Ascent to Aconcagua, “Centinela de Piedra,” 24 days
Summit Aconcagua with Jean-Marc, an IMFGA-certified mountain guide, on a 24-day trek that includes plenty of time for acclimatization and summit success.
Details
Trip Duration
24 days
Mountain Range
Andes
People per Guide
4 people
Trip Level
Sustained
Offer Period
Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec
Type of Trip
Group
Highlights
Price per person
Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Accommodation
- Transport during the trip
- Luggage transfer during the trip
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Itinerary
- Day 1: Flight to Buenos Aires
Flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival in Buenos Aires – Transfers, free time, overnight at hotel.
- Day 2: Buenos Aires - Mendoza
Transfer to airport and flight to Mendoza (2 hour flight). Overnight at hotel (meals not included). Explanatory Conference on Aconcagua and equipment inspection by our guides. You can rent equipment during this time, if needed.
- Day 3: Start of acclimatization Mendoza/Vallecitos
Transfer to Vallecitos at 2900 m. Night at meal at Mausy refuge.
- Day 4: Cadent 4000 m
Cadent ascent of 4000 meters. Dinner and overnight at the shelter Mausy.
- Day 5: Grand Camp Piedra
Ascent to Camp Piedra Grand at 3400 m altitude. Transport equipment with mules. Dinner and overnight in tents.
- Day 6: Adolfo Calle 4200 m - 4000 m Stepanek
Ascension crossing the Adolfo Calle 4200 m and Stepanek at 4000 m altitude. Back to Grand Piedra Camp. Dinner and overnight at Grand Piedra.
- Day 7: Vellecitos / Penitentes (2725)
Piedra refuge descent to Grand Vellecitos. Transfer Vellecitos / Penitentes. Accommodation in the hotel. Preparation of loads for the mules. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner included).
- Day 8: Start of Aconcagua: Penitentes / Confluencia (3300)
Transport to the entrance of Aconcagua Park. Presentation of license. Trek to Confluencia camp (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- Day 9: Confluencia / Plaza Francia
Trek to Plaza Francia (base of the South Face of Aconcagua), lunch and return to Confluencia.(Breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- Day 10: Confluencia / Base Camp Plaza de Mulas (4260)
Trek base camp to Plaza de Mulas. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- Day 11: Base Camp Plaza de Mulas (4260)
Acclimatization and reorganization of the gear for the top. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- Day 12: Base Camp Plaza de Mulas / Bonete Summit (5100m) / Base Camp Plaza de Mulas.
Trek to summit of Mount Bonete and back to Base Camp Plaza de Mulas. This trek takes about 6 hours to reach an altitude of 5100 m. This allows time to perfect our acclimatization (Breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- Day 13: Base Camp Plaza de Mulas / Camp 1 Canadá (4910) / Base Camp Plaza de Mulas
Acclimatization trek and transport equipment to Camp 1 Canada and return to Plaza de Mulas Base Camp (Breakfast, lunch, dinner).
- Day 14: Base Camp Plaza de Mulas / Camp 1 Canadá (4910)
Ascent to Camp 1 Canadá. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Day 15: Canadá Camp 1 / Camp 2 Nido de Cóndores (5250)
Ascent to Camp 2 Nido de Cóndores. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Day 16: Camp 2 Nido de Cóndores / Camp 3 Berlín - Cólera (5900).
Ascent to Camp 3 Berlín. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Day 17: Camp 3 Berlín-Cólera / SUMMIT (6962) / Camp 3 Berlín-Cólera.
Ascent from Camp 3 Berlín to Cólera the SUMMIT and return to Camp 3. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Day 18: Camp 3 Berlín - Cólera / Base Camp Plaza de Mulas
Descent to base camp Plaza de Mulas. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Day 19 to 20: Contingency/bad weather days
Extra days due to contingencies or bad weather that may prevent the normal development of the program. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner). Note: if we do not need these days and head back to Mendoza, hotels and meals are not included.
- Day 21: Base Camp Plaza de Mulas / Puente del Inca / Mendoza
Descent to Puente del Inca. Transport to Mendoza. Accommodation at the hotel. (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Day 22: Fly to Buenos Aires
Transfer to the airport. (Breakfast). Flight to Buenos Aires. Night hotel in Buenos Aires.
- Day 23: Flight home
Flight home. Breakfast – Transfer Hotel / Airport – International flight (meals not included).
- Day 24: Arrival in home country
Other details
Intermediate
Extremely Fit
Mendoza
In Santiago, Mendoza and Penintentes the accommodation is in comfortable hotels. During the trek accommodation is in tents.
Trip organized on request for a group of 4 people minimum - Dates to decide with the group. All the climbs can be completed with a day pack. Travel bags are transported by vehicles or porters. You will be guided by me, a French IFMGA guide, accompanied by a local English-speaking guide + kitchen team, porters and muleteers.
This is a tour that is achievable by all as long as you have been training for it- 5 to 7 hours steady/gentle walking per day with a vertical ascent of 1000m.
About the Guide
UIAGM/IFMGA Mountain Guide
- The passion of virgin areas -
Climbing, mountaineering, trekking, off-piste skiing, ski touring, heliskiing, I have used all the resources available in the mountain to explore the Alps in France, Italy, Switzerland, and also Nepal, Peru and Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Alaska, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco and Turkey, Norway, Greenland and Spitsbergen…
Currently, with the enthusiasm of being a guide, I traverse the world’s mountains and I share my passion with those whom I call “clients” but after many years of common adventures have become my friends.
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