A new trip....

Through my recent travels to Argentina I had the "pleasure" of spending time in Mexico City's airport. Besides the fact they don't have enough gates to usher in the high volume of flights that come in and out of the airport thus forcing you to sit endlessly on the tarmac until this frankenbus-thing comes to pick you up and transport you to the terminal; they also have the absolute bear minimum of amenities. Yes, this is Latin America and it IS just an airport, but being I spent a total of 8 hours in the airport, I started to feel more and more like Tom Hank's charecter in The Terminal.

Except this airport had no half way decent places to eat, no book stores, really nothing more than one giant "LDF" (Latino Duty Free) Store. It sucked.

However, the place had one very redeeming factor. On the way out of Mexico City, as the 767 climbed to around 29,000 feet, I noticed two mountains that appeared to have snow on them. Yes, these were in fact big giant mountains rising from one of the most populated cities on earth.

Skiing is very clearly on the brain, but so are real trips. I was just coming back from visiting one of the most under rated cities on earth, Buenos Aires....in which I absolutly plan on doing a return trip to in order to do some skiing, fishing and more wine drinking/meat eating/city wandering.

The trip aside, these mountains got me thinking...what would it be like to ski outside Mexico City...is an expedition even worth it?

Damn! A ticket to Mexico City alone may not be worth the adventure...but then again, it might. Especially since I learned the mountains are named exotically-Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl.


Here is the kicker, according to many sources, the skiable vert is over 6000 feet on a good year. Tack onto that that both have year long glaciers on them and ski trip becomes more and more feasible...it is after all do-able year round.




Imagine, knocking off a half way sick line off a volcano then enjoying tamales and corn tortilla tacos in Mexico city. Hell, if you do it right, you could just make sure you have a 2 or 3 day "layover" in Mexico then travel to South to Argentina for some late summer pow in Las Lenas. Yes. This is a trip that will be filed in the "Must Do" pile.