Rock Climbing in Mexico - December 2019

OK, so we don't actually rock climb, but our son Casey and his fiancée Dorothy are both enthusiastic climbers. We were just along for the ride. 

All of the photos for this trip are in this photo album. Below are highlights and Facebook posts we posted during the trip. 

We went to El Potrero Chico which is near the city of Monterrey. The overall location of Monterrey is shown below. The yellow dots are places we went to or planned to go. 

A larger scale map is here. The dot in the top center is Hidalgo is where we stayed. The far left dot is the hot springs, and the dots in Monterrey are the places we visited when we stayed in the city. The airport is the far right dot. The big green blob in the center is the mountain range where the climbing is located. 

Here is the shaded relief "terrain" view which shows the mountains better. The yellow dot is the Rancho and the green dot just below it is the main climbing area. 

Upon arrival, Casey and Dorothy picked us up at the airport and we drove to Hidalgo. We stayed at "Rancho El Sendero" which is a combination of tent camping, hostal-style shared rooms, single rooms and two stand-alone "casita" structures. Casey and Dorothy and their friends stayed at the larger casita while Sherry and I went between a single room, a night at the hot springs, a night in the city of Monterrey and then the smaller stand-alone building. The last few nights were at Ariel's Chalet which was up right next to the climbing area. The Rancho el Sendero was about a 20 minute walk to the climbing walls.