Pico de Orizaba guided tours
Orizaba Guided tours
Orizaba guided Tours departing from Puebla or Mexico City
All you need: Mountain guides, transport, accommodation…
We organize safe and friendly Orizaba guided tours to the summit of this beautiful volcano (5610 m – 18.400 ft) which is the highest mountain in Mexico and third in North America.
Climbing Pico de Orizaba is a unique experience. Feeling on top of Mexico, the sensation of nothing on sight for thousands of miles away and below… A must to do if you like high mountains!!! When the weather is clear enough, you can catch sight of the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles away.
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.
Pico de Orizaba Necessary gear
Transport: All ground transport from airport, México or Puebla Cities to Pico de Orizaba, or just 4×4 if you prefer to get to the mountain on your own.
Accommodation: We can arrange all accommodation during your climbing trip in nice and strategic locations to make things easier for you, and for all budgets
Meals: All food and purified water in the mountains included.
Staff: Professional local and international guides, camp assistants, cook, etc. We are a team that for long have been working together to give you a better service.
Insurance: mountaineering insurance for summit days.
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The Climb
To reach the summit, a perfectly shaped crater 300 m depth (985 ft) and between 410-480 m wide on tope (1345-1575 ft), you will have to climb the 700 m (2300 ft) Jamapa glacier with permanent snows. Just below the glacier, as an entrance to the magnificence of the mountain, the labyrinth will challenge all your orientation skills.
The climb usually begins between 12 and 2 am therefore, you have to know your way around to get through the labyrinth.
By sunrise average climbers are usually at the end of the labyrinth or already on the glacier.
The climb can be divided into two major sections: Before the glacier and during the glacier both lasting approximately the same time.
To take into consideration
To summit Pico de Orizaba you must be in a good physical condition and your body acclimatization process must be properly carried out.
According to your experience, your acclimatization, your time, etc. we will suggest the best itinerary for you to maximize your summit options.
You're not sure how to train for this mountain? Just ask us and we'll help you during your training.
We run locally and with full time professional guides, what means that prices are always lower than in your home country.
About our climbing team
Our guides have succesfuly guided in mexico mountains hundreds of times. Of course when not working we like going to other countries to challenge ourselves both in mountaineering and rock climbing, we have experience 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 and Ecuador) 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 Institute). WFR/WFA
- We all speak English and Spanish. Some even Fench
In Mexico there is no official mountain guides certifications, so we do our best to catch up with international standards.
