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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parque Nacional Cofre de Perote o Nauhcampatépetl

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Location: Veracruz, Mexico

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1. Cofre de Perote Summit – Wooden Treehouse Lookout loop from El Conejo

14.1km

04:53

800m

810m

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2. Cofre de Perote Summit loop from Tembladeras

10.5km

06:01

1,050m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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3. Cofre de Perote Summit loop from El Escobillo

5.41km

01:55

310m

Expert hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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David Howells

December 16, 2020

Cofre de Perote, also known by its Nahuatl names Naupa-Tecutépetl (from Nāuhpa-Tēuctēpetl) and Nauhcampatépetl, both meaning something like "Place of Four Mountain" or "Mountain of the Lord of Four Places", is an inactive volcano located in the Mexican state of Veracruz, at the point where the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, home to all of Mexico's highest peaks, joins the Sierra Madre Oriental. With an elevation of 4,282 metres (14,049 ft) above sea level, Cofre de Perote is Mexico's eighth highest mountain summit.

Cofre de Perote is a shield volcano, shaped very differently from the stratovolcanic Pico de Orizaba, which lies about 50 km (31 mi) to the southeast. A cofre is a coffer, and the name alludes to a volcanic outcropping on the shield which constitutes the peak of the mountain. To the north is the town of Perote, Veracruz, after which the mountain is named.

The area surrounding the volcano was protected by the Mexican government as a national park, known as Cofre de Perote National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Cofre de Perote), in 1937.

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Location: Veracruz, Mexico

Cofre de Perote Summit

1. Cofre de Perote Summit – Wooden Treehouse Lookout loop from El Conejo

2. Cofre de Perote Summit loop from Tembladeras

3. Cofre de Perote Summit loop from El Escobillo

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