Nevado de Toluca guided tours
Full expeditions from Puebla or Mexico City
Mountain guides, transport, accommodation… all you need
Nevado de Toluca (4.680 m – 15.354 ft), or Chicnauhtécatl in Azteca is the forth highest mountain in Mexico.
This is one of the most climbed mountains in Mexico due to its proximity to Mexico city and the beauty of its two lakes in the crater. Many people visit this mountain in weekends weather to summit or just to see the lakes and normally it doesn’t need much technical gear but when snowed things change, specially in its sharp and rocky ridges.
Our Service:
Local Agency: Qualified guides with over 100 summits, real mexican experience while with us, and because we are local, that means cheaper for you.
Gear: Get all you need for the climb directly with us. All technical gear INCLUDED!! Please check the link below to find out gear requirements.
Nevado de Toluca Necessary gear
Transport: All ground transport from México airport to La Malinche (Optional)
Accommodation: All accommodation during your climbing trip.
Meals: All meal included in the accommodation and all meals and purified water in the mountain.
Staff: Professional local and international (living in Mexico) guides, camp assistants, cook, etc.
Insurance: We include mountaineering insurance for SUMMIT days.
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Summited on the 15th with Mesh as my guide! This is a very professional and organized company. Very responsive. Very easy to work with. Mesh is a very experienced guide. I felt confident roped up to him! Thanks to Karla, Alvaro, and Mesh who handled every detail!
SAM KIEHL
16 October, 2022All around, it was an awesome experience made seamless and absolutely comfortable with sincere thanks to the utmost professionalism of Mesh (my guide), Alvaro and Karla (from 3Summits Adventure) and the support personnel at base camp.
8 October, 2022Perfect trip from start to finish. Karla was fantastic and Mesh was outstanding. Awesome experience! I would 100% recommend.
26 August, 2022 -
It is safe to say this experience with Angel & Dani was truly one that we will remember for life. The whole experience was well organised, the lodge we stayed in was amazing. The climb gear itself was well provided. There is not a single thing we would complain about. The guides Dani and Angel were just amazing.
18 March, 2022Tremendo tiempo que la pasamos. Los tres guías Danny y Alejandro fueron puntuales, pacientes y se aseguraron que mis meta fue alcanzada. El viaje sobrepasó mis expectativas y lo recomiendo!!!
18 January, 2022My first mountaineering trek was awesome, from coordination to the guides themselves were all excellent and practiced safety first. I'm will definitely book another trek with 3 Summits!
31 December, 2021 -
The guides and overall team for the Pico and La Malinche ascents were great! Both hikes were amazing. Highly recommend!
29 December, 2021The guides were awesome, helpful people. Definitely would take this hike again!
17 December, 2021Successful summit of Pico de Orizaba with a group of unexiprenced climbers! Highly recommend 3 summits. Very experienced and knowledgeable of the mountain. Would not have summited without them 10 out of 10. Mesh is the GOAT
10 December, 2021 -
WGuides are the best, super helpful, always motivating me to push forward. Both mountains are challenging but the view at the top is well worth it.
29 November, 2021An absolutely amazing experience. My first mountaineering experience and was given all the guidance I needed. Christian on La Malinche and Mesh on Pico were great guides. Would highly recommend this for anyone wanting to reach the highest point in Mexico!!
8 November, 2021Great trip for both Izta and Pico with 3Summit Adventure! We had an incredible experience and every detail was thought through. Great communication and we really enjoyed climbing with our guide, not only was he an expert on the mountain, he was also extremely supportive and a pleasure to be around. Thank you for the great trip.
3 November, 2021 -
Lo súper recomiendo. Me encantó TODO, los guías mega preparados se nota que saben, dormí en una cama en vez de en una casa de campaña eso te ayuda a descansar para el día siguiente, te rentan el equipo que te falté, la comida rica como en casa y de los snacks no te tienes que preocupar porque es mucho.
25 October, 2021
Nevado de Toluca Gallery
The Climb:
There are several routs to summit this volcano, or even you can take some private transport to drive you very close to the entry of the lakes. For us, the best option is to begin further down in the forest following the route called “cañada del Oso”. If you know your way it will take you to the main summit called “Pico del Fraile” (monk peak) about 3-4hrs. It is a really beautiful summit that looks down to the 2 lakes in the crater called “Laguna del Sol” and “Laguna de la Luna”.
To go down you can choose between going back down the same way, or to the opposite way walking towards the lake. This will take you a lot more time. Another much more challeging route is to head for the secondary peak “Pico del Aguila” (eagle peak), just 20m – 180ft lower, following the rocky ridge to end just where the easy entrance to the lakes is.
To take into consideration:
Depending on what route you want to hike, you will have to be in reasonably good shape to not in shape at all if you just want to go to the lakes. If you plan to summit, there is a big difference when the mountain is covered with snow to when it isn’t, so the gear that you will need is very different: from just some hiking clothes to full mountaineering gear. Also, acclimatization is important. Being possible to reach very high and fast by car is very tempting but you may suffer from altitude.
About our climbing team:
We are a locally run business with both local and international guides, all resident in Mexico and therefore, we have climb this mountains hundreds of times. Of course, when not working we enjoy travelling to other countries to challenge ourselves both in mountaineering and rock climbing. Some of our experience has been forged in South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
In addition, our guides have the following international backing in knowledge and practices in high mountains:
– Training in Mountaineering and Mountain Rescue techniques taught by instructors from the AGMP (Mountain Guides Association of Peru) belonging to and with UIAGM standards (International Union of Mountain Guides Associations).
– International First Aid Certification in remote places given by ECSI (Emergency Care & Safty Institue)
There is no official Mountaineering Certifications in Mexico, so we do our best to catch up with international standards.
