La Meseta in La Huasteca

La huasteca Entrance

La Huasteca has been my next favorite in Monterrey after Chipinque as i happen to see it in multiple trips. I visited there for cycling , in a vehicle and ended up visiting the La Meseta in a nocturnal trek. The post is a throwback memory about a nocturnal hike to a place by name Meseta which is one of the easiest hikes in this region preferred by people in the evening.

At the Entrance to La Huasteca with my trekking partner in Monterrey 

How to get there: 
unlike other places in La Huasteca which are inside or near the entry gate of La Huasteca park, this place is located at a distance outside the park. You need to travel in the road parallel to the highway towards Saltillo for about 600 meters to find a bridge . You need to walk across the bridge to find other bridge under which you can walk to cross the Saltillo Highway and start hiking towards the Summit.

Beginning of the Trek:
We assembled at the Entrance of La Huasteca at the designated time and we were the first set of guys to be there :-) EcoBikes near the entrance which rents the bicyles for huasteca reminded me of my first visit here. Gradually people started coming and once all the people came we started towards the beginning point of our trek

Guides briefing us about the Hike

Benti Minutos/Twenty Minutes: 
We started walking towards our summit and guide was saying its just around 1 KM of walk and would take 20 minutes :-) This "Benti Minutos/twenty minutes" is an Epic in Monterrey as i noticed as all guides use it :-) Those 20 minutes does not mean that actual route is 20 minutes . Instead it means that there is a long way ahead :-)

A walk for some time before taking the hilly route

We came across 2 bridges and went under the first bridge to cross the saltillo highway and start the hiking in hilly route

2nd Bridge from where the hiking begins. Zoom in the picture to see the board behind which you can consider as a Landmark

 The Views of surrounding mountains and Sunset is quite good here

Views during the hike to Meseta

View of Huasteca during the Climb

First View Point: 
Within 20 minutes of Hike(actually :-) ) we came across our first view point and were doing some photoshoots before heading ahead

A Panoramic View near the first view point

 Climbing gets a bit tougher after this and sunlight starts to fade. Unlike India, here sunlight would be there till 8 or 8:30 in June which makes it easier for evening hikes for smaller distances like this

Hiking Path getting bit tougher

 2nd View point: 
In 30 minutes or so we reached the final destination which is known as Meseta. Its a kind of flat base with may rocks and our group of around 35 people could sit there in different rocks over there.
It's a good place to enjoy the Monterrey city lights

City Lights when sunshine is about to End

City Lights after Sunset

After some pics and enjoying the city lights at the peak, we started descending down. After getting down and walking in the same track, we reached our vehicles. We headed back inside La Huasteca Park to have our dinner in moonlight and enjoying the mountains of La Huasteca. Even in midnight you would see many cyclists here and don't feel unsafe which was a good experience in the last days of my stay in Monterrey. See you again when i pen down my next memories.

Time to say Adios