El Potrero Chico
A limestone canyon outside Hidalgo town, world-renowned for multi-pitch sport climbing, with cliffs up to 600 meters high.
El Potrero Chico is in Hidalgo, about 45 km north of Monterrey. Towering limestone cliffs line both sides of the canyon, with more than 600 sport climbing routes, several of them long multi-pitch climbs famous worldwide. Each winter it draws many international climbers. Visitors who don't climb can drive or walk into the canyon to admire the impressive walls. The canyon mouth has a swimming pool and a campsite. Summer is extremely hot, so winter is the best season. There may be a small entrance fee.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Grutas de García
- Cerro de las Mitras
- Cervecería Cuauhtémoc
- La Huasteca
- El Obispado
- Basílica de la Purísima
- Government Palace of Nuevo León
- Museum of Mexican History