Nevado de Toluca Climbing notes shared by Mountain-Forecast users

  • August 12, 2023
    Armando Perez from Mexico

    During rainy season attempting to climb Xinantecatl may pose the risk of encountering electrical storms. Make sure to plan an early descent wherever You are by 13/1400 hrs.

  • July 29, 2013
    Alejandra Zaldivar from Mexico

    Hola, escribo para conocer cómo estará el clima en el nevado de Toluca

  • May 25, 2012
    Guillermo Vidales Reyes from Mexico

    Hiking Season: All year

    On the southern part of Toluca we can visit a beautiful volcano with lakes inside, which is the name that the inhabitants of ancient Xinancatecatl. It has an altitude of 4632 metres.

    This is Mexico's fourth highest mountain, after the Pico de Orizaba, Popocatepetl, and Iztaccihuatl. (By some measurements, however, the Sierra Negra is slightly higher.) , and it is unique in that one can drive into the crater of this volcano. Nevado de Toluca has two summits, the higher Pico de Fraile (Friar's Peak) at 4680 metres.

    You can summit this volcano with hgmexico.com mountain guides

    "friends at the mountain, brothers forever"

    Guillermo (Huracan)