hiking around GTO

[Mike]

My favorite place for trail running/hiking is Parque Ecol?gico El Orito. It has barriers at the entrances to limit cars, and a short graded road through the park. From the road there are miles of trails where you can do loops, hike up to Sta. Ana, or to Valenciana. I am still finding new trails there.

You can access El Orito from the Soriana grocery in San Javier. Take any bus marked "San Javier" or "Soriana," it is the last stop before the bus heads back into town. When you get off the bus follow the road around to the back of Soriana and take either your first right (calle abajo) or second right (calle arriba), each will funnel you up into the park. El Orito is .6 mile up from Soriana.

There is also good hiking in most directions in the hills surrounding GTO, with some trails, and more backcountry type hiking.

Otherwise there is always La Bufa, accessed by walking 15-20 min. up a callejon (maybe saucillo?) from Paseo de La Presa or take the bus up for the ISSSTE hospital which is adjacent to the La Bufa access.