NORMAL ROUTE OR NOR-WEST
Cē VALLECITOS & ACONCAGUA (Programa doble)

ROUTE GLACIER OF THE POLESS
FALSO POLACOS ROUTE
ROUTE BY PLAZA GUANACO OR BOTTOM OF THE VALLEY
NORMAL ROUTE BY THE QUEBRADA DE MATIENZO
TOUR 360º

 
NORMAL ROUTE OR NOR-WEST

This is the traditional route of ascent for which countless andinists challenge one of the most important and well-known mountains in the world and the highest in America, the Aconcagua. This is considered as a non technique route, this means that the ascent is only carried out walking, doing it without tools and strings, allowing the andinists ascent with different preparation degree, without stopping to have the difficulties and emotions characteristic of a mountain of these characteristics. In this case it is advised the use of trekking canes to improve the balance and to collaborate with the ascent. It is also important to have crampons since we can find frozen areas when carrying out the voyage of 6.400 mts. to 6.600 mts.
Difference: 2.700 mts. from camp it bases

ITINERARY:
Day 1: Airport / Hotel in Mendoza. 740 mts
Day 2: Hotel in Mendoza / to take out permits / Hotel Ayelén in Penitentes. 740 / 2600 mts
Day 3: Hotel Ayelén / Horcones / Confluencia. 2600 / 2900 / 3300 mts
Day 4: Confluencia / Plaza Francia / Confluencia. 3300 / 4300 / 3300mts
Day 5: Confluencia / Plaza de Mulas. 3300 / 4300 mts
Day 6: Plaza de Mulas / Rest. 4300 mts
Day 7: Transp. of Plaza de Mulas / Camp 2 / Plaza de Mulas. 4300 / 5350 / 4300 mts
Day 8: Plaza de Mulas / Rest. 4300 mts
Day 9: Plaza de Mulas / Camp 1. 4300 / 4800 mts
Day 10: Camp 1 / Camp 2. 4800 / 5350 mts
Day 11: Camp 2 / Camp 3. 5350 / 5800 mts
Day 12: Camp 3 / Summit / Camp 3. 5800 / 6962 / 5800 mts
Day 13: Second summit Possibility. 5800 / 6962 / 5800 mts
Day 14: Camp 3 / Plaza de Mulas. 5800 / 4300 mts
Day 15: Plaza de Mulas / Horcones / Hotel in Mendoza. 4300 / 2900 / 740 mts

INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Hotel at Mendoza 3 * for 2 days with included breakfast
  • Hotel Ayelén 4 * at Penitents for one day with ½ pension without drink
  • Transfer from Penitents to Horcones
  • Transport of loads in mule up to 20 kg x person from Penitents to Plaza de Mulas
  • Service of complete pension in dining room at Confluencia x 2 days
  • Service of complete pension in dining room at Plaza de Mulas x 5 days
  • Service of food of highness for the different camps
  • High mountain guide titled and enabled by the Government of Mendoza (Subsecretaría de Turismo)
  • Transfer from Horcones to Penitents
  • A place for luggage in deposit at Hotel Ayelén
  • A place for luggage at Plaza de Mulas

  • SERVICES NOT INCLUDED

  • Permits of ascension to the Provincial Park Aconcagua
  • Personal carriers
  • Extra costs to abandon the trip
  • Eat in Mendoza
  • Drinks in Mendoza and Penitents
  • Personal equipment, remedies, evacuations for air and earth, room service, laundry, phone communications, belongings, hospitalization or medication of any type, or any other service besides those mentioned in this page
  • OPTIONAL:
    Transfers Airport / Hotel in Mendoza - Mendoza / Penitents - Penitents / Mendoza

    Hotel Ayelén in Penitents the day 15 and to return to Mendoza the day 16

    Programmed Dates

    MIN QUANTITY. 4 PEOPLE / MAX QUANTITY. 12 PEOPLE

  • 12/12 at the 26/12
  • 3/1 at the 17/1
  • 20/1 at the 3/2
  • 7/2 at the 21/2




  • Cē VALLECITOS & ACONCAGUA

    This is a program that consists of two expeditions, the first one to the Cerro Vallecitos of 5.700 mts. of height and the second to the Cerro Aconcagua. The same one consists of duration of 20 days and we recommend it especially to arrive with a good acclimatization level when carrying out the ascent to the Aconcagua. As alternative inside this program offer in the County of Mendoza the area of Vallecitos with more than 20 hills that overcome the 5000 mts. what allows us to choose hills with different types of difficulties and the most varied and inhospitable landscapes. It is necessary to have trekking canes and crampons.
    ITINERARY:

    Day 1: Airport / Hotel in Mendoza. 740 mts
    Day 2: Hotel in Mendoza - to take out permission ascension / it Bases on Vallecitos. 740 / 2500 mts
    Day 3: Base on Vallecitos / The Veguitas. 2500 / 2700 mts
    Day 4: The Veguitas / Piedra Grande. 2700 / 3200 mts
    Day 5: Piedra Grande / El Salto. 3200 / 3800 mts
    Day 6: El Salto / Summit / El Salto. 3800 / 5300 / 3800 mts
    Day 7: El Salto / Base on Vallecitos. 3800 / 2500 mts
    Day 8: Base Vallecitos / to Take out permits of ascension Mendoza -Penitentes. 2500 / 740 / 2600 mts
    Day 9: Penitentes / Confluencia. 2600 / 3300 mts
    Day 10: Confluencia / Mulas. 3300 / 4300 mts
    Day 11: Plaza de Mulas (rest). 4300 mts
    Day 12: Plaza de Mulas / Transports to the Camp 2 / Plaza de Mulas. 4300 / 5350 / 4300 mts
    Day 13: Plaza de Mulas ( rest). 4300 mts
    Day 14: Plaza de Mulas / Camp 2. 4300 / 5350 mts
    Day 15: Camp 2 / Camp 3. 5350 / 5800 mts
    Day 16: Camp 3 / Summit / Camp 3. 5800 / 6962 / 5800 mts
    Day 17: Second possibility summit
    Day 18: Camp 3 / Plaza de Mulas. 5800 / 4300 mts
    Day 19: Plaza de Mulas / Horcones / Penitentes. 4300 / 2900 / 2600 mts
    Day 20: Penitentes / Hotel in Mendoza. 2600 / 740 mts

    INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Hotel in Mendoza 3 * during 2 nights (1 going /1 return)
  • Service of transport of mule animals in Vallecitos, 20 kg for person
  • Service of transport of mule loads of Penitents to Plaza de Mulas
  • Hostel in Vallecitos during 1 night with ½ pension without drinks
  • Hotel 4 * in penitents during 2 nights with ½ pension without drinks (1 going /1 return)
  • Dining rooms bases with complete pension in Vallecitos y Confluencia
  • Dining room bases on Plaza de Mulas during 5 days with complete pension.
  • NOT INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Permits of ascension to the Provincial Park Aconcagua
  • Personal carriers
  • Extra costs to abandon the trip
  • Eat in Mendoza
  • Drinks in Mendoza and Penitents
  • Personal equipment, remedies, evacuations for air and earth, room service, laundry, phone communications, belongings, hospitalization or medication of any type, or any other service besides those mentioned in this page

  • OPCIONAL: Mendoza / Vallecitos Transport
    Vallecitos/Mendoza transport /
    / Penitents
    Transport Penitents / Hotel at Mendoza






    ROUTE GLACIER OF THE POLES

    This route without place to doubts shows us to the Aconcagua in its total magnitude, presenting different type of difficulties, with an approach for the Quebrada de Vacas to Plaza Argentina to 4.300 mts. arriving to the base of the glacier we can observe the level of difficulty and the characteristic highly technique of the route. After a long approach with an imposing mark arrive to the glacier with a longitude of 1.500 mts. and a slope of 45º approximately, stops then to meet with the bottle neck or funnel from 50º to 60º. This route is only advisable for professional climbers otherwise is advisable to carry out it with a guide of high mountain.

    Difference: 1.300 mts. from camp it bases

    ITINERARY:

    Day 1: Airport / Hotel in Mendoza 3 * for one day with included breakfast. 740 mts
    Day 2: Hotel in Mendoza / to take out permits / Hotel Ayelén in Penitentes. 740 / 2600 mts
    Day 3: Hotel Ayelén / Quebrada Vacas / Pampas de Leñas. 2600 / 2500 / 2900 mts.
    Day 4: Pampas de Leñas / Casa de Piedra. 2900 / 3300 mts.
    Day 5: Casa de Piedra / Plaza Argentina. 3300 / 4200 mts.
    Day 6: Plaza Argentina ( rest). 4200 mts.
    Day 7: Plaza Argentina / iTransport to the Camp 1 / Plaza Argentina. 4200 / 4800 / 4200 mts.
    Day 8: Plaza Argentina ( rest). 4200 mts.
    Day 9: Plaza Argentina / Camp 1 4200 / 4800 mts
    Day 10: Camp 1 / Camp 2. 4800 / 5350 mts
    Day 11: Camp 2 - acclimatization preparation 5350 mts
    Day 12: Camp 2 / Summit / Camp 2. 5300 / 6962 / 5300 mts
    Day 13: Second possibility summit
    Day 14: Camp 2 / Plaza Argentina. 5350 / 4200 mts
    Day 15: Plaza Argentina / Casa de Piedra. 4200 / 3300 mts
    Day 16: Casa de Piedra / Pampas de Leñas. 3300 / 2900 mts
    Day 17: Pampas de Leñas / Quebrada Vacas / Hotel Ayelén. 2900 / 2500 / 2600 mts
    Day 18: Hotel Ayelén / Hotel in Mendoza. 2600 / 740 mts
    INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Lodging at Mendoza 2 night in Hotel 3 * (with included breakfast)
  • Lodging at Penitent, 2 nights in Hotel Ayelén with ½ pension (without drink)
  • Transfer from Penitents to Quebrada Vacas
  • Transport of loads in mules up to 30 kg for passenger from Penitents to Plaza de Mulas
  • Dining room service at the base camp
  • Service of food of highness for the different camps
  • High mountain guide titled and enabled
  • Transfer from Quebrada Vacas to Penitentes
  • A pace for the luggage in the deposit of Penitent
  • SERVICES NOT INCLUDED

  • Permits of ascension to the Provincial Park Aconcagua
  • Personal carriers
  • Extra costs to abandon the trip
  • Eat at Mendoza
  • Drinks at Mendoza and Penitents
  • Personal equipment, remedies, evacuations for air and earth, room service, laundry, phone communications, belongings, hospitalization or medication of any type, or any other service besides those mentioned in this page

    OPTIONAL: Transport to Airport / Hotel Mendoza - Mendoza / Penitents - Penitents / Mendoza
  • FALSO POLACOS ROUTE

    This route, we could compare it, with the nor-west route in what refers to you hinder therefore we classify it as non technique and the same one was carried out for the first time few years ago. It is longer than the nor-west route and its approach is carried out by Plaza de Mulas. It is advisable the use of trekking canes and crampons.

    Difference: 1.300 mts. from base camp   

    ITINERARY:

    Day 1: Airport / Hotel in Mendoza 3 * with included breakfast
    Day 2: Hotel in Mendoza / to take out permits / Hotel Ayelén in Penitentes. 740 / 2600 mts
    Day 3: Hotel Ayelén / Quebrada Vacas / Pampas Leñas. 2600 / 2500 / 3300 mts
    Day 4: Pampas Leñas / Casa de Piedra. 2900 / 3300 mts
    Day 5: Casa de Piedra / Plaza Argentina. 3300 / 4200 mts
    Day 6: Plaza Argentina (rest). 4200 mts
    Day 7: Plaza Argentina / Transports to the Camp 1 / Plaza Argentina. 4200 / 4800 / 4200 mts
    Day 8: Plaza Argentina ( rest). 4200 mts
    Day 9: Plaza Argentina / Campo1. 4200 / 4800 mts
    Day 10: Camp 1 / Camp 2. 4800 / 5350 mts
    Day 11: Camp 2 / Camp 3. 5350 / 5850 mts
    Day 12: Camp 3 / Summit / Camp 3. 5850 / 6962 / 5850 mts
    Day 13: Second possibility
    Day 14: Camp 3 / Camp 1. 5850 / 4800 mts
    Day 15: Camp 1 / Plaza Argentina. 4800 / 4200 mts
    Day 16: Plaza Argentina / Casa de Piedra. 4200 / 3300 mts
    Day 17: Casa de Piedra / Pampas de Leñas. 3300 / 2900 mts
    Day 18: Pampas de Leñas / Quebrada Vacas / Hotel Ayelén. 2900 / 2500 / 2600 mts
    Day 19: Hotel Ayelén / Hotel in Mendoza. 2600 / 740 mts

    INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Lodging at Mendoza, 2 nights in Hotel 3 * with included breakfast
  • Lodging at Penitentes, 2 nights in Hotel Ayelén with ½ pension (without drinks)
  • Transfer from Penitents to Quebrada Vacas
  • Transport of mules up to 30 kg for passenger from Penitentes to Plaza de Mulas
  • Dining room service at base camp
  • Service of food of highness for the different camps
  • High mountain guide, titled and enabled
  • Transfer from Quebrada Vacas to Penitentes
  • A place for luggage in Penitents
  • NOT INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Permits of ascension to the Provincial Park Aconcagua
  • Personal carriers
  • Extra costs to abandon the trip
  • Eat at Mendoza
  • Drinks at Mendoza and Penitents
  • Personal equipment, remedies, evacuations for air and earth, room service, laundry, phone communications, belongings, hospitalization or medication of any type, or any other service besides those mentioned in this page

    OPTIONAL: Transport to Airport / Hotel Mendoza - Mendoza / Penitents - Penitents / Mendoza
  • Programmed Date

    MIN QUANTITY. 4 PEOPLE /QUANTITY MAX. 12 PEOPLE

  • 1/12 at the 19/12
  • 7/1 at the 25/1
  • 1/2 at the 19/2
  •  
    ROUTE BY PLAZA GUANACO OR
    BOTTOM OF THE VALLEYE

    This route has characteristic of voyage, with duration of between 19 and 22 days. The approach is carried out for the Quebrada de las Vacas.
    Recommended for those who want a different experience, by inhospitable places, having the possibility to carry out the view of condors and gumps and a scarce or null contact with other people because it is a very little trafficked route, where neither the companies mount camps. Recommended for those who prefer the contact with a wild and calm nature. It is not a technical route but extremely inhospitable, you can only enter accompanied by a guide of High Mountain. We also advice the use of trekking canes and crampons.

    Itinerary
    Day 1: Arrival to Mendoza. - 740mts
    Day 2: Mendoza - Penitentes. - 740/2600 mts
    Day 3: Penitentes - Pampas de Leñas. - 2600/2900mts
    Day 4: Pampas de Leñas - Casa de Piedra.2900/3300 mts
    Day 5: Casa de Piedra - Plaza Guanacos. 3300/3650 mts
    Day 6: Plaza Guanacos 3350 mts
    Day 7: carry to Camp 1. 3350/4200/3350 mts
    Day 8: Plaza Guanacos - Camp 1.3350/4200 mts
    Day 9: carry to Camp 2. 4200/4900/4200 mts
    Day 10: Camp 1 - Camp 2. 4200/4900 mts
    Day 11: carry to Camp 3. 4900/5400/4900 mts
    Day 12: Camp 2 - Camp 3. 4900/5400 mts
    Day 13: Camp 3. - rest to 5400 mts
    Day 14: carry to Camp 4 (Plaza Cholera) .5400/5850/5400 mts
    Day 15: Camp 3 - Camp 4 (Plaza Cholera) 5400/5850 mts
    Day 16:Campo 4 / Summit / camp 4. 5850/6962/5850 mts
    Day 17: Second intent to the summit (another possibility)
    Day 18: Plaza Cholera - Plaza de Mulas. 5850/4300 mts
    Day 19: Plaza de Mulas - Horcones - City of Mendoza. 4300/2900/740 mts Day 20: Transfer to the Aeropuerto.740m

    INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Lodging at Mendoza 2 nights in Hotel 3 * (with included breakfast)
  • Lodging at Penitents, 1 night in Hotel Ayelén with ½ pension (without drink)
  • Transfer from Penitents to Quebrada vacas
  • Transport of loads in mules up to 30 kg for passenger from Penitents to Square Gumps
  • Transport of loads in mules up to 30 kg for passenger from Square of Mules to Penitents
  • Service of having been restrained in the mountain
  • Service of food of highness for the different camps
  • High mountain guide, titled and enabled
  • Transfer from Quebrada Vacas to Penitentes
  • A place for the luggage in the deposit of Penitentes
  • SERVICES NOT INCLUDED

  • Personal equipment
  • Ascent permission
  • Transfer Mendoza / Penitentes (optional)
  • Transfer Penitents / Mendoza (optional)
  • Eat, drinks or any extra expense in Mendoza
  • Drink or any extra expense in Penitents
  • Personal equipment, remedies, evacuations for air and earth, room service, laundry, phone communications, belongings, hospitalization or medication of any type, or any other service besides those mentioned in this page

    OPTIONAL: Transport of Mendoza / Penitentes and Penitentes / Mendoza

  • NORMAL ROUTE BY THE QUEBRADA DE MATIENZO

    This is an alternative of the normal route that lasts 22 days with some variants due to their difficulty, the approach is carried out for the Quebrada de Matienzo where the Hill Matienzo is ascended and then we cross to Plaza de Mulas by the Portezuelo of the Bread of Sugar. This is a route that possesses some difficulties since this step for the Portezuelo of the Pan de Azucar; it can be snowy and frozen what gives it a special attractiveness. To carry out this route it is necessary to have pickax, crampons, strings and screws of ice. It is recommended to make it accompanied by a guide of High Mountain.
    ITINERARY:

    Day 1: Airport / Hotel 3 * in Mendoza. 740 mts
    Day 2: Hotel in Mendoza / to take out permits / Hotel Ayelén in Penitentes. 740 / 2600 mts
    Day 3: Transfer of Penitentes to Las Cuevas / Give refuge precarious. 2600 / 3000 mts
    Day 4: Precarious refuge / Base Cerro Matienzo. 3000 / 3900 mts
    Day 5: Base Cerro Matienzo / Summit / Base Cerro Matienzo. 3900 / 5200 / 3900 mts
    Day 6: Base Cerro Matienzo / Foot Portezuelo Bread of Sugar. 3900 / 4000 mts
    Day 7: Foot of the Portezuelo of the Pan de Azucar/ Plaza de Mulas. 4000 / 4300 mts
    Day 8: Plaza de Mulas (rest). 4300 mts
    Day 9: Plaza de Mulas / Transport to the Camp 2 / Plaza de Mulas. 4300 / 5350 / 4300 mts
    Day 10: Plaza de Mulas (rest). 4300 mts
    Day 11: Plaza de Mulas / Camp 1. 4300 / 4800 mts
    Day 12: Camp 1 / Camp 2. 4800 / 5350 mts
    Day 13: Camp 2 / Camp 3. 5350 / 5800 mts
    Day 14: Camp 3 / Summit / Camp 3. 5800 / 6962 / 5800 mts
    Day 15: Second possibility summit
    Day 16: Camp 3 / Plaza de Mulas. 5800 / 4300 mts
    Day 17: Plaza de Mulas / Las Cuevas / Penitentes. 4300 / 3000 / 2600 mts
    Day 18: Penitentes / Hotel in Mendoza. 2600 / 740 mts

    INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Hotel in Mendoza 3 *, during 2 nights without food and drink
  • Service of load Transport with animals to the precarious refuge in the Quebrada Matienzo
  • Service of load Transport with animals to Plaza de Mulas
  • Service of load Transport with animals of Plaza de Mulas to Penitentes
  • Transfer of Penitentes to Las Cuevas
  • Hotel in Penitents 4 * during 2 nights half pension without drinks
  • Dining room base with complete pension on Plaza de Mulas during 5 days
  • NOT INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Permits of ascension to the Provincial Park Aconcagua
  • Personal carriers
  • Extra costs to abandon the trip
  • Eat at Mendoza
  • Drinks at Mendoza and Penitents
  • Personal equipment, remedies, evacuations for air and earth, room service, laundry, phone communications, belongings, hospitalization or medication of any type, or any other service besides those mentioned in this page



  • TOUR 360º

    This is a trekking that allows us to see the Aconcagua in all their fullness, carrying out the approach by the Quebrada de Vacas to Plaza Argentina to 4.300 mts., ascending to the camp 1 and 2 until reaching Berlin to a height of 5.800 mts., to arrive then at Plaza de Mulas to 4.300 mts, returning later on by the Quebrada de Horcones. The approximate duration is of 6 days. This is a route non technique but it requires of a great physical state to be able to sum up it in its entirety. It is recommended to take trekking canes and crampons.
    ITINERARY:

    Day 1: Airport / Hotel in Mendoza. 740 mts
    Day 2: Hotel in Mendoza / to take out the permits / Hotel Penitentes. 740 / 2600 mts
    Day 3: Hotel Penitentes / Quebrada de Vacas/ Pampas de Leñas. 2600 / 2500 / 2900 mts
    Day 4: Pampas de Leñas / Casa de Piedra. 2900 / 3300 mts
    Day 5: Casa de Piedra / Plaza Argentina. 3300 / 4200 mts
    Day 6: Plaza Argentina (rest). 4200 mts
    Day 7: Plaza Argentina / Camp 1. 4200 / 4800 mts
    Day 8: Camp 1 / Plaza Cholera. 4800 / 5500 mts
    Day 9: Plaza Cholera / Plaza de Mulas. 5500 / 4300 mts
    Day 10: Plaza de Mulas / Horcones / Penitentes 4300 / 2900 / 2600 mts
    Day 11: Penitentes / Hotel in Mendoza 2600 / 740 mts

    INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Hotel at Mendoza 3 * during with included breakfast
  • Service of transport of loads in mules to Plaza Argentina, 20 kg for person
  • Service of transport of loads in mules of Plaza de Mulas to Penitentes, 30 kg for person
  • Hotel in Penitents 4 * during two nights
  • 1/2 pension without drink for 2 dinners in Penitents
  • NOT INCLUDED SERVICES

  • Permits of ascension to the Provincial Park Aconcagua
  • Personal carriers
  • Extra costs to abandon the trip. Eat at Mendoza
  • Drinks at Mendoza and Penitents
  • Personal equipment, remedies, evacuations for air and earth, room service, laundry, phone communications, belongings, hospitalization or medication of any type, or any other service besides those mentioned in this page

    OPCIONAL:Transport Mendoza / Penitents -transport Penitents / Mendoza






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