Ichic Ulta
Overview
Ichic Ulta snow-capped mountain, this mountain can be climbed all year round, but the best time is from April to September, this snow-capped mountain is a good place to learn to climb on a wall and take ice climbing and downhill courses. Ichic Ulta is a mountain that offers an accessible and fun experience for those who want to do technical climbing for the first time on a wall as it does not present great difficulties. It has 3 slopes of 60Ā° – 65Ā° which makes it ideal for gaining experience in ice climbing techniques.
Recommendations
We recommend that you take at least one 1 – 2 day hike at altitude to acclimatize before taking this tour. Not suitable for people with severe obesity or cardiovascular diseases.
Included
- 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.
Exclude
- Soft drinks or alcoholic beverages, medical treatment, travel insurance, tips, additional expenses as a result of leaving the expedition early, additional expenses as a result of a rescue due to negligence for not following the guide's instructions, bottled water, snacks, entrance to the park Huascaran National.
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).
- Gore-Tex gloves – If you don’t have one, we provide it for you.
- Bottle of water 1 liter.
- Extra snacks and money.
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.
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Tour Plan
Huaraz - Punta Olimpica - Campo Morrena - Cumbre Ichic Ulta 5,282 m / 17,329 ft - Huaraz
Our expedition begins in the city of Huaraz. At 2 am we leave and head north along CallejĆ³n de Huaylas to the town of Shilla directly towards Punta Olimpica, passing the tunnel, which is our starting point for our climb. Here we will begin our ascent to Nevado Ichic Ulta, we load our backpack with mountain equipment and after 1 hour and a half of approach along the moraine we will reach the glacier, at this point we will equip ourselves, our guide will inspect everything essential for your ascent. The climb begins with a slope of about 20 m (60 Ā°), after overcoming this section we make a traverse along the mountain plate until reaching the next slope of 50 m (65 Ā°), finally, after 3 hours of climbing we will reach the long-awaited summit to enjoy a splendid view of the mountains of 4 different ranges: Blanca, HualcĆ”n and Negra, a privileged characteristic of this snowy 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, which we will arrive at 3 pm.
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