Climbing Chopicalqui Mountain(6354m) (4D/3N)
Climbing Chopicalqui (6354m)
This impressive peak Chopicalqui is located between the Huascaran Sur and Huascaran north it is known a beautiful and amazing snow shelf, known as the “Mushroom”, it is ideal for a first experience of high altitude climbing in cordillera Blanca, although require physically demanding, and technical skills to climbing, it is surrounded by huge summits
Programs:
Peaks | Maximum height | Difficulty | Duration |
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Chopicalqui | 6354 m/20,841 feet | Fairly hard (= AD+) | 4D / 3N |
Ration client per guide: | 2 to 1 |
PLACE | Cordillera Blanca |
ROUTE | South West Ridge |
PREFERED TIME | May – August |
START CLIMBING | Huaraz – Ancash – Peru |
PLACE TO VISIT | Huascaran National Park |
GROUP SIZE | Minimum 2 – maximum 10 |
We drive from Huaraz with our private transportation to the north of callejon de huaylas Valley passing on several towns until Yungay town, from it the road winds up toward the east on dirt road, after control of huascaran national park the road entrance in narrow llanganuco valley, where are located two beautiful lakes Chinancocha & Orconcocha with turquoise waters, we follow driving until chopicallqui big switchback, from where we are going to load up our gear and prepare for the walk up to Moraine Camp With porter support.
On this day we climb up on the loose rocky until the beginning of glacier as soon as we reach the glacier, then we rope up and follow climbing up by easy steep slopes until reach the high camp on the southwest ridge.
Summit day, this day we will start climbing up very early on steep slopes, there are some sections, where we need to use two ice axes to climbing. From the summit we will be able to take the most magnificent pictures around us, and then we retrace on the same route until high camp – moraine camp or base camp.
On this day we walk down until big chopicallqui curve, where our private transportation is waiting us to back Huaraz.
Climbing Chopicalqui | ||
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N° PARTICIPANTS | Climb cost with Mountain guide | |
01 Climbers | USD 1910 per participant | |
02 Climbers | USD 1275 per participant | |
03 Climbers | USD 1153 per participant | |
04 Climbers | USD 1030 per participant | |
05 Climbers | USD 995 per participant | |
06 Climbers | USD 950 per participant | more than 7 people | USD 900 per participant |
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