Nevado de Colima

  • Nevado de Colima
  • 4270 m
  • Prominence 2710 m
  • Jalisco, Mexico
  • Location: North 19.56307, West 103.60856 (GPS)
  • Difficulty: YDS 2+
  • Climbed May 14. 2024.

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How to get there:
The town Guzman is located quite close on the north-east side of the mountain. Guzman is less than 2 hours from Guadalajara. From Guzman, drive to location N19.63243, W103.52936, the mountain road starts here. This road requires a high clearance vehicle, preferably with 4WD. Drive to the locked gate at location N19.58126, W103.61064, elevation near 3730 meter. Park here.
Route description:
Continue along the road until it makes a first switchback (left turn) to make the final climb to the antenna installation on the top of the ridge. There is a small building here. Make sure to take the trail on the right hand side of this building. It should descend a bit in the beginning. This trail traverses to the big col before you reach the mountain. Continue to follow the obvious trail that begins in this col and first contours =a bit left. You will zig-zag up a pretty wide slope, then the route forks into two variants. The easiest and perhaps most straightforward turns right and crosses the top of the rocky ridge up on your right. Well marked. The other variant climbs the slope directly uphill, staying below the ridge.a Either way, you will soon arrive at a nice summit.
Comments:
I climbed this peak solo since my partner Adam had been here before and felt effects of the thin air. We had arrived from the US and Norway only 2 days earlier. My climb took 1:55 up and 1:25 down. I started at 0700, had a pretty long rest on the summit.

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