
The highest mountain in America and the southernmost 6000
The highest peak that can be seen from Santiago
The highest mountain in America and the southernmost 6000
The highest peak that can be seen from Santiago
The most active volcano in the Andes northern range in Chile
The most active volcano in the Andes northern range in Chile
Central & North Andes
The 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. 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. Likewise, the hill lead, is the highest mountain we can see from Santiago, besides being a place of worship of the Inca culture. Definitely a great place to acclimatize.
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Expedition’s schema
This expedition has pre-established departure dates and you share it with other people, the groups consist of a maximum of 6 climbers plus the guides.
Private Service: You choose the best convenience date for you and your group. Price depending on number of people booked.
We’ll meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel or our office 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.
We set out towards Piedra Numerada to set up our first camp. This place is perfect to start our expedition because it has the ideal altitude for starting the acclimatization process.
On this day we’ll set up the second camp around the 3,900 meters in order to keep on with our acclimatization process, which is crucial to our objective.
We’ll do a light climb to keep with our acclimatization process in order to get our bodies accustomed to this high altitude desert environment.
Leaving our camp very early in the morning, we’ll take the normal route up El Plomo, following the south-west ridge. We’ll cross an icefield to reach the summit ridge. From the summit we’ll have outstanding views of the highest peaks in the central Andes. We’ll return to base camp for the night.
After disassembling our tents and packing up our equipment, we’ll go across the Cancha Carreras area in order to perform an altitude trekking and finish with the ascensions of Pintor and La Parva hills (4100masl). Finally, we will head towards our transportation, which will be waiting for us, and thus return to Santiago.
Flight from Santiago to Copiapo in the morning, after arrived into Copiapo we will drive to Laguna Verde and set up the base camp around the 4300 meters in order to keep on with our acclimatization process, which is crucial to our objective.
On this day we will perform our first ascent in the desert in the Mulas Muertas mountain. remaining day and get ready for the days to come.
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
This day is for rest and recovers energies in the hotspring area
This is the last day we’ll be able to use the 4WD vehicle. We’ll transport the equipment to Refuge Atacama and from there we’ll have to work harder. 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.
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.
We’ll set out early morning 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.
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. We will finish our expedition in a beautiful beach of Bahia Inglesa.
The whole group will drive to the airport for flight to Santiago.
Full day excursion to the coastal city of Valparaiso, which has been recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage.
The whole group will lead to the airport. (out)
Our mountain expeditions in Ojos del Salado & mt. El Plomo include the following services:
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Relevant information for the Ojos del Salado & mt. El Plomo expedition
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We strongly recommend to all the expedition members to have the mountain equipment described below.
Upper body parts
Down body parts
Personal equipment
The Tallest Active Volcano in the World
The Tallest Volcano in the World
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