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Overview | Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo
Cotopaxi and Chimborazo | Cotopaxi Express
December 1 - 13; January 2- 14
Land Cost: $3200
Client to Guide Ratio: 3:1
Intermediate Level Climbing
- Alternative route on the North side of Chimborazo offers better, safer route to summit!
- Bi-lingual guides ensure your trip runs smoothly
- Most favorable client-to-guide ratio in the industry
- Optional city tour of Old Quito, including historical sites
- Climb Cotopaxi and Chimborazo, the country's highest peaks
- Satellite phone access and pulse oximeters on all trips
Day 1 : Depart U.S. for Quito arriving late evening. The guide will meet you at the airport and take you to the hotel.
Day 2 : Spend today in Quito acclimating. The guide will meet with you this day in preparation for the upcoming climbs. This is an important day to check everyone's gear and do any last minute shopping before departing Quito.
Day 3 : Our initial acclimatization hike takes place at Pasachoa National Park. We hike on well maintained trails to the shoulder of the extinct volcano then along the rim to our high point for the hike. We spend the night at a hotel near the town of Lasso.
Day 4 : After a short but rough drive we hike to a saddle below Illiniza Norte then up to the Summit (16,813 ft.). Illiniza Norte is a straight forward, but strenuous hike. It is one of the best acclimatization peaks in the country. We return to our hotel in Lasso.
Day 5 : Today we travel to the Jose Ribas Hut (15,800 feet) on Cotopaxi. This involves a short but strenuous hike.
Day 6 : As we continue our adjustment to the altitude, we spend today on a low section of the glacier where we work on glacier travel skills, techniques, and the general procedures that we will use in our ascents. This is also an important acclimatization day.
Day 7 : We leave for the summit attempt around midnight. By dawn, we move past the right hand corner of the Yanasacha Wall (18,000 feet). The route is steep in sections beyond the wall but straight forward climbing takes us to the summit by noon and back to the hut by mid afternoon. After descending to the road, we drive down to the lower valley for the evening.
Day 8 : Today is a well deserved rest day and a good time to explore local markets and villages.
Day 9 : We drive to a small colonial village below Chimborazo where we visit the market and spend the night
Day 10 : Today we have a leisurely start then drive to the Whymper Hut on Chimborazo for the evening and another midnight start for the summit.
Day 11 : Taking the now standard "direct" route, we climb scree, then snow and ice to the Ventimilla Summit, then a long traverse across the snow basin to the main summit (20,703 ft.). We drive down to Ambato and spend the night.
Day 12 : We depart for Quito by mid day and have a victory dinner in the city.
Day 13: Depart in the morning for the United States, arriving late evening.
Included in cost: An AMGA trained Alpine Guide, all ground transportation, hotels, tents. and food while on the mountain. All group climbing and camping equipment.
Not included in cost: Food and drinks in towns, personal climbing and camping equipment, and international air fare, costs of a personal nature, extra hotels or transportation due to illness, injury, or early return.
Prerequisites: Participants should have prior, basic mountaineering experience. They should be comfortable with self arrest, walking in crampons, and have basic roped climbing experience. If you do not possess these skills, or need review, we recommend doing a skills course with us in Colorado prior to your Peru trip.
Equipment: Download the Ecuador Volcanoes Equipment Checklist
Registration and Cancellation: You will need to fill out an International Expedition Application, cancellation policy agreement, and liability waiver, and send it to us with a 50% deposit 60 days before the trip date. Balance is due 30 days prior to trip departure date. Please click on our Registration/Travel link to access the required forms.
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