I wrote about the snowfall last Saturday on the volcanoes "Popo" and "Izta". Those two were not the only peaks to be covered in snow. I mentioned Ajusco, a mountain on the south side of Mexico City that is within the city limits. I suspected that it must have snowed there too. A friend of Alejandro's sent him a photo which shows a bit of snow on top of the nearly 13,000-foot-high peak. Yesterday, on the radio I heard that the roads heading up to Ajusco were still icy.
About fifty miles to the west of Mexico City, near the city of Toluca, is the country's fourth tallest mountain, Nevado de Toluca, with an elevation of over 15,000 feet. One of Alejandro's cousins who lives nearby, sent him this photo...
I doubt that the snow cover will last long. Here the long-range forecast calls for an extended stretch of days with high temperatures of over 80 degrees Fahrenheit... unusually hot for February in this high-altitude city.
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