- Transport: All ground transport from airport, México or Puebla Cities to Pico de Orizaba, or just 4×4 if you prefer to get to the mountain on your own.
- The Pico de Orizaba is also known as Citlaltépetl, or “Mountain of the Star” in náhuatl. With 5,636 meters (18,490 feet) it is Mexico’s tallest mountain, and the...
- Rising more than 5,600 meters above sea level in south-central Mexico, Pico de Orizaba is the tallest mountain in the country and third highest in North America.
- With Mount Logan at 19,551 ft being second. and Denali 20,308 being first. Pico De Orizaba is a volcano standing 18,500 feet above sea level.
- Pico de Orizaba is the main peak in the volcanic chain going from Cofre de Perote to Las Cumbres, Pico de Orizaba and Sierra Negra.
- At 5,636 meters (18,491 feet), the Pico de Orizaba is the world’s most pronounced volcanic peak after Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa.
- Pico de Orizaba is one of only three volcanoes in México that continue to support glaciers and is home to the largest glacier in Mexico, Gran Glaciar Norte.
- He also holds the speed record on El Pico de Orizaba (2hrs 10 mins from the Piedra Grande hut to the summit, and this was after having biked from...