Approaching Alpamayo High Camp

Why not combine a trek with some climbing?

Start your adventure with a relaxing trek through varied & spectacular mountain scenery, and follow up with one or more Peruvian Andes peaks.

The trekking will provide good acclimatization and strength for climbing.

We offer a variety of trekking & climbing packages. Below are just some of them. There are many other combinations that you can make – we will work with you to design a program to include any trek circuit or peaks that you would like to climb and to suit your level of experience.

Trekking
During treks we use donkeys to carry camping & cooking equipment, tents, food and your personal bag. You only carry a light day pack with camera, snacks, water bottle, warm jacket etc. Our guides and crew are very experienced and know how to manage trekking at altitude. We always walk slowly, take plenty of rest breaks and make sure that you have plenty of boiled water to drink.

Climbing
All our Peru climbing trips are guided by qualified and licensed UIAGM International mountain guides, supported by licensed assistant guides and experienced climbing porters.  For climbing trips donkeys carry luggage and equipment to base camps. You only have a light day pack. Where there are high camps on the mountain porters carry tents, equipment and food, but you need to carry your own personal clothes and climbing gear.

Safety: Climbing Groups are organised so that in the event of an accident, illness or tiredness there are always sufficient qualified climbing staff on the mountain to effect a rescue and / or evacuate clients safely back down the mountain with a porter or assistant guide while other members of the group will be able to continue with their climb in safety if they wish to do so.

Climbing Equipment:  Our climbing guides provide group rope, snow stakes and ice screws. You need to provide your own personal climbing equipment. It is available for hire in Huaraz and we can help organise gear hire for you.

See our SERVICES  page for a full description of services that we offer.

Grading of climbs: The grading of the climbs is an indication only of the level of difficulty. Even climbs suitable for beginner climbers are graded medium to hard to reflect that the altitude makes climbing on any peak physically demanding.

NOTE: the routes used and the conditions on all the peaks are changing each year and even each month. The descriptions we have given are general only, and the routes used, conditions on the mountain or description of the routes may change considerably on the day we are climbing.

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