Mount Aconcagua Normal Route
Guided ascent program of mount Aconcagua.
Duration: 18 days.
Departure dates: December 1st, December 16th, December 27th, January 8th, January 24th, February 14th.
Services
- 2 nights of lodging in Mendoza.
- 1 night of lodging in Penitentes (meals included).
- All the meals during the expedition (except in Mendoza).
- Bilingual guide.
- All shared equipment for the expedition.
- Complete base camp services (meals, accommodation, etc).
- All the transfers in private vans.
- Mule transportation of the equipment.
- Permanent VHF radio communication.
- We provide all our guides with a professional first aids kits and pulse oximeter for daily updates of acclimatization progress.
- High altitude porters for common gear carries.
- Assistance with climbing permit procedure.
Extra for personal porter: U$S 720.-
Price per person: U$S 2480.-
Guide-client rate: 1/3
Terms and conditions
Gear list
The price of the program does not include:
- Aconcagua Park entrance fee.
- Personal porters.
- Any cost if the climber abandons the trip.
- Meals in Mendoza.
- Drinks in Mendoza and Penitentes.
- Personal gear, medications, ground or air evacuations, room services, laundry, beverages, phone communications and items of personal nature, insurance liability, hospitalization or medication of any kind, any other service not mentioned in this condition sheet.
Itinerary
1 |
Arrival in Mendoza, transfer airport-hotel lodging. |
2 |
Free day in Mendoza. |
3 |
Transfer in private vehicles from Mendoza to Penitentes where the group will spend the night. |
4 |
From Penitentes, we take route 7, and, 7 miles away from the hotel, we arrive at the Horcones Valley (9,833 ft / 2,950 m), where the trek begins, and after a short day, around 4 hours, we arrive at our camp, Confluencia (11,300 ft / 3,390 m). |
5 |
Confluencia - South Face - Confluencia. Our main objective is acclimatization. On this day, after a 7-hour walk, we will be close to the imposing south face of Aconcagua. |
6 |
Confluencia - Plaza de Mulas (14,500 ft / 4,350 m). After a 7-hour hike we arrive at our base camp. |
7 |
Rest in Plaza de Mulas. |
8 |
Climbing Cerro Bonete (16,680 ft / 5,004) m |
9 |
Equipment carry to Nido de Cóndores (18,533 ft / 5,560 m) and we return to Plaza de Mulas. |
10 |
Rest day in Plaza de Mulas, where the climbers will be able to have a hot shower. |
11 |
Plaza de Mulas - Plaza Canadá, where we will set up our first camp. |
12 |
Canadá - Nido de Condores, our porters will carry the tents an all the rest of the common gear. |
13 |
Nido de Cóndores - Berlín (19,776 ft / 5,930 m). This will be the group´s last high altitude camp before attempting to the summit. |
14 |
Summit day, To secure the success of the expedition we have added two additional summit days in case of bad weather. |
15 |
Extra weather day. |
16 |
Extra weather day. |
17 |
Berlín - Plaza de Mulas. |
18 |
Plaza de Mulas – Penitentes: this walk takes approximately 6/7 hours to the park entrance at Horcones Valley, from where we will be driven to Mendoza by vehicle, after picking up our gear in Penitentes. |