Travel in Michoacan Question

You want to go in the very late fall or Jan / Feb. We flew into Morelia a couple of years ago the last of Oct and the Reserve was closed. The butterflies were just arriving and were tired. We were very disappointed but our guide made up for it by taking us to the villages between Morelia and Patzquaro. We flew into Morelia the middle of January and did the tour. It was cold in the mountain and the butterflies stayed in the trees until the sun came out and started warming up. What a spectacle with millions of the butterflies in the trees. We rode horses from the entrance to a plateau and then walked up the road to where they were at. Kathie had never rode a horse before and the stirrups weren't adjusted up for her . She was really sore when we got back to the entrance- said she would never ride a horse again. The trip is a 1 Time Bucket List unless we do it again with friends who have never seen them. I thank there are a couple of reserves away from Morelia.