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Huaxtla: Alternative Canyon Start
2024-11-05: Ascent with 6 people as part of the RIC 2024. Unfortunately we started from the top as we had no precise information on the best way to traverse down into the stream. We chose the exit too early and m...
Comment: Canyon from top (long river walk plus bolder hopping, not recommended)
Approach: To do only the (lower) part of the canyon entering on the 110m dry rappel, you walk from the viewpoint parking towards the dry river and then on the dry river bed to the edge of the big drop. On the right hand side you should see bolts for handline and a two bolt anchor. Potential "Middle" Entry: You park there next to the access road of a hotel (Hacienda Lomajim). There should be a small dam to be seen (not confirmed yet) and you follow down the dam outlet into the canyon. The last part looks like some scrambling to do, see also pictures. To do the full canyon: enter the canyon directly on the bridge on km 18.
Tour: If you would do the full canyon starting from the bridge you will have additional 1-2h of walking and bolder hopping with smaller pools. Entering from a potential "middle entry" you will have to do approximately 30 minutes of walking/downclimbing todo until you reach the first bigger potential rappel or jump. - rappel approx. 10m, bolts on the left - approx. 20m, bolts on the right - approx. 15m, bolts on the left - downclimb or abseil on a single bolt, approx. 15m, bolt left - approx. 20m abseil with handline, easy if you have long legs Do NOT exit the trip to the right on the path, continue for the next two rappels - there is another smaller rappel, maybe 15m - and the final one looks like the biggest one, approx. 25m (not confirmed yet) Then you do a small walk until you find a water way leaving on the left side of the canyon. If you do the entrance with the 110m dry rappel from the wall you will get roughly 35m, 30m and 40m rappels in the wall and then hit the canyon skipping the first three rappels but also a lot of bolder hopping, which would be the recommendation.

Huaxtla: Parking at Entry
2024-11-05: Ascent with 6 people as part of the RIC 2024. Unfortunately we started from the top as we had no precise information on the best way to traverse down into the stream. We chose the exit too early and m...
Comment: Park next to hotel entrance at KM 20 of the road for recommended entry
Access: To do only the (lower) part of the canyon entering on the 110m dry rappel, you go to the right on km18 in direction Huaxtla village and park at the view point (see also GPS) Another potential "Middle" Entry (not tried yet): We drive to km 20 on „Carretera a Cotolan“ from Zapopan in direction San Cristobal de la Barranca. You park there next to the access road of a hotel (Hacienda Lomajim). To do the full canyon (which is not recommended as it has additional 1-2h of walking and bolder hopping) von directly enter at km 18 on the same road on the bridge. You need to shuttle the cars to the parking spot on the exit (see gps coordinates).
Return: Follow the water way until it reaches the dirt road. Then walk back to the second car.

Huaxtla: Parking at Entry1
2024-11-05: Ascent with 6 people as part of the RIC 2024. Unfortunately we started from the top as we had no precise information on the best way to traverse down into the stream. We chose the exit too early and m...
Comment: Parking for full canyon
Access: To do only the (lower) part of the canyon entering on the 110m dry rappel, you go to the right on km18 in direction Huaxtla village and park at the view point (see also GPS) Another potential "Middle" Entry (not tried yet): We drive to km 20 on „Carretera a Cotolan“ from Zapopan in direction San Cristobal de la Barranca. You park there next to the access road of a hotel (Hacienda Lomajim). To do the full canyon (which is not recommended as it has additional 1-2h of walking and bolder hopping) von directly enter at km 18 on the same road on the bridge. You need to shuttle the cars to the parking spot on the exit (see gps coordinates).
Return: Follow the water way until it reaches the dirt road. Then walk back to the second car.

Huaxtla: Alternative Canyon Start1
Comment: A potential middle entrance (but not confirmed yet, needs for sure some bush scrambling to get down)
Approach: To do only the (lower) part of the canyon entering on the 110m dry rappel, you walk from the viewpoint parking towards the dry river and then on the dry river bed to the edge of the big drop. On the right hand side you should see bolts for handline and a two bolt anchor. Potential "Middle" Entry: You park there next to the access road of a hotel (Hacienda Lomajim). There should be a small dam to be seen (not confirmed yet) and you follow down the dam outlet into the canyon. The last part looks like some scrambling to do, see also pictures. To do the full canyon: enter the canyon directly on the bridge on km 18.
Tour: If you would do the full canyon starting from the bridge you will have additional 1-2h of walking and bolder hopping with smaller pools. Entering from a potential "middle entry" you will have to do approximately 30 minutes of walking/downclimbing todo until you reach the first bigger potential rappel or jump. - rappel approx. 10m, bolts on the left - approx. 20m, bolts on the right - approx. 15m, bolts on the left - downclimb or abseil on a single bolt, approx. 15m, bolt left - approx. 20m abseil with handline, easy if you have long legs Do NOT exit the trip to the right on the path, continue for the next two rappels - there is another smaller rappel, maybe 15m - and the final one looks like the biggest one, approx. 25m (not confirmed yet) Then you do a small walk until you find a water way leaving on the left side of the canyon. If you do the entrance with the 110m dry rappel from the wall you will get roughly 35m, 30m and 40m rappels in the wall and then hit the canyon skipping the first three rappels but also a lot of bolder hopping, which would be the recommendation.

Huaxtla: Parking at Exit
Comment: Parking return
Access: To do only the (lower) part of the canyon entering on the 110m dry rappel, you go to the right on km18 in direction Huaxtla village and park at the view point (see also GPS) Another potential "Middle" Entry (not tried yet): We drive to km 20 on „Carretera a Cotolan“ from Zapopan in direction San Cristobal de la Barranca. You park there next to the access road of a hotel (Hacienda Lomajim). To do the full canyon (which is not recommended as it has additional 1-2h of walking and bolder hopping) von directly enter at km 18 on the same road on the bridge. You need to shuttle the cars to the parking spot on the exit (see gps coordinates).
Return: Follow the water way until it reaches the dirt road. Then walk back to the second car.

Huaxtla: Canyon Start
Comment: Recommended entrance from the view point down a dry 110m wall
Approach: To do only the (lower) part of the canyon entering on the 110m dry rappel, you walk from the viewpoint parking towards the dry river and then on the dry river bed to the edge of the big drop. On the right hand side you should see bolts for handline and a two bolt anchor. Potential "Middle" Entry: You park there next to the access road of a hotel (Hacienda Lomajim). There should be a small dam to be seen (not confirmed yet) and you follow down the dam outlet into the canyon. The last part looks like some scrambling to do, see also pictures. To do the full canyon: enter the canyon directly on the bridge on km 18.
Tour: If you would do the full canyon starting from the bridge you will have additional 1-2h of walking and bolder hopping with smaller pools. Entering from a potential "middle entry" you will have to do approximately 30 minutes of walking/downclimbing todo until you reach the first bigger potential rappel or jump. - rappel approx. 10m, bolts on the left - approx. 20m, bolts on the right - approx. 15m, bolts on the left - downclimb or abseil on a single bolt, approx. 15m, bolt left - approx. 20m abseil with handline, easy if you have long legs Do NOT exit the trip to the right on the path, continue for the next two rappels - there is another smaller rappel, maybe 15m - and the final one looks like the biggest one, approx. 25m (not confirmed yet) Then you do a small walk until you find a water way leaving on the left side of the canyon. If you do the entrance with the 110m dry rappel from the wall you will get roughly 35m, 30m and 40m rappels in the wall and then hit the canyon skipping the first three rappels but also a lot of bolder hopping, which would be the recommendation.

Huaxtla: Parking at Entry2
Comment: Parking for recommended entrance from the view point

El Violin: Canyon Start
2024-11-02: Ascent as part of the RIC 2024, got "lost" several times during access as we had no exact information but then found the canyon with the help of the locals. Second belaystation was difficult to reach...
Comment: Start of the walking in the stream
Approach: Use the pictures to navigate to the canyon. Basically first from parking walk down the road for a few meters more, then a gravel road for 20meters in and to the left follow a small foot path. This path spilts after 100m, take the left one. Then walk up always following the bigger path, continue on a first ridge until you reach some houses. There continue until you see the three with the ant nest shortly after the house. Go left there and follow to more houses after 15-20min. Then walk to the stream=canyon after the houses (canyon can be seen right behind them) and walk at a small path. If you are scambeling bushes you are wrong, try to find a clear path. Then after a steep climb you will hit a gravel road, follow it to the right. Then you reach the entrance a few minutes after.
Tour: Downclimbing and bush whacking until a few minutes later you reach the drop - First rappel approx. 25m recommended from the tree to easily reach the bolts below. Otherwise you have to continue to the next bolts approx 50-60m further down - Second rappel approx 35m to two bolts in the middle of the stream - Third rappel approx 40m and full in the water flow. In order to avoid the water use the tree next to it - Last rappel approx 15-20m On the way back avoid crossing on the house, go to the canyon and cross out there to not „disturb“ the locals there

El Violin: Waypoint
2024-11-02: Ascent as part of the RIC 2024, got "lost" several times during access as we had no exact information but then found the canyon with the help of the locals. Second belaystation was difficult to reach...
Comment: Start of the vertical part
Approach: Use the pictures to navigate to the canyon. Basically first from parking walk down the road for a few meters more, then a gravel road for 20meters in and to the left follow a small foot path. This path spilts after 100m, take the left one. Then walk up always following the bigger path, continue on a first ridge until you reach some houses. There continue until you see the three with the ant nest shortly after the house. Go left there and follow to more houses after 15-20min. Then walk to the stream=canyon after the houses (canyon can be seen right behind them) and walk at a small path. If you are scambeling bushes you are wrong, try to find a clear path. Then after a steep climb you will hit a gravel road, follow it to the right. Then you reach the entrance a few minutes after.

El Violin: Canyon End
2024-11-02: Ascent as part of the RIC 2024, got "lost" several times during access as we had no exact information but then found the canyon with the help of the locals. Second belaystation was difficult to reach...
Comment: End of the vertical part
Return: Follow the way back that you came after the houses

El Violin: Parking Entry and Exit
Access: Follow google maps to parking gps coordinate
Return: Follow the way back that you came after the houses

El Violin: Waypoint1
Comment: Start of nice walking way up
Approach: Use the pictures to navigate to the canyon. Basically first from parking walk down the road for a few meters more, then a gravel road for 20meters in and to the left follow a small foot path. This path spilts after 100m, take the left one. Then walk up always following the bigger path, continue on a first ridge until you reach some houses. There continue until you see the three with the ant nest shortly after the house. Go left there and follow to more houses after 15-20min. Then walk to the stream=canyon after the houses (canyon can be seen right behind them) and walk at a small path. If you are scambeling bushes you are wrong, try to find a clear path. Then after a steep climb you will hit a gravel road, follow it to the right. Then you reach the entrance a few minutes after.

Aquetzalli: Canyon Start
2024-11-08: Walked in a group of 5 people. Unfortunately, we didn't park the second car down by the river (road/field path would have been OK) but up in the village. So we had to walk a good half hour back to the...
Approach: Enter the Canyon at the bridge on the right side.
Tour: The canyon carries quite some water, most of the time you are not exposed to the full water flow but at some spots on high water levels it will become interresting. In the first part of the trip you will do some bolder hopping with nice pools in between, in the lower part you will find most of the highlights which can be repeated mostly. Small ~10m rappel on the right Few smaller jumps and slides and some walking Small ~10m rappel on the left 4m jump with a run start Final pitch of ~20m rappel in a big pool

Aquetzalli: Parking at Entry
2024-11-08: Walked in a group of 5 people. Unfortunately, we didn't park the second car down by the river (road/field path would have been OK) but up in the village. So we had to walk a good half hour back to the...
Access: Drive in direction of the village Jalpa and stop at the bridge crossing the river before town. You can park right next to the bridge. Move the other car at least to the Comala village, better even down a dirt road close to the canyon exit. There is a river crossing, park just before the crossing.
Return: Walk back on the car trail first following the river on the left side, then cross the river and get to the car you parked there before. Alternatively walk up the gravel road to the village in case you haven’t parked the car.

Aquetzalli: Parking at Exit
2024-11-08: Walked in a group of 5 people. Unfortunately, we didn't park the second car down by the river (road/field path would have been OK) but up in the village. So we had to walk a good half hour back to the...
Access: Drive in direction of the village Jalpa and stop at the bridge crossing the river before town. You can park right next to the bridge. Move the other car at least to the Comala village, better even down a dirt road close to the canyon exit. There is a river crossing, park just before the crossing.
Return: Walk back on the car trail first following the river on the left side, then cross the river and get to the car you parked there before. Alternatively walk up the gravel road to the village in case you haven’t parked the car.

Aquetzalli: Canyon End
Return: Walk back on the car trail first following the river on the left side, then cross the river and get to the car you parked there before. Alternatively walk up the gravel road to the village in case you haven’t parked the car.

Guayaberas: Canyon Start
2024-11-06: We were lucky enough to visit the canyon "later" (around 13:30 at the entry) as there were already a lot of people in the creek before us. This turned out to be a good thing as we had plenty of shade...
Approach: Go to the animal crossing on the village entrance and follow the fence trough the fields. Keep kind of the same level (and also check gps) with ending up going down at about 20min walking crossing a small stream. Then go uphill again and continue on the ridge to the right later when you already see the entrance crossing over to the left an scrambling down.
Tour: The canyon consists of quite a lot of small rappels and two big ones, one at the middle 40m and one at the end 35m. The water flow can be checked at the first rappel as you be quite exposed to the water at the 40m rappel. A few smaller rappels and jumps up to 15m 40m rappel win the water More smaller rappels and some walking Final 35m rappel plus handline

Guayaberas: Canyon End
2024-11-06: We were lucky enough to visit the canyon "later" (around 13:30 at the entry) as there were already a lot of people in the creek before us. This turned out to be a good thing as we had plenty of shade...
Return: After the 35m rappel walk back on the right side, first following some small trail next to the water pipes. Later you reach some lemon trees, then you always follow the main gravel road back to the car.

Guayaberas: Parking at Entry
2024-11-06: We were lucky enough to visit the canyon "later" (around 13:30 at the entry) as there were already a lot of people in the creek before us. This turned out to be a good thing as we had plenty of shade...
Access: Drive up to the village „El Limon“, one car is parked at the village entrance, with other you cross the village and if you have high clearance or similar you put it down to the other parking spot (see gps). Otherwise there are also some spots where you could just park the car before going down the last bit of the gravel road to at least save some walking.
Return: After the 35m rappel walk back on the right side, first following some small trail next to the water pipes. Later you reach some lemon trees, then you always follow the main gravel road back to the car.

Guayaberas: Parking at Exit
Comment: Probably needs high clearance vehicle
Access: Drive up to the village „El Limon“, one car is parked at the village entrance, with other you cross the village and if you have high clearance or similar you put it down to the other parking spot (see gps). Otherwise there are also some spots where you could just park the car before going down the last bit of the gravel road to at least save some walking.
Return: After the 35m rappel walk back on the right side, first following some small trail next to the water pipes. Later you reach some lemon trees, then you always follow the main gravel road back to the car.

Acatichico: Canyon Start
2024-11-07: There were several "rustling" noises on the access, which could have been, among other things, slapping, so go slowly. We had chosen the "old" access based on the Ropewiki GPS data and walked around q...
Comment: Drop in at the cliff
Approach: Two options, the original approach was to get the GPS data and parking shortly after the farmhouse. Follow after the parking into the fields until you hit a small stream bed. Then follow this to the left until you come closer to the cliff. You then can use a lot of boulders to do bolder hopping for another 20min, then cross in grassland and over corn fields until you hit the entrance. A better approach would be probably (not done yet) to drive back from the ranch into town again and use the other access parking and see how far you could go on the road. Then follow there the obvious path to the edge. Do not follow the stream directly a its quite small and also in Grasland but try to reach the edge where the first drop is in the best available walking way.
Tour: First rappel (about 30m) could need some proper bolting, for example handline and above the tree would be a solid option. Currently you have the choice of rusty bolts of better a tree on the left. Be careful to keep the water pipe next to the tree intact. Next rappel can be from a tree on the left or bolt on the right, maybe around 20m. Then some walking until the highest rappel (55m) is needed. There there are some bolts behind the edge, better option would be probably to do a handline plus hanging belay after the corner. Then for approx. 30min you walk in the river with smaller pools. Later you got a descent on the right hand side off a tree (5m) and shortly after that an 10m rappel from bolts on the left. Then maybe 5min after that the canyon can be exited on a path to the left (stone piles). If you do the other 10m descent after that you probably will get in trouble because then you need to do some river swimming for 4km or somehow climb up again, so the recommendation is to exit the canyon shortly after the first 10m on the left hand side.

Acatichico: Canyon End
2024-11-07: There were several "rustling" noises on the access, which could have been, among other things, slapping, so go slowly. We had chosen the "old" access based on the Ropewiki GPS data and walked around q...
Comment: Exit a small trail to the left (stone pile)
Return: Exit the canyon and follow the obvious path back to the bridge, even it is first following the wring direction. In 10-15min you should be back at the car.

Acatichico: Parking at Exit
2024-11-07: There were several "rustling" noises on the access, which could have been, among other things, slapping, so go slowly. We had chosen the "old" access based on the Ropewiki GPS data and walked around q...
Comment: Park before the bridge
Access: You drive to the town of Acatic, then continue following the GPS point to „Rancho Venado“ where you pay 150pesos per person for the access to the road/hotsprings. From there you have two different options, one is drive a little further and park at the same road and do the car shuttle down to the bridge. The other probably better option would be to drive back from the ranch to the last crossing and go to the other approach parking. From there its probably much easier to reach the entry point as you can walk on farmer trails instead of the fields.
Return: Exit the canyon and follow the obvious path back to the bridge, even it is first following the wring direction. In 10-15min you should be back at the car.

Acatichico: Parking at Entry
Comment: Maybe this is the „best“ approach parking to avoid the bush whacking (not tried yet)
Access: You drive to the town of Acatic, then continue following the GPS point to „Rancho Venado“ where you pay 150pesos per person for the access to the road/hotsprings. From there you have two different options, one is drive a little further and park at the same road and do the car shuttle down to the bridge. The other probably better option would be to drive back from the ranch to the last crossing and go to the other approach parking. From there its probably much easier to reach the entry point as you can walk on farmer trails instead of the fields.
Return: Exit the canyon and follow the obvious path back to the bridge, even it is first following the wring direction. In 10-15min you should be back at the car.

Acatichico: Parking at Entry1
Comment: „Old“ approach parking, not recommended
Access: You drive to the town of Acatic, then continue following the GPS point to „Rancho Venado“ where you pay 150pesos per person for the access to the road/hotsprings. From there you have two different options, one is drive a little further and park at the same road and do the car shuttle down to the bridge. The other probably better option would be to drive back from the ranch to the last crossing and go to the other approach parking. From there its probably much easier to reach the entry point as you can walk on farmer trails instead of the fields.

Acatichico: Waypoint
Comment: Farm where you pay the entrance fee
Approach: Two options, the original approach was to get the GPS data and parking shortly after the farmhouse. Follow after the parking into the fields until you hit a small stream bed. Then follow this to the left until you come closer to the cliff. You then can use a lot of boulders to do bolder hopping for another 20min, then cross in grassland and over corn fields until you hit the entrance. A better approach would be probably (not done yet) to drive back from the ranch into town again and use the other access parking and see how far you could go on the road. Then follow there the obvious path to the edge. Do not follow the stream directly a its quite small and also in Grasland but try to reach the edge where the first drop is in the best available walking way.

Acatichico: Waypoint1
Comment: Hot Springs
Approach: Two options, the original approach was to get the GPS data and parking shortly after the farmhouse. Follow after the parking into the fields until you hit a small stream bed. Then follow this to the left until you come closer to the cliff. You then can use a lot of boulders to do bolder hopping for another 20min, then cross in grassland and over corn fields until you hit the entrance. A better approach would be probably (not done yet) to drive back from the ranch into town again and use the other access parking and see how far you could go on the road. Then follow there the obvious path to the edge. Do not follow the stream directly a its quite small and also in Grasland but try to reach the edge where the first drop is in the best available walking way.