Parque de San Nicholas Totolapan y Ajusco

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This is a simple climb from the beginning of the park to the top of Ajusco.

There is a fee at the lower entrance of $40MX (~$2US)and $20MX (~$1US) at the top. Also, on the map shared, I took a different route back. Don't follow that. Originally I was going to do more of a figure eight taking a trail to the north of the dirt road I'd come in on. The route should be available on Strava, or feel free to reach out and ask.

For a fuller write-up and this route, and others in CDMX, see...

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This was actually the place where I wanted to go the most, but enjoyed the least, regarding the trails in the mountains adjacent to the south of Mexico City. Heading up you follow a dirt road that devolves into a heavily-used network of steep mountain biking trails (I wouldn't recommend going up this on the weekend). Eventually you reach a main road, and cross it, to reach the other side and start climbing more steeply toward the summit.

The trail is a bit of a mess, though there are some beautiful stretches with the mountain towering above. The wind was quite staunch the day I was out there, which may be adding to my less than ideal association. Once reaching the lower summit of Aquilla you continue across to Ajusco to reach the high point at over 12,800ft.

From there the ridge is maintained for a while, before a precipitous decent begins. Unless you have Kilian and Jornet in your name, you are likely not running down this. Eventually, it bottoms out and you get back to the road. You can just come back the way you came or there are options to the north to extend the route.

The food and drink options are fewer at the end than at Desierto, but they are available.