What you get on this adventure:

• • Experienced mountaineering guides with extensive knowledge of the area
  • 7-day Pico de Orizaba mountaineering tour
  • Accommodation (hotel in Mexico City, double occupancy — single supplement possible at an additional fee)
  • All logistics & transport while on tour
  • Almost all meals (welcome & final team dinners in Mexico City; all meals during the climb)
  • Team gear including four-season tents (double occupancy) and cooking gear
  • Emergency GPS tracking and communications

What’s not included:

• • Transportation to Mexico City
  • Some meals — listed in detail in the itinerary
  • Sodas and alcoholic beverages
  • Personal climbing gear and attire — boots, sleeping bags, ice axe, crampons
  • Personal snacks — bars, trail mix, beef jerky
  • Medical, travel, and rescue insurance
  • Expenses while on expedition that are above and beyond the normal scope of the trip such as medical treatment, evacuation, trip interruption, flight changes, alcohol, gifts for friends and family, alcohol, mini bar, specialty coffees, 3rd party wifi charges
  • Expenses incurred due to events out of the control of AWE such as delays or interruptions, political events, natural events of disasters, events outside of our control will not be covered by AWE. These may include circumstances such as extra hotel nights due to delays and need to be covered by your insurance
  • Guide gratuities — optional

Orizaba is a formidable, high-altitude summit just outside of Mexico city and it’s often underestimated by many visitors, resulting in a low summit success rate—mainly due to short-change acclimatization. However, this itinerary is designed to allow enough time for acclimatization and skills practice. Once you’re ready and acclimated, you will summit Orizaba.

In order to join this guided tour, you must be in excellent physical shape. Previous multi-day hiking experience is required and previous backpacking experience is highly recommended. If you’ve never tried mountaineering before, no problem—your guide will go through all the necessary steps to make sure you’re comfortable and ready for mountaineering.

There are plenty of other all-women tours on high peaks! If you’re looking for something in the U.S., this beginner-friendly glacier travel tour of Mount Shasta might be interesting for you. Feel free to check out this all-women climb of Kilimanjaro or women’s mountaineering expedition to Aconcagua. Scroll through our complete offer of all-women trips!

You will receive a detailed packing list once you sign up for this trip. Your guides provide the team, cooking, and emergency gear, including tents and emergency communication. You’re responsible for personal climbing gear and attire, including but not limited to the following items.

Here’s a list of the equipment we suggest you bring:

• • Backpack large enough to carry all the items listed (around a 50L bag)
  • Water bottle or hydration bladder (2-3L capacity)
  • Warm sleeping bag (20F) & compression stuff sack
  • Sleeping pad
  • Ice axe and crampons
  • Climbing helmet
  • Trekking poles
  • Sleeping bag
  • Sleeping bag liner (optional)
  • Headlamp & spare batteries
  • Glacier glasses & ski goggles
  • Buff, sun hat, and beanie
  • Toiletries (sunscreen, bug spray, toilet paper, chapstick with SPF, etc.)
  • 100% UV Sunglasses
  • Adapter
  • Camera — optional

Here’s a list of clothing we suggest you bring:

• • Insulated mountaineering boots & light hiking boots
  • Expedition-weight down jacket
  • Hardshell (GoreTex) jacket
  • Softshell jacket
  • Thick wool socks & thin trekking socks
  • Gloves (lightweight liner gloves, softshell gloves, insulated mittens)
  • Warm mid-layer top & long-sleeve hoodie
  • Short or long-sleeved base layer top
  • Softshell pants & hardshell (GoreTex) pants
  • Fast-drying base layer bottom (no cotton)
  • Underwear
  • Light towel
  • Set of town clothes

Tents and group gear will be provided by your guiding service, but you’re required to bring your own backpack, sleeping bag, and sleeping pad. A broad selection of rental gear is available through national brands such as REI or Kit Lender. Rentals for mountaineering boots, crampons, ice axes, helmets & sleeping bags are also available locally in Mexico through your guide’s AWExpedition’s partner Nomada Mexico.

Group sizes and prices:

• • For this women’s Pico de Orizaba mountaineering tour, the maximum group size is 10 with 2 guides.
  • The cost does not decrease as the group grows.

Mountaineering on Pico de Orizaba can be arranged for larger groups. Contact us to make arrangements.

Min. age requirements:

• • If you are older than 18, you’re good to go.
  • Minors younger than 18 may be permitted to join the hike on a case-by-case basis, but must be in the presence of a parent or legal guardian.

If your group has hikers under the age of 18, contact us prior to booking to make arrangements.

To get to Mexico, the starting point of your mountaineering adventure, you can fly into Mexico City International Airport (MEX). The expedition kicks off with a welcome dinner, so make sure to arrive by mid-afternoon, with plenty of time to clear immigration and customs as well as to check into your hotel prior to the dinner at 7 pm.

In order to reach downton Mexico City, you can take the metro, an airport shuttle, a taxi, or a bus.

57hours is committed to providing safe outdoor adventure experiences. We require all guides using our platform to have a COVID-19 safety plan and to make the details of that plan accessible to travelers. In most cases, group sizes will be reduced, guides will avoid overcrowded locations, and other safety measures will be met depending on the location and activity.

We also expect clients to respect local regulations and take measures to protect themselves, their guides, and the communities they’re traveling to. For more information on COVID-19 measures in Mexico, please refer to Mexico’s COVID-19 travel advice,

Please contact us if you have any questions or require further information. We are happy to provide you with the most up-to-date information!