Best Weekend Ride

Snow capped mountains creates a beautiful landscape of this area.

Let me tell you about the latest trail ride that I had when a riding buddy of ours Gary invited us to Mexico, it will be my first time to experience riding in this area so I'm pretty excited. He advised us on the road condition once were there. We will expect a lot of  technical trails with many beautiful scenery along the way, also the trail is littered with a lot of sharp objects like small rocks, dried tree branches and sharp grass we can expect this on the climbs and on the decent as well.

One of the many beautiful scenery Ajusco has to offer.

The name of this area is called Ajusco it is actually an extinct volcano measuring 3,930 m. It is the highest point in the Mexican Federal District situated at the at the southern most part of the Mexico City.




We started out at Parque San Nicolas a very popular cycling and hiking town  which opened in 1998,  because of the awesome trails across mountain passes ali types of out-door enthusiasts come and visit these trails.

So far so good until one of the guys had a flat tire.

I think the best adventure involves some hiking.

As you can see things can be quite deceiving once you enter the park itself. Although the beginning part of the trail is not quite extravagant but once you've pedaled for a few kilometers the back draft suddenly changes. It really gave a new perspective of the area. We were awed by the beauty of the scenery until one of lead rider Tommy blew out his front tire because of some sharp rocks. lucky for him he was using his clip less pedals, we saw him almost flipped over.

That was very nasty rock, check out the puncture wound.

After pedaling for a couple of hours our guide "Gary" advise us to take a rest to give us another quick briefing before we continue on further. Perfect time to enjoy the stunning view of valley below and Mexico City.

He further informed us that Ajusco is a source of water and that two of the major rivers in the area the Lerma and Balsas River draws from it. Also adjacent to it's peak there are remaining springs where Mexico City also get some of their water supply.

The view from above is always breathtaking

View of Mexico City from Ajusco

One of the beautiful trails on our way back

After the briefing and a quick lunch we pressed forward until a couple of  hours we finally  reached  the summit, we had to put on our jackets because it got very cold all of a sudden. The view from the summit is spectacular every body yelled rejoicing our success in conquering Ajusco.

We stayed there til sunset which give another spectacular view of the area. The decent is equally as exciting but since its getting dark we would need to go down on a faster pace because we are not prepared for a night ride and its always risky to do it on this type of terrain. We reached the park entrance at around 6:30pm.

With all the different back draft this area has to offer I would highly recommend it as one of the place for group trail ride.Also I must say this will not be the last time for me to ride this area.