Expeditions Ojos del Salado 9 Days

Ojos del Salado 9 Days

The Tallest Volcano in the World

Location:
Copiapo, Chile

Height:
6893

Length:
9 days

Trip Grade:

Climb Ojos del Salado 9 days expedition 2022/2023

Ojos del Salado volcano is the highest summit across Chile and the second summit in America, and it is also the tallest volcano in the world. That’s why this is one of the most desired challenges among mountaineers around the world. Ojos del Salado is almost as tall as Mt. Aconcagua which surpasses it by 60mts only. The volcano is located in the borderline between Chile and Argentina, in the Chilean Atacama region, on of the most active mining regions in the country. Inside the National Park Nevado de Tres Cruces we can spot the Negro Francisco Lake and the Maricunga salt-flat which serves as refuge to three flamingo species. The closest city is Copiapó, where we can find everything we need to start our climbing upwards Ojos del Salado.

Features

- Climb 3 mountains: Mulas muertas 5600m, San Francisco 6050m and Ojos del Salado 6893m

- We will use Laguna verde to camp and enjoy the naturale hotspring and relax

- Enjoy a incredibles landscape like laguna Verde, Laguna Santa Rosa and Maricunga salt flat

- Have the opportunity to admire the wildlife of the desert such as foxes, flamingos, llamas

- Fight with a extreme desert environments with very low temperatures

- Cross a huge distance of the desert, thanks to the support of our 4×4 truck

- We will save a lot of energy because we just carry one day our gear to the high camp

Expedition’s schema

- Program length: 9 days

- Altitude: 6893 m / 22615 ft

- Location: Copiapó, Chile

- Slope: 2500m / 8200 ft from Laguna Verde

- Season: November to March

- Difficulty: This is not a technical track, but it is physically challenging

- First ascent: 1937 by Justin Wojsznis and Jan Szczepanski (PL)

- Open Expedition Team size: max 12 climbers + guides

Dates and Prices

Departures, season 2023/2024

Fri 10 Nov / Sat 18 Nov 2023
Mon 20 Nov / Tue 28 Nov 2023
Thu 30 Nov / Fri 08 Dec 2023
Sun 10 Dec / Mon 18 Dec 2023
Wed 20 Dec / Thu 28 Dec 2023
Sun 31 Dec 2023 / Mon 08 Jan 2024
Wed 10 Jan / Thu 18 Jan 2024
Sat 20 Jan / Sun 28 Jan 2024
Tue 30 Jan / Wed 07 Feb 2024
Fri 09 Feb / Sat 17 Feb 2024
Mo 19 Feb / Tue 27 Feb 2024
Thu 29 Feb / Fri 08 Mar 2024
Sun 10 Mar / Mon 18 Mar 2024
Wed 20 Mar / Thu 28 Mar 2024
Sat 30 Mar / Sun 07 Apr 2024
Tue 09 Apr / Wed 17 Apr 2024

Open Expedition:

This expedition has pre-established departure dates and you share it with other people, the groups consist of a maximum of 12 climbers plus the guides.

Private Service: You choose the best convenience date for you and your group. Price depending on number of people booked.

Itinerary and services (per day)

Day 1: Copiapó / Laguna Verde / Our service begins (IN)

We’ll meet you at the hotel where you’ll have a talk with our guide in order to crystal clear any doubt clouding your mind and to check your equipment is proper and fitted for the purposes, drive to Laguna Verde.

- Max altitude: 4340 m / 14240 ft

- Lodging: Refuge or mountain tent

- Meals: Dinner

- Transport: 4WD

- Scheme: equipment checking, itinerary checking, and then drive to laguna Verde (4WD), cooking and acclimatization.

Day 2: Laguna Verde / climb Mulas Muertas (5600m)

On this day we’ll put our bodies to the test. We’ll see how your body is enduring the lack of oxygen in this area. We’ll go up a bit higher than 5,600 meters and then go back to sleep at the Laguna Verde.

- Max altitude: 5600m / 18360 ft

- Lodging: Refuge or mountain tent

- Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner

- Transport: 4WD

- Scheme: climb Mulas Muertas, cooking and acclimatization.

Day 3: Laguna Verde / San Francisco or Vicuña (6100m)

In order to go forward into our expedition, we will ascend a 6000 and so check how our body reacts when facing that kind of altitude. We can either choose between Mt. San Francisco, at the frontier with Argentina, or Mt. Vicuñas. Both are above the 6000masl.

- Max altitude: 6100m / 20000 ft

- Lodging: Refuge or mountain tent

- Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner

- Transport: 4WD

- Scheme: acclimatization climb San Francisco, cooking.

Day 4: Laguna Verde / Refuge Atacama

Day 5: Refuge Atacama / Refuge Tejos / Refuge Atacama

Each one of us has to carry his/her personal equipment plus a piece of the common equipment towards Refuge Tejos in order to prepare our last camp (high camp) and it clearly helps with the acclimatization process. Once we get to the shelter we’ll get some rest, leave our equipment there and head back to Refuge Atacama to sleep.

- Max altitude: 5837 m / 19150 ft

- Lodging: Refuge or mountain tent

- Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner

- Transport: No

- Scheme: Carry the equipment, cooking, acclimatization.

Day 6: Refuge Atacama / Refuge Tejos

We’ll carry the remaining equipment towards Refugio Tejos. This time we’ll spend the night there. Since we’ve already carried most of the equipment the day before, we’ll be saving a lot of necessary energy for our next day, which is without doubt the most important day of our expedition.

- Max altitude: 5837 m / 19150 ft

- Lodging: Refuge or mountain tent

- Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner

- Transport: No

- Scheme: Carry the equipment, cooking, acclimatization.

Day 7: Refuge Tejos / climb Ojos del Salado / Refuge Atacama

We’ll set out early mo
ing to reach the Ojos Del Salado summit (6,893masl). On this day we’ll see how all of our hard work flourishes. All the previous acclimatization process is to endure this SO challenging summit. No doubts about it, this is the hardest day in our expedition. We’ll be ascending 1,000 meters, crossing a glacier, rock climbing, reaching the summit, descending, and carrying the equipment back to Refugio Atacama all in the same day.

- Max altitude: 6893 m / 22615 ft

- Lodging: Refuge or mountain tent

- Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner.

- Transport: No

- Scheme: Carry the equipment, cooking and equipment checking.

Day 8: Extra Summit Day

Day 9: Refuge Atacama / Copiapó Hotel / End of our services (OUT)

This is the last day we’ll spend in the Parque Nevado de Tres Cruces area. Calmly we’ll take-down our camp and head back to Copiapó, leaving behind us this giant, the highest summit in Chile and the tallest volcano in the world.

- Max altitude: 390 m / 1280 ft

- Lodging: Hotel

- Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch

- Transport: 4WD

- Scheme: Camp take – down, transfer

Includes

The Ojos del Salado 9 days expedition include the following services:

- Mountain guide (Spanish / English )

- Private transportation to climbing areas (4WD)

- 1 hotel nights in (Copiapó)

- Mountain tents (each one is for 2 persons)

- Dinner tent (with table and chairs)

- Cooking kit

- All meals within the expedition (Breakfast, box lunch, diner)

- Professional first aids kit

- Mat

- Heart rate monitor and oximeter

- VHF Radio

- Satellite radio

- All group equipment; rope, high altitude tent, stove, GPS, etc.

Our services don’t include

- Personal mountain equipment

- Airport Transfer (In and Out)

- Traveling and rescue insurances. We strongly recommend you to get them.

- Any other service which wasn’t mentioned above. (restaurant meals, beverages , tips, etc.)

- Inte
  ational and national flights and boarding fees.

- Climbing permit USD 200 “from the last two years this payment are not required”

Additional information:

- 1 guide every 3 passengers

- Satellite phone (fees by minute usage – U$ 6/m)

- 2 persons per hotel room.

- U$ 200 per person if you want single room, please let us know

- U$ 100 per person if you want single tent, please let us know

- Hotel lodging includes *Breakfast (see itinerary)

- Dirección de Límites y Fronteras del Estado, permit is free of charge

- Climbing permit USD 200 per person, cancel

- We recommend you travel with small bills

- Weather can get as low as -25ºC /-13ºF in the area

High Mountain Expedition is NOT responsible for:

- Personal services (laundry, snacks, beverages, restaurant meals, tips, etc.)

- Personal mountain equipment

- Expenses in case of rescue or early departure from the expedition.

- Delays caused by your flight or any transportation issue which you are responsible for.

- Weather changes which may affect the expedition.

Clothing and proper equipment

In order to avoid any injury we strongly recommend to all the expedition members to have the mountain equipment described below. Each piece of the equipment will help us on the summit day, which may be terribly cold (even -25ºC /-13ºF). The proper equipment is crucial to achieve our goal.

Upper body parts

- Sun hat

- Wool hat

- Balaclava / ski mask

- 2 or 3 long sleeve polypropylene shirts or similar

- Polar windstopper, soft-shell or similar

- Waterproof jacket (Gore Tex, Triple Point, or similar)

- Down feather parka with hood

- Polypropylene gloves

- Waterproof gloves

- Down feather mittens ( -25 ºC / -13ºF)

Down body parts

- 1 polypropylene long underwear (or similar)

- 2 trekking pants

- Windproof pants (Gore Tex, Triple Point, or similar)

- 2 or 3 pairs thin socks (Liners)

- 2 or 3 pairs of thermal socks

- Gaiters

- Trekking boots (approach)

- Mountain boots (double plastic or leather boots)

Personal equipment

- - - Trekking stick (telescopic)
  - - Sleeping bag (Tº lower than -20ºC)

- Inflatable and foam mattress

- Expedition duffel or backpack (100 liters aprox.)

- Daypack (40 liters)

- Headlamp (and extra batteries)

- Sunglasses (category 3 or 4)

- Goggles

- 2 bottles of water (1 liter each)

- Thermos flask (1 liter)

- Sunscreen (SPF 40)

- Lips sunscreen (SPF 30) (Blistex)

- Whistle, emergency mirror and pocket knife

- Toiletries

- Digital camera, book, mp3, Binoculars. [optional]

- Personal repair kit

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