Itineray:
1st day: Arrival at Lima, transfer from the airport to the hotel in Lima
2nd day: Lima – Huaraz (bus).
Transfer to Huaraz (distance: 400 km from Lima), passing the Conococha (4,050m), transfer from the bus-station to the hotel
3rd day: Acclimatization trek to Lake Churup (4,450m).
We leave Huaraz at 7 a.m. for the village of Pitec. From the village, we ascend for about 3 hours, including some rock scrambling at the top, to reach Churup Lake, a beautiful turquoise lake at the base of Churup Mountain – Huaraz - Hostal.
4th day: Transfer from Huaraz to Cashapampa (2,900m) – Llamacoral (3,800m)
In the morning we leave Huaraz to Cashapampa (2.900m), where we meet our donkey-driver for carrying our equipment. After a three hours-walk we have lunch. We continue walking untill we reach Llamacoral a 3.800m. Camping.
5th day: Llamacoral (3,800m) - Alpamayo Cb (4,400m) –Taullipampa (4,250m).
The way of today will be very easy. We pass the lakes of Jatuncochja and Ichicocha with their beautiful colours of blue. At Quisuar we have lunch. After that we ascend to the base Camp of the Alpamayo. The view from this point is very spectacular. We descend to our camping-site which is called Taullipampa (4.250m.).
6th day: Taullipampa(4,250m) - Paso Punta Unión (4,750m) – Huaripampa (3,600m).
After having breakfast we leave the camping-site and walk uphill to Punta Union (4.750m). After three hours of walking we reach the pass and enjoy the beautiful view to the Cordillera Blanca. We descend to the lake Morococha where we have lunch. We follow the way downhill to our camping-site at Huaripampa (3.600m.).
7th day: Huaripampa (3,600m) – Paccha (4,000m).
We leave the camping-site and pass the region of Huaripampa. We follow the foothpath to Vaqueria. From here we ascend until we reach the camping-site of Paccha (4.000m).
8th day: Paccha (4,000m) - Paso Portachuelo Llanganuco (4,767m) – Cebollapampa (3,850m).
After the breakfast we continue ascending until we reach the pass of Portachuelo (4.767m.). We enjoy the beautiful view to the summits of Huascaran, Huandoy, Chopicalqui, Pisco and Chacrarajuand the two lakes which are named Orconcocha and Chinancocha. We descend to a plane valley (Cebollapampa) where we camp (3.850).
9th day: Cebollapampa (3,850m) – Lake 69 (4,400m) - Cebollapampa.
From Cebollapampa we follow the foothpath to the lake 69, which will take us about 4 hours. The beautiful lake is at the bottom of the Chararaju. We return to our camping-site.
10th day: Cebollapampa – Cb Pisco (4,600m).
Cebollapampa this is the starting point for the approach trek for climbing Pisco (5,750m), Huandoy (6,395m) and Chacraraju (6,112m). The base camp is reached in approximately 4 hours.
11th day: Cb Pisco (4,600) – Summit Pisco ( 5,750m) – Cb.
Early start (3-4 am) for the summit climb. We cross a moraine and climb to the glacier tongue, and then to the col, which offers excellent views of summits of Cordillera Blanca. The route to the summit crosses a crevasse to reach the summit, where a 360º view around makes us forget the fatigue. Descent to base camp.
12th day: Cb – Cebollapampa – Yungay – Huaraz – Hostal.
Descent from base camp to Cebollapampa where transportation will take us back to the hostal in Huaraz.
13th day: Travelling back to Lima ( bus) – Hotel.
Transfer to Lima (hostal).
14th day: Lima, transfers from hotel to airport. Return to country of origin. |