Huascaran Climbing
Huascaran Climb
Days: 7
Difficulty: Hard
Closest airport to Huascaran: Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima (LIM)
Activity: Climbing
Altitude: 22,205 feet (6,678 meters)
Required: Acclimatization climb (Ishinca or Pisco)
When to climb Huascaran: June to August
Day 01: Huaraz – Musho – Base camp 4,250m
After breakfast in the hotel we will start at 7:00am approximately, along the Callejon de Huaylas to Mancos, from here we will travel to the East side
to Musho, arriving to Musho after 1 hour trip, the Donkey Driver will be waiting for us in Musho to transport our climbing equipments to Base Camp
of Huascaran (4,200m), after hiking up for about 4 or 5 hours we will be arriving to the base camp and overnight camping.
Day 02: Base Camp – moraine camp 4,950m
After our breakfast aprox. 10 am. we should be ready with your climbing gear and with the help from our porters we have to climb up to moraine camp it will take aprox. 3 to 4 hours. in this route we have to walk up on the rock aprox. 200m.
Day 03: Motaine Camp -High camp 5,350m.
After the breakfast in the Base Camp we will start hiking up to the moraine camp, sometimes rock climbing for about 3 hours to get the glacier, from here we will start climbing the glacier for about 1 hour to the Camp 1 at (5,400m),
from here we will have a splendid views to see different mountains ours around, overnight Camping over the glacier.
Day 04: High camp I – High Camp II
Today, we will start at 6:00am to climb to the Camp 2, for about 4 hours approximately, in case there are other climbers, we will have to pass a little fast the part of the Channel,
this part is avalanche zone, arriving to Camp 2 around 10:00am, overnight camping over the glacier at (6.050m).
Day 05: II High Camp – Summit Huascaran 6768m. – II High camp
After the breakfast in the Camp 2 we will start climbing at 2:00am, along the this route we will enjoy the nice views of different mountains ours around and will enjoy the sunrise in the Cordillera Blanca, arriving to the Summit (6768m) around 10:00am, in the summit we will enjoy the white Mountain Range and take pictures, after stay few minutes we will
start go down to the Camp 2 for about 4 hours approximately, arriving to the Camp 2 around 3 overnight camping at (6,050m)
Day 06: II High camp – Base Camp
Late in the morning we will go down hill to Musho for about 3 hours half approximately. Where our private transport will be waiting for us to transport to Huaraz; arriving to Huaraz around 3:00 p.m. hours and transfer to the hotel, overnight in the Hotel in Huaraz.
Day 07: Base Camp – Huaraz – Hotel
Late in the morning we will go down hill to Musho for about 3 hours half approximately. Where our private transport will be waiting for us to transport to Huaraz; arriving to Huaraz around 3:00 p.m. hours and transfer to the hotel, overnight in the Hotel in Huaraz.
What's Included:
- Mountain Certified Guide ( UIAGM )
- Cook
- Meal during the expeditions, breakfast, lunch ,tea, dinner and snack ( fruit ,chocolate, candy, cookie)
- porters for climbing
- Donkeys and donkey drivers
- Personal tent, kitchen tent with utensils
- dining room tent with table and chairs, toilet tent
- Private transfers for start and finish of expeditions
- First aid kit
- Taxi from station bus to hotel in huaraz
- Huascaran National Park entrance fees ( Huascaran )
What's Not Included:
- Sleeping bag and mattress
- Personal Climbing gears ( harness, plastic boots, crampons, ice axes helmets, sunglasses, pants, jacket etc)
- Ticket bus from Lima – Huaraz – Lima
- Hotels in Huaraz – lima
- Tips
- Meal in town
HUARAZ : is located 408 km north of Lima, 8 to 9 hours by Bus. Cost of bus ticket from Lima to Huaraz aprox. US 25 to 30 per person . The good buses are ( cruz del sur – movil tours ).
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