The Cerro de la Silla (''"

Saddle A saddle is a supportive structure for a rider of an animal, fastened to an animal's back by a girth. The most common type is equestrian. However, specialized saddles have been created for oxen, camels and other animals. It is not know ...

Hill"'') is a mountain and natural monument, It is part of the foothills system of the

Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that ...

. It is found covering territorial parts of the municipalities of Guadalupe (31.62%),

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

(13.23%) and Juárez (55.15%), in the state of

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

, and constitutes an icon of the city of Monterrey and a symbol for the people of Monterrey. It covers an area of 60.5 square kilometres (23 mi²). The mountain has four peaks: Pico Antena, Pico Norte, Pico Sur and Pico la Virgen; Pico Norte (North Peak) is the highest at while Pico la Virgen (Virgin's Peak) is the lowest at . Set aside as a natural monument by the Mexican government in 1991, the mountain, or ''hill'', as mountains are often referred to in Mexico, is a popular recreational area and is often climbed by hikers who take a trail to reach the top. The ascent is considered to be fairly difficult, taking approximately 3 hours to complete. A panoramic view of the city of Monterrey can be seen from the top. In the second half of the 20th century, an

aerial tramway An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, cable car or aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, ropeway, téléphérique (French), or Seilbahn (German) is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary cables for support, with a third movin ...

(Teleférico en Monterrey) was built on the north side of the mountain to give a fastest access to the iconic mountain for the population. The day of its inauguration on June 2, 1961, was also the day of its closure, as a tragic accident took the lives of five people, including the engineer Jesús Fernández, its designer. Only the upper station remains of the tramway. Several plans have been announced to rebuild another tramway with no results. Some other known mountains or elevations of the zone are: Cerro de las Mitras, the

with the Cerro de Chipinque —the M-shaped figure visible from various parts of the city—, the Cerro del Topo Chico, Cerro del Obispado, Cerro de la Loma Larga and La Huasteca.

Gallery

File:Monterrey entre el Obispado y el Cerro de la Silla 1904.jpg, Palacio del Obispado and Cerro de la Silla in 1904 File:Cerro de la Silla y Obispado.jpg, Cerro de la Silla as seen from Cerro del Obispado in 2007 File:Mount Silla and Monterrey MX.jpg, Cerro de la Silla and Monterrey from space in 2017 File:Nubes sobre el Cerro de la Silla.jpg, Clouds over Cerro de la Silla in 2021 File:Monterrey 2024.jpg, Cerro de la Silla in 2024

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Cerro de la Silla information
(Spanish)
Mexico Desconocido
(Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerro De La Silla Landmarks in Monterrey Sierra Madre Oriental Landforms of Nuevo León Natural monuments of Mexico Protected areas of Nuevo León

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

Rock formations of Mexico North American 1000 m summits Protected areas of the Sierra Madre Oriental