Day 1 :
Arrive Huaraz
Day 2 : Acclimatisation walk
Day 3 : Drive from Huaraz
to Cashapampa - 3 hours. Walk up the Santa
Cruz Valley, following the river to camp at
Llamacorral (3750m) 4 - 5 hours. |
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Day 4 : A steady
walk up the valley to our camp at Taullipampa
(4250m). During the walk up the valley you
see Santa Cruz (6259m) and also Alpamayo (5947m)
comes into view. We walk past two lakes, first
the small Ichiccocha then the larger Jatuncocha.
From our camp we have views of more high peaks
– Taulliraju, Paria, Artseonraju,
Rinrijirca. 5 – 6 hours
Day 5 : Optional extra night
at Taullipampa. Visit Alpamayo Base Camp,
the lake Arhuaycocha, climb Centillo Peak
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Day
6 : Climb to the pass
of Punta Union (4750m) from where there
are very close views of the surrounding
mountains. We also look back down the Santa
Cruz Valley from where we have walked. From
the pass descend past two small lakes to
camp in the Quebrada Huaripampa.7 hours
Day 7 : Walk down the valley Quebrada
Huaripampa, then climb up to the settlement
of Vaqueria 4 - 5 hours walk. We then take
a car over a high pass Portachuelo and down
a steep zig zag road to our campsite Yuraccoral
near the beautiful lake Llanganuco - 2½
hours by car, then after having lunch we
continue straight to Huaraz 2 hours more.
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Day 8: In
the morning we leave Huaraz on a private
minivan to Llaca valley up to the hut, and
then we pack our climbing gear to then continue
hiking up on a steep path to Moraine Camp
for 3 hours accompanied with our porters
who will help us to transport our mountain
equipments up to Moraine Camp (4800m). 7
hours
Day 9: We
start very early in the morning, we walk
for 20 minutes to the glacier then we put
our climbing gear on and then we continue
on a fairly steep climbing (30º - 45º)
all the way up to the Vallunaraju summit(5686m).
then we descend to the moraine and pack
our gear to go to the route where the car
will be waiting for us to drive us back
to Huaraz. 10 – 12 hours
Day 10: Return to Lima |
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