Ascent Sullcon, Vicuñita, Paccha Esquina

We depart very early from Lima towards the east, until San Mateo, a village in the road that connects the center of Peru with the jungle. We have breakfast there and then continue until Rio Blanco, where we take a road that takes us to Yuracmayo lake, where we will camp.

Trekking towards Morrena Camp of Mt. Sullcón, at 4900m. We camp there, enjoting beautiful views of Mt. PAca (5530m). 4 hours, 600m ascent.

After a good breakfast we start our first ascent towards Mt. Sullcón, going through its snowed slopes, and a 40° long glacier traverse. We’ll enjoy fantastic view from the summit, of Nevado Paca, Tatajaico and Vicuñita. We then go down to the camp. 8 hours.

Starting at 8 AM from Río Blanco we drive south-east towards Ocsahualca pass, at 4900m. Here we might see vicunas, partridges and Huachuas (Andean gooses). Enjoying views of Nevado Vicuñita, Paccha Esquina and Harrarayoc, we arrive to Paccha Camp, at 4535m, after 2 hour drive.

The climb continues to the right on a moraine taking as reference the path of vicunas. We meet limestone plaques that mark the beginning of the glacier. We then take right which leads to the summit by the northwest, with slopes of 30 ° to 45 °. From the top we appreciate superb 360 ° view. Back to the camp.

Our last Summit is Nevado Paccha Esquina, an easy Summit with no technical difficulty. We won’t find glaciers, but maybe snow. We go up by the north face, and from the summit we can appreciate the peaks Vicuñita, Suiricochas and Harrarayoc.

After a very good breakfast we put down our camp and drive back to Yuracmayo, watching for the last time the mountains we summited, and then to San Mateo and Lima. 6 hour drive, and end of expedition.