Mexico Climbing Retreats
Beyond the retreats, we offer customized private guiding in Mexico. These are tailored to your goals and desires whether that's a relaxing vacation, improving your climbing with expert coaching, logistics management for big goals like Sendero Luminoso or El Gigante, or a professional to bring you and your partner to the top of a spire for the most epic proposal. Whatever the goals, were here to make it happen!
2 day minimum booking for Custom bookings (waived for add on days with a retreat)
Guided days, full Service options available (including meals, lodging, airport rides, etc), or any combination of them
Overview
Whether you're looking to sharpen your climbing skills, reconnect with nature, or enjoy an epic experience with a great group, these adventures to Mexico guarantee growth, gratitude, and plenty of fun. Come ready to learn, laugh, and challenge yourself, all while surrounded by the stunning beauty of the mountains. Whether you are looking to transition from single-pitch cragging to multi-pitch efficiency, or simply want to maximize your time on the rock without the stress of route-finding, logistical planning, and complex descents, professional guiding ensures your trip is seamless, safe, and exhilarating.
Led by Dylan Connole, an experienced guide with extensive international climbing expertise, this trip offers a perfect mix of technical progression, cultural immersion, and adventure. Dylan fosters a supportive, empowering environment that encourages confidence, connection, and curiosity. With an AMGA Certified Rock Guide, expert coach, and 5.14 climber, you'll get the best personalized instruction and peak quality guiding.
Custom Guiding
Join us for a thrilling 5-day climbing adventure in Mexico, guided by an AMGA certified rock guide.
$2900/person
Add on Climbing days!
$450 1:1, $600 2:1, +accommodations
Location: El Potrero Chico, Mexico
Length: 5 Days
Skill Level: Beginner to Expert
December 28 - January 1
January 27 - January 31
El Potrero Chico Climbing Retreat
Unlock the full potential of your winter climbing season with professional guiding in El Potrero Chico, Mexico. Rising thousands of feet above the desert floor, these towering limestone walls offer a world-renowned destination for sport climbing. The amazing routes with an easy walk from campgrounds, casitas, and restaurants makes it a perfect winter vacation. With famous multi-pitch routes like Timewave Zero and Sendero Luminoso, poolside rest days, tufa climbing in the Surf Bowl, and après-climbing margaritas, it's really hard to decide what the best part of El Potrero Chico trip really is. With an impressive range of routes—especially its iconic multi-pitch climbs rated from 5.8 to 5.14—it’s a true playground for climbers of all levels.
Itinerary
Pre-Trip Call - This is where we schedule a time to chat to make sure everything will go well. We'll go over details of plans, routes, your personal goals, and have everything dialed in for your arrival in Mexico.
Day 1 - You'll arrive in Monterrey, Mexico and get transported to climbing heaven to get checked in to your accommodations. We'll make a stop for food and snacks along the way as well.
Day 2 - Climbing time! We'll start off with some single pitch climbing to get to know each other and check out some of the amazing rock around EPC.
Day 3 - Towers! Las Agujas aka The Spires. We'll check out some spires, climb more great limestone and get some views.
Day 4 - After looking at the awe-inspiring Outrage Wall from the spires, we'll head over there to climb on the awesome steep jugs, pockets, and tufas.
Day 5 - Time to pack things up and head back to the airport unless you've extended with additional booked climbing days. Transportation will depend on your flight.
If you're interested in staying longer for additional days of multi-pitch climbing, skills building, or anything else, we're happy to accommodate. We even have the option of checking out some other nearby areas such as El Salto and the Cumbia Cave.
*Itinerary is subject to change based on group objectives, forecast, and risk management.
Details
What is included:
Guide Fee
Climbing Equipment (Ropes, harnesses, helmets, & climbing shoes)
Transportation to & from Monterrey (MTY) airport
Lodging in El Potrero Chico
Meals
What's NOT included:
Gratuity
Air travel
Trip Insurance
Alcoholic Beverages
Expenses due to early departure
Join us for a thrilling 7-day climbing adventure in Mexico, guided by an AMGA certified rock guide.
$3100/person
Add on Climbing days!
$450 1:1, $600 2:1, +accommodations
Location: El Salto, Mexico
Length: 7 Days
Skill Level: Beginner to Expert
January 11 - January 17
El Salto Climbing Retreat
Take your sport climbing to the next level by joining our climbing retreat in El Salto, Mexico. Tucked away in the pine forests of the Sierra Madre Oriental, but still just an hour from Monterrey, is a small authentic Mexican town in a limestone paradise. Rather than the tall vertical walls of it's better known sibling, El Potrero Chico, El Salto is renowned for its world-class, vertical to overhanging tufa walls and massive caves. With a wide range of difficulties from 5.9 to 5.14, it offers the perfect challenge for anyone whether you want to push yourself on pumpy 5.11's or test your endurance on the iconic orange stone of Las Ánimas. We're here to lead the way, help you perform your best, and take the trial-and-error out of your trip.
Itinerary
Pre-Trip Call - This is where we schedule a time to chat to make sure everything will go well. We'll go over details of plans, routes, your personal goals, and have everything dialed in for your arrival in Mexico.
Day 1 - You'll arrive in Monterrey, Mexico and get transported to climbing heaven to get checked in to your accommodations. We'll make a stop for food and snacks along the way as well.
Day 2 - Climbing time! We'll start off at Las Animas, the biggest and most impressive wall of tufas in El Salto, maybe the world!
Day 3 - Continuing our tour of iconic and amazing climbs, we'll head to La Boca to experience some more of El Salto's finest limestone.
Day 4 - After two big days of climbing, we'll take an easy day to refresh, explore, and get ready to continue climbing tomorrow.
Day 5 - We'll head over to La Palma to check out some the pocketed overhanging limestone.
Day 6 - Our final day we'll either check out one of the other amazing walls or revisit our favorite crag to settle unfinished business.
Day 7 - Time to pack things up and head back to the airport unless you've extended with additional booked climbing days. Transportation will depend on your flight.
If you're interested in staying longer for additional days of multi-pitch climbing, skills building, or anything else, we're happy to accommodate. We even have the option of checking out some other nearby areas such as the Cumbia Cave or the classic multi-pitch climbs of El Potrero Chico.
*Itinerary is subject to change based on group objectives, forecast, and risk management.
Details
What is included:
Guide Fee
Climbing Equipment (Ropes, harnesses, helmets, & climbing shoes)
Transportation to & from Monterrey (MTY) airport
Lodging in El Salto
Meals
What's NOT included:
Gratuity
Air travel
Trip Insurance
Alcoholic Beverages
Expenses due to early departure
