Like Christmas in spring, that’s how Pico del Águila (Eagle’s Peak), located in the Cumbres del Ajusco National Park in Tlalpan, looked. The snowfall yesterday afternoon and evening attracted dozens of families who, from dawn until this morning, climbed the mountain, bundled up to build snowmen adorned with branches, flowers, and stones.
In the highest and most secluded part, the landscape was still blanketed in white; children, teenagers, and adults had snowball fights and posed for family photos.
Dulce, a resident of Santo Tomás de Ajusco, said that snowfall is common between December and January; however, “the weather is trying to tell us something,” noting that it’s rare to see snow this time of year.
With reddened hands, and even with buckets and shovels, people molded figures of all sizes, which they then carried on the roofs and hoods of cars, like a fleeting postcard of the snowfall.
Access to High-Altitude Areas of Ajusco Closed
The Commission of Natural Resources and Rural Development (Corenadr) announced the temporary closure of access to Pico del Águila and Cruz del Marqués in Ajusco due to sleet this morning.
Through its social media channels, the agency explained that this measure was adopted in coordination with the communities of San Miguel Ajusco and Santo Tomás Ajusco.
This action aims to prevent risks and safeguard the well-being of people, who are advised to avoid the area.
“The reopening will be announced in due course through official channels,” the agency stated.
Source: jornada
