Itinerary:
1st day.- Arrival to Lima.
Pick up at the airport “Jorge Chavez” in Lima and transportation to the reserved hotel in Lima.
2nd day.- Departure from Lima to Huaraz (by bus).
We will travel by bus from Lima to Huaraz, the capital of the district of Ancash (3100m). The transport provided by the company “Cruz del Sur” includes a “bus cama”, an overnight trip with reclined seats.
Departure time from Lima is at 09:30am and we will arrive in Huaraz at 5:30pm. Pick up at the bus terminal and transfer to the hotel in Huaraz is included.
The staff of "Enrique Expedition Tours" and the Mountain Guide will be informed about your arrival and will be waiting for you.
3rd day.- Acclimation trek to Lake Churup (4450m).
We will leave the city of Huaraz by private bus to Pitec (3850m). First we will pass the colorful villages of Llupa (3650m) outside of Huaraz, where we will have a panoramic view of the southern part of the Cordillera Blanca. Arriving in Pitec we start the hike to the Lake Churup at 4450m. First we enter the valley of Churup, after some hours of walking we will reach the Lake Churup, where we will stay for one hour before we return to our hotel in Huaraz.
(Elevation change: +650m; Duration: 4-5 hours).
The organization of personal material and logistical information for the ascent to Mount Ranrapalca we will do after the trekking in the evening.
4th day.- Huaraz (3090 m) – Pashpa (3600 m) – Base camp Ishinca (4400 m) – Quebrada Yanarajupampa (4800 m).
We will leave Huaraz by private bus to the village of Pashpa, where we will be expected by the donkey driver and his donkeys, who will carry our personal, as well as camping equipment. Here the trekking starts towards our first campsite in the valley of Yanarajupampa. It will take us about 5-6 hours depending on the pace of trekking.
(Elevation Change: +800 m; length: approx. 4-5 hours approx.).
5th day.- Quebrada Yanarajupampa (4800 m) – Col Ranrapalca (5300 m).
This day we will enter Col Ranrapalca, which is located between the both mountains Ranrapalca and Ishinca. We will ascend on easy ramps, avoiding cracks until we will arrive at the Col, where we will stay the night.
(Elevation Change: +500 m; length: approx. 6-7 hours approx.).
6th day.- Co1 Ranrapalca (5300 m) – Summit of Ranrapalca (6162 m) – Col – Quebrada Yanarajupampa.
This day we will attacked very early (2-3 am) the Ranrapalca summit (6162 m).
The ascent to the mountain Ranrapalca will be on the route of the north-east ridge. We will go over cracks and rimayes, climb a sharp ridge which ends in the pure glacier. We will follow the route of ascension and reach the summit of Ranrapalca, where we will have a beautiful view of the Cordillera Blanca. We can see the mountains Cayesh, San Juan, Maparaju, Tullparaju, Pucaranra, Huapi, Huantsan, Ishinca, Tocllaraju and Urus. After this we will return to Col Ranrapalca, From there our porters will carry our camping gear back to the next camp Yanarajupampa.
(Elevation Change: +862 m; length: approx. 10-12 hours approx.).
7th day.- Extra day in the case of bad weather.
This extra day could be used rest in case the clients are feeling tired or if there was bad weather during the day of the summit climb.
8th day.- Quebrada Yanarajupampa (4800 m) – Base camp Ishica (4400 m) - Pashpa – Huaraz – Hotel.
Today after breakfast our donkey driver will be in charge of carrying our personal and camping equipment. First we will return to base camp Ishinca and than go further to the village of Pashpa, where we will be expected by the bus of the company "Enrique Expedition Tours", which will take us to Huaraz - Hotel.
(Elevation Change: - 400 m; length: approx. 4-5 hours approx.).
9th day.- Day of rest in Huaraz.
The organization of personal material and logistical information for the ascent to Mount Quitaraju we will do after the trekking in the evening.
10th day.- Huaraz (3090m) – Cashapampa (2900m) – Llamacorral (3760m).
We will pick up our clients directly in their hotel in Huaraz and take a three hour private bus ride from Huaraz to Cashapampa (2900m), where the donkey driver and his donkeys will be waiting for us to transport our trekking gear. From there we start the trek up the Santa Cruz valley until we reach the Llamacorral camp, where we will set up our camp.
(Elevation Change: +860m; length: approx. 4-5 hours).
11th day.- Llamacorral – Jatuncocha Lake – Arhuaycocha Valley – Alpamayo base camp (4600m).
After a good breakfast we will leave the camp at Llamacorral and continue through the Valley of Santa Cruz. On the way we pass by the lagoons Icchicocha and Jatuncocha until we reach to the cross the Arhuaycocha Valley. From there we climb a zigzag rocky path until reaching the base camp of Alpamayo, where we will make our second camp.
(Elevation Change: +840m; duration: approx. 5-6 hours).
12th day.- Alpamayo Base Camp (4800m) – Moraine – Quitaraju Camp1 (5300m).
This day our porters will take care of the transportation of our technical and climbing, as well as camping equipment and food. After the breakfast we will leave the campsite to start the ascent to the moraine. On the way we will get to very rocky places and trails accompanied by polished granite rocks. After overcoming this area we will get to enter the glacial by the easy ramps and skirting some cracks to reach under the well-known hill. There we will start to climb slowly up to the final slopes (60º - 65º) and surpass this col to descend a few meters and arrive at Camp1 of Quitaraju. (Camp 1-5300 m.s.n.m).
(Elevation Change: +700m; length: approx. 6 -7 hours).
13th day.- Quitaraju Camp1 (5300m) – Quitaraju Summit (6036m) – Base Camp.
We will start the ascent at 3:00 am to climb the N wall at night. From the Camp 1 we will slightly go down by an plain entrance of the glacier to a rocky hill in the middle of the wall. The route goes up to the right of a rocky hill on uniform slopes of 45-50° to reach the western edge, located 100m from the summit. After the summit we will return to base camp. This day our porters will be in charge to transport the equipment from Camp1 to the Alpamayo base camp (approx. 10 - 12 h).
(Elevation Change: +736m; length: approx. 10-12 hours).
14th day.- Extra day in the case of bad weather.
This extra day could be used rest in case the clients are feeling tired or if there was bad weather during the day of the summit climb.
15th day.- Alpamayo Base Camp (4800m) – Llamacorral (3760m).
Today our porters will carry our technical and personal equipment with their donkeys. We will leave our campsite to hike down to Santa Cruz valley and pass by the lakes Jatuncocha (3900m) and Icchicocha (3850m) to reach after 1 hour at Llamacorral camp.
(Elevation Change: - 840m; length: approx. 4-5 hours).
16th day.- Llamacorral (3760m) – Cashapampa (2900m).
This last day we descend along the narrow Santa Cruz valley, next to a clean river, surrounded by vegetation and impressive mountains. After about 4 hours trekking we will arrive in Cashapampa, where the bus of our company “Enrique Expedition Tours” will be waiting for us and take us back to Huaraz.
(Elevation Change: -860 m; duration: approx. 3-4 hours prox.).
17th day.- Departure from Huaraz to Lima (Bus).
Transportation from the hotel to the bus terminal "Cruz del Sur" and depature from Huaraz.
The departure time will be determined by your schedule, in the morning or night.
Morning departure: 11:00 am.
Night departure: 10:30 pm.
Pick up at the bus terminal in Lima and transfer to the hotel booked by us.
18th day.- Transfer from the hotel to the airport - Return to the country of origin.
*** End of the Expedition of the ascend in the Cordillera Blanca Peru *** |
