Huayna Potosí

This day begins with the concentration in our office at 08:30, to test the climbing equipment and then go to the Base Camp (4700m) in private mobility, 1 hour and 45 minutes from the city of La Paz and around 11 : 12 am. After lunch, after lunch the trek to the old distant glacier begins at 1 hour and a half, where ice climbing is practiced, making use of all the equipment, after 1 hour of practice we return to the base camp refuge. At 18:00 we have dinner and then rest.

This day of rest in the morning and we have lunch at the base camp to have a better acclimatization we have lunch that began the ascent, after 1 hour we prepare our things to ascend to the refuge of Campo Alto (5130 m.), upon arrival to this after 3 hours, dinner will be served and free time that is used for acclimatization, around 18:00 we rest until midnight.

The 3rd day starts very early, around midnight with breakfast, which begins the ascent to the top of Huayna Potosí at 01:00, from the Campo Alto climb on the glacier, the route has an incline of 35 ° to 40 ° and the ascent has an average duration of 4 to 7 hours. The tourist is attached to the guide by a rope, the first part is relatively easy up to 5,500m approx. From this point a wall of 50 m is climbed. Of longitude whose inclination is from 55 ° to 60 °, once at 5800m we reach a plateau and continue our route along a ridge that leads us to the top (6088m), Around 06:30 we reach the top of where we can appreciate all the beauty of the real Andes mountain range. After 10 minutes we return to the High Camp in 2 hours, pick up the equipment and in 1.5 more hours we descend to the Base Camp from here we return to the city of La Paz, arriving at 2:00 pm