Salto Juanacatlan
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.72 mi
- Elevation gain
- 23 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 62 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,000 ft
- TrailRank
- 21
- Min elevation
- 4,928 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 102
- Uploaded
- January 3, 2016
- Recorded
- January 2016
near Potrero Zapote del Valle (El Ahogado), Jalisco (Mexico)
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Itinerary description
Driving route from GDL Airport Road to El Salto de Juanacatlán waterfall which was once highly polluted but thanks to a new water treatment plant, is now nearly clean.
Waypoints
River
4,950 ft
RIVERSIDE
Riverside at El Salto:looks and smells clean enough that you could picnic here.
Waterfall
4,926 ft
EL SALTO WATERFALL
El Salto de Juanacatlan, once known as Mexico's Niagara. Until recently it was highly polluted with toxins and excrement. Now it appears "almost clean." Yes, there are now fish in these waters!
Monument
4,973 ft
TREATMENT PLANT
PTAR EL AHOGADO Treatment Plant claims it is removing 50% of the contaminants in the water.
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