Mountaineering Aconcagua
Guanacos route (Vacas - Guanacos valley)
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Mountaineering Aconcagua Guanacos route (Vacas - Guanacos valley) |
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| Day 1 | Arrival
to Mendoza. Arrival to Mendoza (Argentina). Pick up at the airport and transfer to Hotel in Mendoza down town. (Hotel Aconcagua 4* or similar). Check personal equipment. Dinner at night and discuss the program.    |
| Day 2 | Mendoza
- Penitentes. Get the Aconcagua climbing permit in Mendoza. Transfer towards Penitentes (2.400masl), place at the mountain near Puente del Inca (Inca Bridge). Lodging in Hotel, Penitentes. Dinner tent.  |
| Day 3 | Penitentes
– Pampa de Leñas First day of trekking, by the Vacas Valley. Camp. Dinner tent.      |
| Day 4 | Pampa
de
Leñas – Casa de Piedra Move from Pampa de Leñas camp, place just in front of entrance of Relinchos Valley. Camp Casa de Piedra. Dinner tent.  |
| Day 5 | Move
to
Base camp Move to our base camp, located at the end of Upper Valley (Plaza Guanacos). This trek going through remote valley where we will see the guanaco (Andean cameloid), and the impressive mountain and glacier of "La Mano". Camp at 3,850m. In this day we will cross several cold rivers, to do this we need to carry neoprene booties. Set up tents and dinner tent.  |
| Day 6 | Rest
Day Dinner tent.  |
| Day 7 | Carry
load
to Camp 1 and back to base camp. Breakfast. High altitude gear organization. Carry this equipment to camp 1 and return to base camp. Dinner tent.  |
| Day 8 | Move
to Camp 1 at 4,300m. Hike to camp 1 and set up tents. High altitude dinner.  |
| Day 9 | Carry
load
to Camp 2 and back to camp 1. Breakfast. Carry this equipment to camp 2 and return to camp 1. High altitude dinner. |
| Day 10 | Move
to Camp 2 at 4,700m. Hike to camp 2 and set up tents. High altitude dinner.  |
| Day 11 | Carry
load
to Camp 3 and back to camp 2. Breakfast. Carry this equipment to camp 3 and return to camp 2. High altitude dinner. |
| Day 12 | Move
to Camp 3 at 5,300m. Hike to camp 3 and set up tents. High altitude dinner.  |
| Day 13 | Carry
load
to Camp 4 and back to camp 3. Breakfast. Carry this equipment to camp 4 and return to camp 3. High altitude dinner. |
| Day 14 | Rest
Day High altitude dinner. |
| Day 15 | Move
to
camp 4 (White Rocks) at 5,850m. Hike to camp 1 and set up tents. High altitude dinner. |
| Day 16 | Summit
Day Leaving early before sunrise, we will initiate our ascent via normal route. The “Paso del Viento” is our first psychological difficulty due the long traverse. Soon, the path continues toward the Canaleta, the most hard section to climb due the difficult loose rock section and for the high altitude. Once surpassed already we can count with the summit photo and a spectacular view of the South face of the Aconcagua. High altitude dinner.   |
| Day 17 | Camp 4 -
Plaza
de Mulas (normal Route Base Camp). Breakfast. Down hill until Plaza de Mulas base camp (Horcones Valley). Dinner tent.  |
| Day 18 | Plaza
de Mulas
- Puente del Inca (International Road). Breakfast. Mules will carry down our equipment. 6 to 7 hour trek until Puente del Inca. Our vehicle will transfer us until our Hotel at Penitentes. Dinner. |
| Day 19 | Puente
del Inca - Mendoza On the way to Mendoza we can stop in a beauty restaurant beside the Mendoza river, to relax and fun in a rafting trip after our expedition in Aconcagua. Late afternoon arrive to our Hotel in Mendoza. |
| Days 20-21 | Extra
day. It is necessary to indicate that the expedition can take one, two or even three extra days if we need to wait for better climatic conditions or get a better acclimatization. |
| Day 22 | Mendoza
airport Transfer to airport and flight back. |
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Equipment List....Upper Valley gallery pic. |
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FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH