Duration
3 days / 2 nigths
Altitude
Maximum altitude: 5460 m. (Yanapaccha summit).
Preferred time
May - September.
Difficulty
Moderate – hard.
Price : $300 per person
Located north of the highest mountain in Peru, Huascaran. A very small peak, but with a degree of difficulty on its west wall and ideal for mountaineering courses. From its summit you can see the Huandoy, Pisco, Chacraraju, Taulliraju, Contrahierbas, Chopicalqui, and the majestic Huascaran and the Llanganuco lagoons.
- Location: Cordillera Blanca - Perú
- Average temperature: Between 13° C – 23° C during the day
- At night -05°C to – 02°C
Itinerary
Day 1: Huaraz at (3100m) – Yungay town at (2500m) – Portachuelo de Llanganuco km 42 at (4600m) – Yanapaccha moraine camp at (4900m). (Driving time: 3 hours / walk time: 3 hours (walk up)
Departure from Huaraz at 6:00 am toward north side along Callejon de Huaylas valley until Yungay town, from this place we will turn to the east to continue driving up toward Llanganuco valley passing on the way by beautiful couple glacier lakes until Portachuelo de Llanganuco km 42 at 4600m, from this point we will start walking around 3 hours with porters support who are going to load our climbing gear until moraine camp at 4900m near to Yanapacha lake. Overnight camp at moraine camp.
Day 2: Yanapaccha moraine camp at (4900m) – Yanapaccha summit at (5460m) – Yanapaccha moraine camp at (4600m). (Climbing time: 8 hours (ascent & descent).
After our breakfast at 2:00am we will start climbing up toward Yanapaccha summit at 5460m, after 5 hours climbing up we will reach the top, on the summit we will see more than 10 summits, which are over 6 thousand meters high including giant mount Huascaran at 6768m. Then we come back until moraine camping spot. Last night camp at base camp.
Day 3: Yanapaccha moraine camp at (4600m) – Curve km 42 at (4600m) – Huaraz. (Trek time: 3 hours (descent)/ driving time: 3 hours).
After our hearty breakfast we will pick up our climb gear to walk down untilkm 42 Portachuelo de Llanganuco, where our private transport is waiting us to drive Huaraz.
Services
Our climb price includes:
- Qualified mountain guide.
- Porters, who will support loading our climbing gear.
- Cook specialized in normal and vegetarian dishes.
- Full first aid kid.
- Camping equipment (double sleeping tent, matrass, and etc.).
- Equipment and cook tools (cook tent, chairs, table and full utensil kitchen).
- Climbing gear (climbing boots, crampons, harness, ice axe rope, etc).
- Personalized service of "alpes andes".
- Private transportation at the beginning and end of the trek
- Climbing meal (breakfast, picnic or lunch and dinner).
- The meal contain enough carbohydrate to recover the lost energy during the trek (omelet, soup, fresh fruit, meats, pasta, raze, hot drinks, coca tea, which is ideal for altitude sickness).
The price not includes:
- Entrance ticket to the Huascaran National Park S/. 60.00. (For Foreigners).
- Entrance ticket to the Huascaran National Park S/. 30.00. (For the Peruvian).
- Food in the city.
- Sleeping bag. (recommended -15 °C).
- Tips.
Important Information for our Clients
- Dear clients, we recommend that you make a reservation in advance and in this way our company will give you a special discount for this early reservation.
- Advance reservation is made with 40% of the total price and the remaining balance to be paid will be made in the city of Huaraz. Peru South America.
- Our lodging services have hot water, private bathroom, cable TV, restaurant, cafeteria and are located in central locations in the city of Huaraz.
Recommended Personal Equipment for the Climbing Expedition
- Trekking boots.
- Polar or wool gloves.
- Sun hat.
- Cap for the cold (polar and/or wool).
- Gore tex windproof jacket.
- Gore tex windproof pants.
- Glasses with UV protection.
- 40-70 L backpack.
- Bottle for water.
- Sunblock cream.
- Headlamp with extra batteries.
- Personal first aid kit.
- Camera.
- Sleeping bag -15 °C.
- Toiletries bag and towels.
- Sandals
- Trek poles.
