Outdoors 3 Caminata Pasion

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Distance: 1.24 mi
Elevation gain: 292 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 292 ft
Max elevation: 5,808 ft
TrailRank: 24
Min elevation: 5,480 ft
Trail type: Loop

Coordinates: 254
Uploaded: November 14, 2017
Recorded: November 2017

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near El Espino, Michoacán (Mexico)

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Itinerary description

This two kilometer loop starts at the edge of Ecoturismo Río de la Pasión, a recreational center with cabins, a museum and a two'kilometer-long series of ziplines, "the only interstate ziplines in Mexico" taking you from Michoacán to Jalisco and back.

The trail takes you down to a valley where you can reach a spot on El Río de la Pasión where the Montezuma cypress trees are dripping with beautiful Spanish Moss. Then the trail takes you past a small, pretty lake and then goes back up to the Ecoturismo Center.

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River and Spanish Moss

Don't be afraid to get off the trail at this point and have a good look at the Montezuma Cypress trees (ahuehuetes or sabinos). Check out the thick Spanish Moss!

Trailhead

You start off on a wide, totally natural camino. The stuff underfoot is tepetate, a rocklike volcanic conglomerate which is somewhat hard but easy to chisel. It was tepetate that the ancient inhabitants of Mexico looked for when they wanted to make big pits for fermenting the sweet juice of the roasted agave.