On the Mexican winter slopes...we too have had snowstorms

[homerboy2u]

What?.....beaches, deserts, open ranges, back country and mountain lands. Do you think that is all we have to offer this side of the Rio Bravo?. Well, you are not that far off tourist wise. But I was reading some excellent trip reports from fellow 4x4ers who were kind enough to report from their corners  of the world about the recent snowstorms that hit the nation.

  Like them , i was very amazed to see this type of weather phenomena, since it is very rare to experience snow in these lattitudes. So with out any further a due, enjoy this trip reports.

 On a side note,they are all written in spanish, that is obvious but the pictures are breath taking and i thought worthy to be shared, so here they are. (Of course you can always translate the pages using google translate, but you already knew that...

 For the newbies in this board, i did a trip report for one spectacular area, In the state of Coahuila, EL Coahuilon mountain range. Unfortunately, for me, i did not have a GPS back then so this gives me an excellent excuse to report back with coordinates of the same trip i did, but this time iwould go on an XJ Jeep, it is all in the works. Trust me.

 This TR, is near the Sierra La Martha on the way up to the big slope and a grand view of the whole Sierra de Arteaga, in Coahuila. 4 hours away from the border , crossing over in Piedras Negras, my town.

 This other, is by a family from Saltillo, the states capital reporting from Sierra La Martha as well. Nice pictures here. They are having a blast i tell you.

  My buddy and good friend Jesus Berlanga, is posting the great snow in , still there in his cabin lodge... Cabaсas La Moneda . Real packed i tell you.

 Some dudes having a blast in Mesa Las Tablas after the snow started to melt. What a young crowd,I love to see people having fun.

 Whole families having fun on the mountain sides of Sierra de Arteaga. And what do they all have in common?...a Jeep. I need to fix this issue, right away.....

 These pictures are right outside Guero Cabaсas cabin lodge, my good buddy and friend. Check out his website too.

 And these trip reports are from fellow Jeepers from the state of Mexico, very near the nations capital...very cool indeed.

 This one is from the dormid volcano are of the Itlazihuatl , very hard for me to pronounce. and this other is from Ajusco Area. All very cool to check out.

 Well, i thought i would share this with my bunch o' friends here. Do enjoy.

Homero JImenez

[jaime1]

Buenas tardes Homero, aсo nuevo  nosotros estamos haya el fin disrutando la nieve cayo bastante en la marta y algunos lugares... hasta 10 pulgadas..


Saludos

[homerboy2u]

Saludos, Jaime1

[guc126]

Que padre aventura del Saltillo 4x4. Saludos desde San Antonio (el otro lado, Tx)

[homerboy2u]

My very good friend Luis Esparza from Monterrey, Mexico lived, in my most humble opinion, the best Jeep trail he could ever experienced. I think this sort of trips are dreams trails , seldom presented to tackle them in ones life time. Well my buddy got his chance to live it and do it. With that said, i gladly share it with you folks and live it vicariously thru him....until soon , i get a chance to get even...hehehe 

 Enjoy, Clicking HERE.

 Saludos

Homerboy2u

[guc126]

Homero, when are you taking some of us pochos down there?

[homerboy2u]

Homero, when are you taking some of us pochos down there?

 This year!!!!!!... I PROMISE.

[randell]

Wow!  Snow and Mexico are two words that don't seem to go together.

[txhiker]

Mexico is home to the 3rd, 5th and 7th highest mountains in North America. This time of the year, you'll usually find mountaineers from all over the world climbing up the Pico and Izta. This is the dry season so there usually isn't snow and is the best time to climb, all this snow is uncommon and at such low elevations. Must be global warming  .

[homerboy2u]

Must be global warming .

 So they keep telling me....

Wow!  Snow and Mexico are two words that don't seem to go together.

 I live , exactly 3 1/2 hours from the sea (corpus christi), i am 4 1/2 hours from the Mexican mountains in Sierra de Arteaga, i am 3-4 hours from the Desert Mountains of Sierra del Carmen, Sierra del Burro and the El Carmen project. How do you think i see pictures like these?.....



 Just surreal, folks...

This scenary is not supposed to be there...



10-12" of snow?



Just like a Norman Rockwell portrait



If i had to choose one, i would choose this here....

[East Texan]

WOW!  are you sure you didn't go to the Sierra Nevada?   Those snow pics are gorgeous. 

Thanks for sharing.

[RichardM]

Must be global warming .

 So they keep telling me....

I seem to recall reading of a proposed ski resort fairly close to Mexico City a few years ago. Snow consistency and financial backing were the biggest obstacles.

And for more on global warming, check out the Global Surface Temperatures topic.

Update: Found a snippet from the original news article from March 9, 1996:

MEXICO CITY _ Dreaming of attracting thousands of Mexican ski buffs who spend their money in the Rocky Mountains each year, a developer wants to turn a volcano that almost never sees snow into Mexico's first ski resort.

To the developer, it is not such a fantastic dream. The company says it will spend millions to make enough artificial snow to cover its planned resort on 14,700-foot-tall Xinantecatl, where nighttime temperatures dip below freezing from November to March.

The clincher: This mountain where the country's champion marathon runners train is only an hour's drive from Mexico City.

[RichardM]

Looks like there's already a ski resort close to Mexico City, although I don't think it's currently in operation:
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Popocatepetl

[homerboy2u]

I seem to recall reading of a proposed ski resort fairly close to Mexico City a few years ago. Snow consistency and financial backing were the biggest obstacles.

Update: Found a snippet from the original news article from March 9, 1996:

MEXICO CITY _ Dreaming of attracting thousands of Mexican ski buffs who spend their money in the Rocky Mountains each year, a developer wants to turn a volcano that almost never sees snow into Mexico's first ski resort.

To the developer, it is not such a fantastic dream. The company says it will spend millions to make enough artificial snow to cover its planned resort on 14,700-foot-tall Xinantecatl, where nighttime temperatures dip below freezing from November to March.

The clincher: This mountain where the country's champion marathon runners train is only an hour's drive from Mexico City.

 

[homerboy2u]

Well fellas, speaking of Lost and Found....This guy did a hike to this Ski place that went belly up near the dormid volcanoes...some years back. Hmmm... . Ring a bell?. The trip report is recent,the place is old news there.

 Hey Richard, check out the guy with His father's mountain boots ...kind of like Deja Vu all over again,huh? , what does it remind YOU off?.