Estribo Grande Loop Avoiding Steps
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 2.29 mi
- Elevation gain
- 666 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 666 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,996 ft
- TrailRank
- 23
- Min elevation
- 7,583 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 59
- Uploaded
- October 29, 2022
near Mirador el Estribo, Michoacán (Mexico)
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Itinerary description
This is a trail of moderate difficulty, a few areas are steep and the trail narrows significantly. There are also some significant drops. People with pets or, worse still, young children, may wish to keep them on a leash!
There are two points where it is diffcult to establish the correct route. The first is on the ascent, where the track doubles back on itself in a hairpin; we scrambled up a short dirt bank to cross to the "return" track. The second on the descent, when you arrive at a large cross. There are two routes down from here; one being a set of steps and the other (not included here) is a more gentle descent which takes you further around in a clockwise direction, almost back to the "hairpin" but you then turn back counterclockwsie on a clear track. If you do the steps, be careful, the last "step" is over one-metre in height!
As this route was originally put together to avoid steps (bad knees) the second choice might be an improvement. It would be hard to get lost!
There are two points where it is diffcult to establish the correct route. The first is on the ascent, where the track doubles back on itself in a hairpin; we scrambled up a short dirt bank to cross to the "return" track. The second on the descent, when you arrive at a large cross. There are two routes down from here; one being a set of steps and the other (not included here) is a more gentle descent which takes you further around in a clockwise direction, almost back to the "hairpin" but you then turn back counterclockwsie on a clear track. If you do the steps, be careful, the last "step" is over one-metre in height!
As this route was originally put together to avoid steps (bad knees) the second choice might be an improvement. It would be hard to get lost!
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