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Created: Diego De Angelis
Last update: 15 Sep 2018
PASO GUILLAUMET – PASO SUPERIOR TRAVERSE
| Activity type: | Mountaineering |
| Activity level: | Moderate/ Challenging |
| Availability: |
1 Nov 2020 - 28 Feb 2021 |
| Duration: | 3 Day(s) / Tour with flexible start dates |
| Price: | from $1000 / Negotiable |
Full description
This is a challenging traverse that requires some technical experience to explore the solitude at the foot of the Fitz Roy range. In this trip we wll see the fantastic walls of Guillaumet, Mermoz, and Fitz Roy. And we will cross medium technical level pass - Guillaumet Pass.
Price includes
- Professional mountain guides, duly entitled by National Park and experienced in this program
- Assistants according to the size of the group - rate 1:3 from 3 passengers
- Expedition tents for 2 or 3 people sharing during the traverse
- Mountain safety equipment: ropes, ice axes, ice-screws, snow stakes
- Technical equipment: crampons, snowshoes and harnesses.
- All meals during the Expedition (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and snacks)
- Cooking equipment (stoves and dishes, gas, etc.)
- First-aids kit.
- GPS, compass, maps.
- Communication equipment: VHF radio and satellite phone
- Ground transportation to the starting point of the expedition (20km away from town)
Not included in price
- Personal mountain gear
- Medical ensurance
- Tips for guides
Guide
Verified Profile
- Email address
- Phone number
Location
Day 1
El Chaltén - Piedra Negra
We leave El Chaltén on our vehicle that takes us 20km away to the bridge over the Electrico River. We start trekking through a forest along a very easy path until arriving at the Piedra del Fraile refuge. From here the steep trek begins till we reach our campsite at Piedra Negra. We will get superb views to the lower valleys and looking to the east the big granite walls from the Guillaumet to the Mermoz and Fitz roy peaks. A superb scenery 360º around.
Height gain: 950 m.
Trek time: 6-7 hours
Intensity: Medium-High
Day 2
Guillaumet Pass
Today we ascend towards the Guillaumet Pass, first ascending on snow and lose rocks and then scrambling a rocky section. Once at the pass the Piedras Blancas glacier and the approach to the range will astonish us. From here we start a beautiful glacial traverse and subsequently descending to our next camp, the Superior Pass. Another spectacular location.
Height gain: 450 m. Height drop: 1350 m.
Trek time: 8/10 hours
Day 3
Glacier De los Tres - El Chalten
The day is more relaxed so we mostly descend all the way to the town. We begin walking over the glacier De los Tres, pass by the lagoon and then enter in the forest finishing in the town of El Chaltén.
Height drop: 850 m.
Trek time: 7/8 hours
Intensity: High
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Last update: Diego De Angelis
(1 Mar 2021)