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Sergio and I took the dogs out for a mountain hike at Iztaccíhuatl.

We arrived around 8 a.m. and started walking towards Ayoloco hut, following our shortcut route to Cruz de Rosas. We got to the hut almost 3 hours later, we had a good pace but without forgetting to stop to enjoy the scenery every other time. We fed the dogs and had a good lunch before starting our way down the mountain, the temperature was starting to rise.

I suggested Sergio to go down via Cañada de Alcalican since he had never walked that trail and it’s a very beautiful one. Once we passed Cruz de Rosas and entered the gorge, the hike started to get exhausting for the dogs. Temperature was really high for being above 4,000 meters, the sun was hitting directly on us due to the absence of clouds and the trail was so dry that it became a suffocating trap for them.

We got to a point almost at the bottom of the gorge where we had to leash the dogs to make them walk to the river since they didn’t want to continue moving, they were on the verge of a heatstroke. Fortunately we were able to walk them down quickly enough to the river, where they enjoyed the cold and clean water from the melting snow above.

We rested there for about 20 minutes before continuing our way back to the car. The dogs were completely renewed after such a bath, they were happily jumping around and willing to continue the walk. We got to the car 40 minutes after that, we enjoyed some quesadillas then drove our way back home. It was a really hot day in the mountain…

Rest of the pictures are here.