THE BEST EXPERIENCE ON A SHORT ITINERARY CLIMBING IN THE CONDORIRI AREA AND ENDING ON THE SUMMIT OF ILLIMANI 2 MOUNTAINS OVER 5000m AND 2 MOUNTAINS OVER 6000m.
This expedition is a short version for climbing 3 of the most popular mountains in the Cordillera Real.
After a hearty breakfast we will begin an acclimatization hike to Austria Peak. It usually takes 3 to 4 hours to reach the summit. We will return to the base camp along the same route to the base camp where we will spend the night/night in tents
Today we will walk for an hour to the nearby glacier to begin a series of basic mountaineering practices (glacier crossing, use of crampon, use of ice axe, self-arrest in falls) in the afternoon we return to our base camp to rest/night in tents
This will be a long day, we will leave at 2 a.m. From the camp it will take us an hour to reach the glacier from here we will cross a broken glacier until we reach Tarija peak 5,340m. where we will have an impressive view of the Little Alpamayo, after a rest, we will descend 70m. along a rock ridge to the base of the Little Alpamayo and we will continue along the ridge to the summit. It usually takes 5 to 6 hours in total to reach this summit. After having rested and taken photos of this beautiful summit, we will return to the base camp by the same route, there we will rest for an hour and then we will pack our luggage to descend to Rinconada where our transportation will be ready to take us to Huayna Potosi base camp/night in shelters
We will have breakfast a little late at 9 a.m., we will be able to rest a little more and we will leave for the high camp after lunch, it usually takes only two hours of walking to reach the high camp/night in shelter
Once again we started the day early after having a good coffee and preparing our equipment we left at 01:00 a.m. At first we will walk for half an hour until we reach the glacier, then we will continue on the glacier, the walk usually lasts 4 to 5 hours until we reach the summit of this mountain, the views of the city of El Alto, the Altiplano, Lake Titicaca and The Royal mountain range is impressive, we will return to the high camp along the same route, we will rest in the high camp for an hour and then we will continue descending to the base camp where our transportation will be ready to return to the city of La Paz/ night in hotel
This is a necessary break; Day of rest, recommended (covered by the client)/night in hotel
We will leave La Paz after half a day, we will drive for 3 hours to the town of Pinaya, we will take a short break there (we need to register and obtain the pass) then we will continue driving for another half hour until we reach the base camp where we will set up our tents to spend the night/night in tents
After breakfast we will prepare our equipment so that our team of local porters can take it to the high camp (NIDO DE CÓNDORES) 5,550m., we will begin the walk that lasts between 3 to 4 hours to the high camp once again we will have to set up our tents./night in tents
We will have a coffee and some cookies before leaving, at 5,550 m. There is not much appetite, we will leave at 01:00 a.m. Unlike Huayna Potosi, this mountain is a constant climb of 35 to 45 degrees, there are few places where you can rest comfortably, we will go through cracks and exposed parts that we will have to go with caution, it usually takes 5 to 6 hours to reach the summit of this impressive peak, we usually reach the summit to see the sunrise, we will return carefully along the same route to the high camp, we will rest and pack up, impressive peak, we usually reach the summit to see the sunrise, we will return carefully along the same route to the high camp, we will rest and pack up our equipment to descend to the base camp, where our transportation will be ready to return to the city of La Paz/ night in hotel / end of service.
Bilingual Bolivian Mountain Guide(Spanish - English)
Private Transport
Mountain Equipment/ Helmet,Ice axe,Harness,Gaiters,Ropes,Mountaineering boots, crampons.Please take with you:
Rucksack (35Lts)
