Aconcagua Expeditions – What is the ratio of guides in an expedition?
The following day should start early, it is advisable to leave after 6:00 am, since this will be a very long and tiring day of walking between 8 and 11
February 18, 2022
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Aconcagua Expeditions – How to get to Aconcagua in summer?
From Mendoza there are 180 km of paved road, you must take RN 40 southbound, 25 km away, RN 7 is connected to Chile, when you reach the city of
February 18, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – Basic training for Aconcagua
The zoning of the high altitude camps, to order the camping areas, bathrooms and others and reduce the risk of contamination; – The remediation of the old access road to
February 17, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – How is the cleaning in the Aconcagua Park
Waste in the Aconcagua Provincial Park The thousands of climbers to Mount Aconcagua and other visitors to the park leave their mark in various ways. In addition to the compaction of the
February 17, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – How to get down after the summit?
But suppose that the arguments put forward by the enforcement authority are valid. Even so, is it necessary to spend more than three million pesos each year to provide this
February 16, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – Is the permit to enter the park very expensive?
But with the arrival of aircraft with more advanced technology and the need to provide more and better services to visitors, more than ten years ago the Provincial Government began
February 16, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – Is it better to climb Aconcagua in winter?
The situation in the camps has similar characteristics. In the year 2002 some 5,932 visitors entered the base and high camps, most of them climbers with the intention of reaching
February 15, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – Adventures on Aconcagua
This route, product of the imagination and audacity of the master José Luis Fonrouge, leads through a series of ascending crossings, from the base of the wall, to the beginning
February 15, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – What is necessary to reach the summit?
In this route there are no frequent problems of “altitude sickness” because the approach takes 5 or 6 days from the entrance to the Park through Punta Vacas and the
February 14, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – Some considerations for climbing the hill
In the “New Plaza de Mulas” is the control of Ranger and Medical Service. The entire surface for camping is parceled out and there are areas assigned to service providers.
February 14, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – Strategies to climb Aconcagua
They are the sites that are used during the ascent to the Cerro and that generally have places sheltered from strong winds (refuges) with streams and snowfields for the provision
February 13, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – What do I need to climb Aconcagua?
Valley of the Horcones It includes the entire area of the Valle de los Horcones from National Route No. 7 (southern limit) to the confluence of the Horcones River and
February 13, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – Important information about Aconcagua
From very remote times the desire to reach the top of the highest mountain in America invaded the spirit of explorers, scientists and athletes. Already in 1833 the German Paul
February 12, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – What is the real height of Aconcagua?
The entrance of the Incas to the current Argentine territory took place in the mid-fifteenth century, occurring in the northwest and reaching, at its southern end, approximately as far as
February 12, 2022
Aconcagua Expeditions – The highest mountain outside the Himalayas
The macrofauna of the surveyed area is only relatively abundant within the rodent order, with several members of the Muridae family (Cricetidae for other authors). Such as the Andean launch
February 12, 2022