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| MountainHikerCO | Long Day!  Date Climbed: Jan 24, 2008 | |
| This was a long day. We started from the Altzomoni hut near La Joya at just after midnight. We got back to La Joya at 4:00 in the afternoon. There's a lot of up & down and loose nasty stuff along the way. This was my second climb of Izta. I felt great but it didn't get any easier! | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2008 2:58 pm | ||
| Fabrice.Rimlinger | La joya Date Climbed: Jan 3, 2008 | |
| To bad my partner was sooooo sick... not enough chile sauce to kill those nasty bacteria I assume ! Great sunset over the valley and terrific views of Popocatepetl | |
| Posted Jan 15, 2008 6:39 am | ||
| tombcronin | Up and Down Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2008 | |
| Great climb but be prepared for two down sections before the final summit. Only needed crampons. Didn't need axe or rope. | |
| Posted Jan 14, 2008 6:11 pm | ||
| utclimber | Ayoloco Glacier | |
| I climbed Ixta via the Ayoloco Glacier in 2004. We carried our bivy gear up and descended the standard route. There was a fantastic taco stand at the base too. | ||
| Posted Jan 12, 2008 7:38 pm | ||
| devnull4 | Which is the summit? Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2007 | |
| Amazing climb - and long. And which was the summit point? We went to three different points that were all the same elevation! | ||
| Posted Jan 10, 2008 2:01 pm | ||
| Kenneth.alone | Smoke and sulfer Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2007 | |
| I had beautiful day on the mountain after four awful days of wind and snow. The wind shifted and i got hit with Popo's smoke and sulfer, almost puked for an hour straight. Walked to all "three" summits just to be sure! | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2008 9:26 pm | ||
| MountainHikerCO | La Arista del Sol Date Climbed: Jan 27, 1994 | |
| My reasoning on doing Izta instead of Popo was: it would be easier to find someone to go to Mexico again to climb Popo! Of course I didn't know Popo was going to become active again later that year. Hopefully Popo will settle down while I'm still young enough to climb it. In the meantime I will do Izta again! | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2007 10:04 pm | ||
| cp0915 | La Arista del Sol Date Climbed: Dec 26, 2007 | |
| Good conditions. Could have gotten by without crampons (with careful footwork). | |
| Posted Dec 29, 2007 4:03 pm | ||
| bighornmonkey | Done... Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2006 | |
| Nice climb... we climbed in 3 days then went to Orizaba for a 2fer. Great weather and awesome views of smoking Popocatepetl. | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2007 9:18 am | ||
| Moogie737 | La Joya TH Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2007 | |
| With ten others members of the Orem, UT, Serac Mountaineering Club, reached the wind-swept summit on a day of hard-core winds, unrelenting and sometimes vicious. Still, the experience was enjoyable in spite of a fall on the trail by one member during the ascent and one individual getting lost on the descent. By eleven p.m. all were back, safe and sound. We had camped at the "hut" and everyone was at the summit in less than 4 hours. This was our acclimatization hike for the attempt later in the week on Orizaba. We all reached the summit of Orizaba two days later. | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2007 1:20 pm | ||
| Sara_Matisse | Ayoloco Glacier | |
| Great climb with my buddy Frank:) We were dropped off by a cab and starting hiking immediately. We ended up setting up camp around 13,500+ feet. Moved camp the following day to 15,000ft and the hut. We only saw one other guy on the route - which was really nice. The following morning we went for the summit and only met one guided group on the top from Cali (small world)! Then hiked all the way out and were lucky enough to find a VERY nice younger couple to give us a ride out:) | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2007 11:14 am | ||
| Shirley Lam | I was surprised... Date Climbed: Nov 25, 2006 | |
| by how many locals just walk up this thing as if it were a bump in the road! Although it's crowded on the weekend, the bonus is the lady selling beer and tacos at the trailhead... | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2007 4:17 pm | ||
| ahaass | ahaass | |
| Great experience! Fantastic Weather. | |
| Posted Jul 23, 2007 10:15 pm | ||
| tlogan | Aritsa del Sol Date Climbed: May 20, 2007 | |
| Had another enjoyable climb of Izta... as always my luch held out and the weather was god despite the season. I had forgotten both how heavy a climb this was, and how enjoyable... an incredible mountain to say the least with plenty to offer in terms of mountain experiences. | |
| Posted May 21, 2007 2:28 pm | ||
| doumall | Visually Simulating Scree Slog Date Climbed: Mar 31, 2007 | |
| A stark contrast to Orizaba in terms of terrain. 24 hours on the mountain with my girl Debbie. Tent camped 100m up the trail from La Joya on a bench amidst grazing cattle. 3:15am to 8:10am summit the next morning. Delicious $1 tacos from a stall at La Joya after the climb were priceless. Glacier is dying; no technical gear was required in the conditions we found. We never even took our axes off or our crampons out of our packs. A brief class 3 scramble was enjoyable and seemed unavoidable. Orizaba, Teotihuacan and Mexico City urban and historic districts were also part of this trip. | |
| Posted Apr 5, 2007 6:14 pm | ||
| shanahan96 | first high mountain Date Climbed: Mar 27, 2007 | |
| this was an incredible experience! jamie nellis and i spent three days climbing this wonder for acclimization purposes, and every moment of it will be stored in my mind for a very long time. climb iztaccihuatl when she's covered in snow, the scree wasn't too pleasant to say the least. jamie | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2007 1:03 am | ||
| Mescalito345 | Arista del Sol Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2006 | |
| On December 27, we woke up early and attempted a day-hike to the Ixta summit. It was a very interesting climb involving rock scrambling, cramponing, hiking up steep scree slopes, etc. Class 3 rock scrambling seemed strange while wearing plastic boots at an elevation of around 16,000 feet. After reaching a false summit in mid-morning, we looked down on the "belly glacier". We stopped to put on crampons and headed across the glacier. After crossing the glacier, we took off our crampons and made the final push to the summit (17,300 feet). From the summit, we took some pictures of Popocatepetl (17,900 feet) erupting. Popo has been off-limits for several years due to its frequent eruptions. Here are some pictures from the trip: http://pkuroda.smugmug.com/gallery/2320804#12137853 | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2007 1:24 am | ||
| Wallylongridge | Glaciar de Ayoloco | |
| I did this for a warm-up for Orizaba & Popocatepetl | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2007 7:21 pm | ||
| 1mvertical | La Arista del Sol Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2007 | |
| Climbed in a day from La Joya after tons of acclimatization on Orizaba. We did the same thing weeds19 did, tagging at least 4 high points. GPS showed same altitude +/- 2 meters on all high points. This was a long day... | |
| Posted Jan 22, 2007 7:20 pm | ||
| weeds19 | Ayoloco Glacier Date Climbed: Dec 31, 2006 | |
| We came in from La Joya carrying many liters of water and spent a night at the Ayoloco Hut before attempting the climb. We awoke in the morning to a cloud-obscured route and decided to sleep a little longer. After another hour the clouds lifted and we headed out and up onto the Ayoloco Glacier and perfect snow conditions. A couple hours later we had navigated to the three summit areas and felt satisfied that we had stood on the highest ground! | ||
| Posted Jan 11, 2007 7:16 am | ||
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