Mountain and winter sports Mexico

The via ferrata is an itinerary built into a rock face, which is traversed by clinging to pre-installed metal elements. Here, it allows you to climb this rocky peak with a vertical height of 200 meters. You don't go straight up, but by making some diagonals: the course is 450 meters long and you are constantly roped up when you cross ladders built in the void, suspension bridges or monkey bridges, and that you climb along the wall thanks to anchors. However, it is not necessarily easy for everyone, even if the site is open from 12 years old: you can always start and deviate from your route later, because there are crossing points allowing the evacuation to a quieter path that also reaches the summit; be careful, the first passage is a test in itself, but be aware that the first evacuation route is located halfway. If you complete the route, you will have spent nearly 4 hours clinging to the rock face: essential mountain gear (thick shoes and anorak), sometimes walking on a cable suspended above 190 meters of void. Sensitive souls should abstain.

But you can also go up by a very relaxed way, if it is just the view that interests you. For the youngest, the place also offers a canopy course (suspended bridges in the trees and zip lines). Abseiling on all floors. Equipment provided.

Roberto "Oso" Flores Rodriguezhas been climbing the highest peaks in Mexico and the Andes for 25 years now. His refuge is based on the other side of the Pico from Orizaba, and has the advantage of being already on the mountainside. Here you can arrive with your hands in your pockets as all the necessary equipment can be provided, which is very convenient for travelling light. Roberto also organizes ascents of the Iztaccihuatl, the Malinche, excursions to the Nevado de Toluca, and multi-day trips to the four corners of the country.