the beauty of its two lakes in the crater. Many people visit this mountain in weekends weather to summit or just to see the lakes and normally it doesn’t need much technical gear but when snowed things change, specially in its sharp and rocky ridges.
Our Service:
Local Agency: Qualified guides with over 100 summits, real mexican experience while with us, and because we are local, that means cheaper for you.
Gear: Get all you need for the climb directly with us. All technical gear INCLUDED!! Please check the link below to find out gear requirements.
Nevado de Toluca Necessary gear
Transport: All ground transport from México airport to La Malinche (Optional)
Accommodation: All accommodation during your climbing trip.
Meals: All meal included in the accommodation and all meals and purified water in the mountain.
Staff: Professional local and international (living in Mexico) guides, camp assistants, cook, etc.
Insurance: We include mountaineering insurance for SUMMIT days.
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The Climb:
There are several routs to summit this volcano, or even you can take some private transport to drive you very close to the entry of the lakes. For us, the best option is to begin further down in the forest following the route called "cañada del Oso". If you know your way it will take you to the main summit called "Pico del Fraile" (monk peak) about 3-4hrs. It is a really beautiful summit that looks down to the 2 lakes in the crater called "Laguna del Sol" and "Laguna de la Luna".
To go down you can choose between going back down the same way, or to the opposite way walking towards the lake. This will take you a lot more time. Another much more challeging route is to head for the secondary peak "Pico del Aguila" (eagle peak), just 20m - 180ft lower, following the rocky ridge to end just where the easy entrance to the lakes is.
To take into consideration:
Depending on what route you want to hike, you will have to be in reasonably good shape to not in shape at all if you just want to go to the lakes. If you plan to summit, there is a big difference when the mountain is covered with snow to when it isn't, so the gear that you will need is very different: from just some hiking clothes to full mountaineering gear. Also, acclimatization is important. Being possible to reach very high and fast by car is very tempting but you may suffer from altitude.
About our climbing team:
We are a locally run business with both local and international guides, all resident in Mexico and therefore, we have climb this mountains hundreds of times. Of course, when not working we enjoy travelling to other countries to challenge ourselves both in mountaineering and rock climbing. Some of our experience has been forged in South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
In addition, our guides have the following international backing in knowledge and practices in high mountains:
- Training in Mountaineering and Mountain Rescue techniques taught by instructors from the AGMP (Mountain Guides Association of Peru) belonging to and with UIAGM standards (International Union of Mountain Guides Associations).
- International First Aid Certification in remote places given by ECSI (Emergency Care & Safty Institue)
There is no official Mountaineering Certifications in Mexico, so we do our best to catch up with international standards.
