Hike the Nevado de Toluca Cirque

Nevado de Toluca Cirque Staging Area, Toluca
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Hike the Nevado de Toluca Cirque
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Distance
6 miles
Elevation Gain
1900 ft
Route Type
Loop

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Added by Stephen Underhay

At 15,390ft, Nevada is Mexico's 5th highest mountain. It offers a spectacular alpine-style Cirque route with amazing crater-rim views of Laguna de la Luna and Laguna del Sol. This scrambling route will offer a new challenge to climbers!

Entering the Nevada de Toluca National Park, follow the windy road toward the crater rim. There will be a small parking lot on your left which offers a state-run hut for acclimating, although if you've spent time in Mexico City you should have no problem completing this hike in 1 day.

The hike begins by following the well worn path down to Laguna de la Luna. From here enjoy the sights and make your way up toward the rim of the crater. The route is obvious as you follow the rim all the way around to the starting point.

The summit lies close to the starting point, approximately 1.5hrs into the climb and lying about 1,600ft above the crater floor. After this you will climb up-and-down across the rim until reaching the parking lot again. There is moderate class 3 scrambling through much of the rim traverse.

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Jenna Mulligan
6/18/2020
Best climb near Mexico City
This was such a great weekend trip from the city. This loop is challenging, but like mentioned, very doable if you've been acclimated at ...
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Rachel Davidson
3/19/2017
Great beginner volcano climb
This volcano is super popular for local families and will be very crowded on the weekends. The author notes that the summit lies 1.5 ...
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Grant
6/2/2016
Updated
Thanks Javier, just updated that and thanks for all the great info!!!
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Javier Casillas
6/1/2016
Nevado de Toluca
In fact the Nevado de Toluca (14,974 ft.) is not the 4th highest mountain in México, It's the 5th. Teyotl peak (15,288 ft.) is ...
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