Hiking the Huantsán tour, Cordillera Blanca. 7-day trip w/ a IFMGA/UIAGM certified mountain guide
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Andes
7 Days
May - Oct
This tour introduces us into an area still preserved from mass tourism: the Callejón de Conchucos. After crossing the Yanashallash pass (4 700m), we walk in a splendid valley, dominated by the Nevado Huantsán (6400 meters), one of the giants of the Cordillera Blanca. The trek ends with the descent of the Quebrada Carhuascancha, one of the most beautiful valleys in the region. Then, we finish our visit with the tour of Chavín de Huantar, a town situated on the eastern side of the Cordillera Blanca: its famous ceremonial center dating from the first millennium B.C., still holds many mysteries! A complete circuit, combining trekking and cultural discovery.
Period: From May to October
Program:
Day 1: Huaraz (acclimatization in Puka Ventana)
Huaraz 3 100m – Pukaventana 3560 m – 3100 m Huaraz
Positive vertical drop: + 400m / Negative vertical drop -500m
Day 2: Huaraz – Olleros – Collotacocha
Huaraz – Olleros 3600 m – Sacracancha 4 000 m
Positive vertical drop: +410m / Negative vertical drop-10m
Day 3 : Collotacocha – Yanashallash – Jato
Sacracancha 4 000 m – Col de Yanashallas 4 700 m – Jato 3 700 m
Positive vertical drop: +700m / Negative vertical drop -1000m
Day 4: Jato – Castillopampa
Jato 3 700 m – Castillopampa 4 300 m
Positive vertical drop: +600m / Negative vertical drop 0m
Day 5: Castillopampa – Quebrada Hitakuq
Castillopampa 4 300m – Santoya pass 4 700 m – Quebrada Hitakuq 4 350 m
Positive vertical drop: +400m / Negative vertical drop -350m
Day 6: Quebrada Hitakuq – Carhuascancha
Quebrada Hitakuq 4 350 m – 4 650 pass– Carhascancha 4 200 m
Positive vertical drop: +300m / Negative vertical drop -450m
Day 7: Carhuascancha – Chavín – Huaraz
Carhuascancha 4 200 m – Chavín – Huaraz
Positive vertical drop: 0m / Negative vertical drop -850m
If this kind of adventure interests you, I invite you to contact me. I’d be happy to help you to discover this region and to organize a program which meets your wishes.
- Accommodation included
- Guiding fee
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Transport during the trip
- Luggage transfer
- Permit and entrance fees
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Weather: The climate is dry and mild. The summer season runs from May to October, with sunny days, cold nights and relatively few rain (ideal time). The rainy season is from December to March. Temperatures can vary between 5 and 20°C in the same day.
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Mountain Leader
I'm Mountain guide AGMP (Peru) since 1982 and IFMGA (international) since 1988. Technical Director of AGMP (Association of Mountain Guides of Peru) since 1996, I train future mountain guides.
I started as a porter helping my father in an expedition he organized in 1976. During my first expedition, it did not know anything about mountain, I had to do my first rescue because a client got sick. It has been a hard work to evacuate him because the motorway still did not get to Quebrada Honda.
I've organized numerous rescues in the mountains and the Amazon jungle and participated in scientific missions on behalf of American glaciologists as Lonnie Thompson. Familiar of the Alps and the Himalayas, the mountain ranges of Peru have no secrets for me.
Mountains are nice worldwide and give you good memories, but if I had to keep one expedition, I would take one in the Cordillera Blanca, Huandoy (North Face) or Yerupajá maybe.
What I prefer in this job is keeping learning new knowledge, nice life standard, travel and know the world and of course knowing people and cultures. I also like helping in the training of new guides.
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