Potrero Chico is in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, in a park about 3 km outside the village of Hidalgo which in turn is about half an hour north of Monterrey in the arid Chihuahuan desert. There are reportedly over 500 bolted routes on the limestone cliffs of Potrero Chico, from shortish single pitch routes up to 20+ pitch routes! The majority of pitches are in the range of 5.8 - 5.13. The weather at this time of year is generally dry and cool with highs of 65 - 75 deg. F, and overnight lows in the 50's - kinda like summer in the great Northwest!
We will be staying in a climbers camp at the entrance of the park, in a five bedroom house we've rented. Wake up, have a cup of coffee and good Mexican breakfast and walk 5 - 10 minutes to the pitches and have some fun - sounds like a Good wintertime escape to me!
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