Huarapasca
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Nevado Huarapasca, this mountain can be climbed throughout the year, but the best time is from April to September, this snow-capped mountain is a good place to learn to wall climb and take ice climbing and descent courses. The Huarapasca is a mountain that offers an accessible and fun experience for those who wish to do technical wall climbing since it does not present great difficulties. It has 3 slopes of 60° ā 65° which makes it ideal for gaining experience in ice climbing technique.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
We recommend that you do at least a 1 – 2 day hike at altitude to acclimatize before going on this tour. Not suitable for people in a state of severe obesity and with cardiovascular diseases.
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- Transport: From Huaraz to the starting point of your activity, and from the end point of your activity back to Huaraz. We use private transport, minivans and other types of cars, depending on the size of the group.
- Guide: Qualified and experienced mountain guide who speaks Spanish and English.
- Equipment: includes all technical and personal equipment such as: ropes, carabiners, hiking boots, ice ax, crampons, helmet, harness, first aid kit.
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What to Bring
- Mountain backpack (40 liters).
- Walking poles if you have knee problems.
- Mountaineering boots – If you don’t have one, we provide it for you.
- Crampons – If you don’t have one, we provide it for you.
- Ice ax – If you don’t have one, we provide it for you.
- Helmet – If you don’t have one, we provide it for you.
- Harness – If you don’t have one, we provide it for you.
- Headlamp (with spare batteries)
- Sun protection: sunscreen (minimum factor 40), hat, good sunglasses
- Well used in mountain boots or trekking shoes
- Comfortable clothing: T-shirt (quick-drying or merino wool recommended), trekking pants or leggings, sweater, wool trekking socks, underwear, long thermal underwear, fleece, gloves, hat, buff.
- Down jacket quality 650 to 850 thermal degrees
- Waterproof jacket and pants (Gore-Tex recommended)
- Guantes Gore-Tex – Si no tienes uno, te lo proporcionamos.
- Botella de agua 1 litro
- Aperitivos extra y dinero.
Are you missing something? We can provide the detailed program and everything you need for a great day of expeditions, check each trip for detailed information on prices and offers we have for groups and dates or contact us for a personalized trip and you will be able to fully enjoy. The personal technical equipment and expedition clothing that we can provide you at no cost will depend on whether we have an available warehouse, which is why it is important to book in advance and check what we can provide you.
Tour Plan
Our expedition begins in the city of Huaraz. at 2 a.m. We left and headed south through the Callejón de Huaylas to the town of Catac and we deviated to the east side to the starting point of our climb. Here we will begin our ascent to Nevado Huarapasca, we load the mountain equipment in our backpack and after 1 hour of approach through the moraine we will arrive at the glacier, at this point we will equip ourselves and shelter, our guide will inspect everything essential for his rise. The climb begins with a shovel of about 100m (60°), after overcoming this section we cross the mountain plate until we reach the next shovel of 50m (65°), finally, after 4 hours of climbing we will arrive at the long- awaited summit to enjoy a splendid view of the mountains of 4 different mountain ranges: Blanca, Huayhuash, HualcÔn and Negra, a privileged characteristic of this snow-capped mountain. We remain at the summit for a prudent time to rest, hydrate and take photographs. Finally we make the descent by the same ascent route until we reach our vehicle to be transferred to the city of Huaraz, where we will be arriving at 2 pm.
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