Rock Climbing in Northern Mexico

trip reports
adventure
Author

Ray Pomponio

Published

January 9, 2026

Overview

From December 28, 2025 through January 5, 2026, I co-led a ten-person climbing trip to Mexico. A few of us on the trip were current or former ECP’ers–including myself, Saul Schaffer, Monica Dayao, Drew McNutt, and Drew Gallagher. We spent eight days in Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, just a ten minute walk from El Potrero Chico. This renowned park is home to multiple, thousand-foot walls and hundreds of bolted rock climbs. The trip was a resounding success and our group bonded over many triumphs and challenges of climbing in another country.

Published in ECP Newsletter (March 2026)

The beauty of sport climbing on Mexico’s limestone

Partners: Malini S., Drew G., Drew M., Lora W., et al.