Mogotón is a mountain in the Reserva Nacional Cordillera Dipilto y Jalapa on the border of Nicaragua and Honduras. It rises 6,841 feet (2,085 m) above sea level and is the highest point in Nicaragua. It is a UN Country High Point.

Trip Notes

Early 4am get up. Met Roberto at 5am. Drive 2hrs to Los Brisas, 4wheel drive road towards Honduras border. Start at 7am, road for 20 mins then turn off right up a ghyll scramble up a river bed with slippery rocks, downed trees, very wet, drizzle and damp. Nice temperature but got filthy. After 2hrs turned off right again and steep uphill for another 2hrs. Steep, slippery, under branches, hacking away at the path, undefined underfoot at times, heavily vegetated to the summit. Path marked with several border plinths & summit marked with a trig point. On the way up one mine marking tape bordering the path. The summit is surrounded by mines & a mine clearing area is evident. After a feast on the summit with Roberto, 3 hr walk down. Easier & different path on the way down, more of a jungle walk instead of an Indiana jones hacking job. Lots of mine markers, stakes with mine tapes, military campsites, trenches. Apparently 2 fatalities in the last 13 years, soldier & a tourist. Weather very nice on the way down & after the last hour on the road it was back to where we started.

GUIDE: Roberto Carlos Castellanos, cell 89167443, 001 50527320317.

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Elevation 2,070 m

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Sunday 12 October

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17°C

70 %

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Max wind speed: 1.0 km/h

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Mogotón Summit (2,085 m) – Nicaragua/Honduras Border

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