Climbing Pico de Orizaba

My guide Bernardo was fantastic and super helpful and experienced and friendly. They were also able to provide me vegetarian food, and a sleeping bag. I have particularly large feet (US size 14-15 in sneakers), which means that the ordinary krampons didn’t fit my boots( (US size 13). But they worked to find me some krampons that would fit me in time. I share this as testimony for their good service but also as an advice to give your guide a headsup if your feet are also particularly large. I did not make it to the top, but only becauae i was gassed (out of energy). The aclimitization and pace were good. It was a challenge for me to do so much hiking in the cold and dark hours of the morning before sunrise. But even though i didn’t make the summit, i accomplished a lot and set personal records and had a very unique experience with unbelievable views. And the guide and company were very helpful always.

I am 63,  I tried to climb Pico de Orizaba 6 months ago without success.  I was in a group of 8 people and the guides seemed to be in a hurry to finish their job, I could not keep up with their pace. I decided to try it again, searching the web for Pico de Orizaba climbing I found Explore-Share where you can find guides from all over the world, 3Summits Adventure was the option that could not have been better,  I can say there is a world of difference between 3Summits Adventure and the other mountain guides. My guide Lalo was all attention to detail,  he let me climb at my pace always making sure I was in condition to continue and checking for any symptoms that could affect the climb, without his patience and experience in the mountain I could not have reached the summit. In 5 days I climbed La Malinche and Pico de Orizaba, something that at my age I could not have done it without the guides and services 3Summits provided, Karla and Lalo made it possible for me. You can take a risk and try other guides, there are plenty of them, but if you really want to make it to the summit 3Summits the best option.

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The whole process was AWESOME! They made everything so easy and enjoyable, even accommodated me with a food allergy. Could not recommend enough!

Explore-Share and 3Summits were outstanding in all aspects starting from the time I registered for the La Malinche + Pico de Orizaba climbs. Their communication, follow up and guidance was great all the time. Alex was my guide during La Malinche climb and Lolo was guide during Pico de Orizaba climb. Though it was a slow struggle for me, they encouraged me to perform and as a result I was able to finish both the hikes at a reasonable time. I enjoyed every moment with the guides who were very knowledgeable and vastly experienced. The accomodation, transportation, food arrangements and logistics were top notch. After my return back from the hike, they sent me all the pictures instantly. I am so glad I chose Explore-share and 3 Summits and look forward to doing more climbs with them.

The guides and overall team for the Pico and La Malinche ascents were great! Both hikes were amazing. Highly recommend!

This was truly an amazing experience that was made much more possible through explore share. Oscar was a great guide that gave good feedback and instructions as this was my first 5000m+ ascent and my first glaciated mountain as well. Whilst I turned back at about 200m from the summit (I didn’t have much time to acclimate prior as I was working with my parents time window, I really struggled at the 5k meter mark with fatigue and respiratory difficulty) I learned and experienced firsthand just how magical Pico de Orizaba is. Explore share was a great platform and was easy to use. I received messages from representatives to help me book my ascent in a way that made me feel like they cared. The explore share community truly feels to me as if everyone is wishing to see you succeed and are passionate about the guides and services they connect you with. It feels like platform designed by enthusiasts and athletes to help chat with you about what you want to achieve as opposed to an only for profit booking algorithm. I am really glad I had the chance to do this. I messaged the Instagram page with photos from my ascent and will later tag you in the post I have in the works. Thank you so much for this opportunity and in the future I want to book with you and Oscar again for more mountaineering and climbing goals. Finally I am only 15 years old and explore share also consulted with my parents making them feel more confident in my safety and that helped me convince them to let my attempt this mountain at a young age.

I love Carlos and the team! We ended up changing our itinerary to 3 mountains in 8 days and had a great experience. I will recommend Carlos and his wonderful hospitality and working with logistics anytime!

Guides 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.

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An 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!!

Good people, good food, knowledgeable guides.

The best experience possible. Excellent service. Great organization and the best accommodations possible. Fully recommended.

Hi, It’s Michelle Houjeily, apologies I’m submitting this so late! Thank you for all of the support and help throughout this hike, it was truly amazing!! I should have taken more seriously your recommendation to do an acclimatization hike prior as the altitude really got to me at a certain point and didn’t allow me to summit. Regardless, this was such a beautiful experience. I appreciated the guidance prior to the hike, being able to rent out items, the home cooked meal in the little town, and even the disappointment in not completing the hike. This hike inspired me to keep going and keep trying! So thank you!!

Trilogy was absolutely fantastic! First of all the experience booking it was great. Alvaro was very helpful in answering all my questions. He planned the time carefully so that I would have enough time to recover between summits and the schedule meant that I managed to acclimatise to the altitude well and get to the top of pico feeling fine which is significantly higher than I have ever gone before in my life. Having seen people suffer altitude sickness at much lower heights this was a concern of mine. Finally the guides were absolutely amazing. Lovely people who are so passionate about the mountains. I went by myself and they are great company. Highly recommend doing trilogy!!!

Unfortunately the guide could not speak English properly and did not provide me with any tips or guidance despite it being my first climb. We did Malinche as a prior acclimatisation, but we set off too late and the weather was poor on the mountain making it difficult to climb; this is where I believe an experienced guide that is more fluent in English could have helped with technique. I have video evidence if anyone wants to see the neglect. As such the Pico de Orizaba climb never happened and I was not given a refund, very disappointed.

3Summits coordinated a great trip. The guides, Abraham (Pico) and Angel (Malinche) were very experienced and qualified. I felt safe with them the whole time. The coordination and communication from start to finish were flawless. I would highly recommend 3Summits to take you up to the summit of Pico. I would also recommend La Malinche first if you're not acclimatized from climbing Izta or another mountain.

It was a really unforgettable experience! Personal thanks to our guide, Raul, for interesting stories, tasty food in the shelter and support! But you need to be sure that you are in a good physical condition. Unfortunately due to circumstances we did not make it to the peak of Orizaba and reached only the glacier, but such length was perfect for acclimatization as we nearly did not feel mountain sickness. Also guys from the agency forgot to put the sleeping bags as we discussed, but Raul solved this problem at the mountain by giving his own sleeping bag to my wife and organizing two more bags delivery from the campus next day.

Me sentí en casa!! Desde que nos recibieron los guías todo fue una experiencia gratificante, llena de conversaciones de montañas y muy buenas vibras. Los guías Oscar y Mech hicieron un excelente trabajo desde el momento en que nos recibieron, desde explicarnos la manera de usar el equipo para nuestra expedición, aportarnos la información requerida por nuestro grupo, entre otras. Muy satisfecha con todo sus servicios. Muchísimas gracias!! 100% recomendado

The tour was done in a very professional way from the time of order until the end. The hostel we stayed in the village close to the moutain was great, and the food even better. The guide (Mesh) was also great pushing you enough to make it to the top of the moutain in a safe way. I only got good experiences with 3Summit Adventure and can really recommend them for others.

Kindest, most helpful and friendly guides and staff. Really went out of their way to make me comfortable.

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Juan as a guide was very helpful. He kept good pace and supported us in succesful climb to the summit. I would recommend Juan as a guide to everyone.

Fantastic Guides. Excellent English Language. Incredible scenery. Brilliant Trip

Very happy with online and guidance support. Although Gustavo is relatively young guide his hiking and motivating skills are spot on! Overall highly recommended

Trip was absolutely wonderful! Very professionally organized logistics and amazing guides. 5 stars all over!

Everything was organised perfectly from pickup to drop off in the last day. You do not need to think about anything except your tracking and just enjoy your trip.

Great trip - Alvaro and the boys took care of everything for my wife and I during the Trilogy/Triple Peak Trip! Food, transports, tents, gear - all went well. Gustavo, Meesh, Abrahim, Dani, and Oscar were awesome guides and got us there and back. They even helped with a flexible itinerary to help changes in our party's schedule.

The guides are very cordial and receptive, really experienced. The prior aclimatization was not enough, I recommend at least 3 days of aclimatization for those not experienced in high mountains. Thanks a lot for the team of 3summits!

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It was a very different experience for me. Beautiful country, nice people and beautiful mountains. Thank you. Sureyya FIDAN from ISTANBUL

3 Summits eventually took me on a 5-day climb. They were absolutely great! Everything was organized and they were constantly professional.

Trip complete! We made the Summit!!!! The hospitality was fantastic, Oscar did an excellent job at making us feel welcome in the village. (On time and ready to go). Oscar and Abraham both did very well at exceeding all of my expectations. I personally had some trouble with my heart rate and Abraham was there every step of the way to ensure a safe decision. (When I wanted to QUIT) We slowed down, I caught my breath. And we kicked one step at a time! Excuse my language: Fucking Fantastic. Alvaro, your guides are fantastic! 18,400! Thanks for everything.

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It was really really hard to get up to the top, but thanks to the Guides and the rented equipment me and my friend made it almost to the sunrise to the top. Oskar and Abraham,the guides, really did a great job. If you want to go, you should know the difference between walking, hiking and climbing and know that the altitude will not help your stamina. I have been to a lot of mountains but the view of Pico de Orizaba Was by far the best. I highly recommend it. Tom

I had a great and unforgettable experience climbing Pico de Orizaba with the 3Summits Adventure Team in a 2 day trip!  Álvaro and Oscar are highly experienced, professional and encouraging guides, they took special care in the preparations and were patient and motivating during this my very first summit!  Excellent communication before and after the trip! Thumbs-up to 3Summits!