A few days ago, I showed you a photo of the volcano Popocátepetl covered in snow. The other day, another friend of Alejandro, one who lives in Orizaba, sent him a photo of another snow-covered mountain. The friend lives in the city of Orizaba, about 170 miles to the east of Mexico City in the state of Veracruz.
Orizaba is located less than 50 miles from Pico de Orizaba, also known by its native name of Citlaltépetl. With an elevation of over 18,000 feet above sea level, it is the highest peak in Mexico and the third highest in North America. This dormant volcano is one of the few in Mexico that still has permanent glaciers, but with the heavy precipitation that we have been having in the past week, it is currently covered in snow.
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