Pico de Orizaba, Mexico

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Indigenous Name: Citlaltépetl
Subpeaks	El Sarcofago (5170 m/16,962 ft) Sierra Negra (4580 m/15,026 ft) Cerro Colorado (4460 m/14,633 ft) Chichimeco (4160 m/13,648 ft)
Peak Type	Volcano
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	19° 1' 50'' N, 97° 16' 11'' W 19.030498, -97.269848 (Dec Deg) 682087 E 2105099 N, Zone 14 (UTM)
Country	Mexico (Highest Point)
State/Province	Puebla (Highest Point) Veracruz (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 432      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 408) Selected Trip Reports:      1993-12-10 by David Olson      2001-12-05 by Dennis Stewart (Unsuccessful)      2004-02-06 by Ben Lostracco      2008-10-26 by Matthias Ihl      2011-12-12 by Alexandra Marcu      2012-01-11 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track)      2012-01-11 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)      2013-01-01 by Kelsey Backen      2013-12-11 by Darren Knezek      2014-02-22 by James Barlow      2014-03-16 by David Howells (GPS Track)      2015-01-15 by Mark McCormick (GPS Track)      2015-02-06 by Bradley R (GPS Track)      2015-02-27 by Chase DuPont (GPS Track)      2015-11-06 by Sean Caulfield (GPS Track)      2015-12-31 by Greg Gerlach (GPS Track)      2016-01-16 by Dave Dunham (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track)      2016-02-09 by Connor McEntee      2016-02-09 by Scott Larson (GPS Track)      2017-02-18 by Benjamin Dansereau-Leclerc      2018-04-08 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track)      2018-11-24 by Douglas Harris      2018-12-21 by Emily Cheng (GPS Track)      2018-12-22 by Nick Magill      2019-06-16 by Jonathan Scislow      2019-12-25 by Gene Mattos (GPS Track)      2020-01-20 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)      2020-12-12 by Parker Pavlicek      2020-12-12 by Brett Murrey      2021-12-14 by Spencer Busby      2022-02-05 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track)      2022-02-05 by Thomas Brennan (GPS Track)      2022-03-06 by Matt Dougherty (GPS Track)      2022-03-15 by Joel Wilner      2022-04-01 by Marco Rohrer
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Pico de Orizaba      Elevation Ladder from Pico de Orizaba      Prominence Ladder from Pico de Orizaba

Pico de Orizaba from the Piedra Grande Hut (2012-03-02). Photo by Craig Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 4922 m/16,148 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 4922 m/16,148 ft   Line Parent: Mount Logan-East Peak   Key Col: Summit Lake, BC     714 m/2343 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 2690.14 km/1671.58 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 10.83504, -73.692621 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Pico Bolívar  (ESE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Central Mexican Ranges (Highest Point) Range3: Cordillera Neovolcanica (Highest Point) Range4: Eastern Neovolcanica (Highest Point) Range5: Orizaba Massif (Highest Point)
Ridges/Divides	Americas Continental Divide
Drainage Basins	Major Triple Divide Point Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Rio Salado Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage Orizaba Crater Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Parque nacional del Pico de Orizaba (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Coscomatepec E14B46 1:50,000
First Ascent	1848     Maynard, F. (United States)     Raynolds, William (United States)
Data Source	1:50,000 Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Jeff & Ken on Summit (2012-03-31). Photo by Ken Curtis. Click here for larger-size photo.

Gail and Richard at the summit (1991-12-29). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.

Citlaltépetl from the NW (OMG’s base in Zoapan, Tlachichuca) (2017-10-26). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.

Frigid sunrise at the summit of Orizaba (2018-12-21). Photo by Emily Cheng. Click here for larger-size photo.

Pico de Orizaba with Derek Stone - V7S #3 (2014-11-11). Photo by James Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.

Esta muy bonita vista del Orizaba! (1991-12-28). Photo by Mark Adrian. Click here for larger-size photo.

The Summit volcano at Pico de Orizaba (2021-12-27). Photo by Jacob D. Click here for larger-size photo.

Climbers on the Jamapa Glacier on route to the summit (2021-12-27). Photo by Jacob D. Click here for larger-size photo.

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