Technical mountaineering in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru
Alpamayo is in the north of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru and is a beautifully sculpted pyramid of snow and ice. It is a challenging climb for those with experience of winter or alpine climbing (ideally to Scottish grade III, or Alpine climbing to AD). We climb the mountain by the Ferrari route on the SSW face on ice and snow up to 60º. We have made successful ascents of Alpamayo with clients on all of our previous expeditions to the mountain. We had an extremely successful expedition in July 2000 with five out of five clients reaching the top in great conditions.
Our expeditions are based in the town of Huaraz situated at a height of 3000m at the foot of the mountains and we will make a short acclimatisation trip into the Cordillera Blanca before attempting the main objective of Alpamayo. There will be opportunities to do some trekking and/or to climb one or two lower or less technical peaks during this first phase of the expeditions. In 2000 we made an ascent of Tocllaraju 6034m, but the choice of venue each year will be made by our leader depending on current climbing conditions.
Our July expedition is scheduled so that the ascent of Alpamayo can be combined with our ascent of Huascaran (6768m) from 21 - 30 July 2002. Those joining the Huascaran expedition after an ascent of Alpamayo will do so on 21st July. The combined expedition will give a trip of 30 days. Please see our Huascaran page for details of our Huascaran expeditions.
| Alpamayo Price | UK£2090 or US$3140 |
| Huascaran and Alpamayo Price | UK£2390 or US$3590 |
| Early Booking Discount | £150 or $250 |
| Flights from UK | from £550 |
| Alpamayo Dates | 1 - 22 July 2002 (to 30 July with Huascaran) |
| Duration | 22 days (30 days with Huascaran) |
| Grade | 4C |
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| Booking
and Further Information
For further details of this climbing holiday, more information on the mountains of South America or to purchase our guidebooks please contact us at 37a St. Andrew Street, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 1EN, SCOTLAND Phone 01556 503929 Fax 504633 Email john@andes.com or john@andes.org.uk use +44 1556 503929 or 504633 if calling from outside the UK |