Climbing Huayna Potosi (6088m) 2 days

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Bolivia´s Most Popular climb Huayna Potosi (6088m) is northeast of La Paz in the Cordillera Real and is known as one of the easiest 6000m plus mountains to climb in the world. Deservedly one of Bolivia’s most popular climbs and after just one hour of driving and 3 hours of walking you will be at the high camp. Huayna Potosi can be climbed by complete beginners, and provides amazing views of the Cordillera Real, Lake Titicaca (3810m) and the Altiplano (4000m). If hoping to climb higher mountains in the area, Huayna Potosi is a good starter! The two day climb is better for people with some experince and are well acclimaitized

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Difficulty:

some fitness / good fitness

Grade of climb:

Normal route II/AD - 50°

Number of days:

2 days, 1 night

Experience required:

no experience / some experience

Best time of year:

May to October

Tour starts in:

La Paz

Tour ends in:

La Paz

Price Detail

Prices include:

• Professional English speaking mountain guide, guide ratio 2 clients to 1 guide
• Meals as mentioned, including drinks at camp meals (B – breakfast, L – lunch, D – dinner)
• All private transport
• 1 night refugee
• Cook
• Equipment for the mountain, ropes and protection
• First Aid kit
• Oxygen bottle

Not included:

• Personal clothing
• Personal insurance
• Extra services not mentioned in the program
• Tips
• Thermal underwear (top and bottom)
• Thin liner gloves
• 2 pairs of socks (one thin and one thick)
• One backpack (approx. 50 L)
• Sunblock
• Sunglasses
• Sleeping bag (25BS per night)
• Porters to carry personal equipment, available at extra cost ($30 US, one way)

Prices, 2 Day trip:

• Private Trip (one client with a private guide) $249 US
• Group Trip (two or more qualify as a group) $158 US each

Cancellation Policy

Private tours, 1 person only

If for any unknown reason you have to cancel your trip before you leave or you want to change the date of your trip (e.g. you got sick during the night the day before departure). If you cancel:

More than 24 hours before the trip - $37 US penalty.
Anytime after 3 PM the day before the trip - $37 US penalty.
Anytime during the trip - NO REFUND, unless it’s the fault of the agency Climbing South America.

Group tours, 2 people or more

If for any unknown reason you have to cancel your trip before you leave or you want to change the date of your trip (e.g. you got sick during the night, the day before departure). If you cancel:

More than 24 hours before the trip - $101 US penalty.
Anytime after 3 PM the day before the trip - $101 US penalty.
Anytime during the trip - NO REFUND, unless it’s the fault of the agency Climbing South America.

Please contact us if you need to cancel your trip or change the date; info@climbingsouthamerica.com,

WhatsApp: Ana +591 72530777 or Jeff +591 71903534

Gear fitting for Huayna Potosi

Gear fitting is usually done the day before the start of your trip. Gear fitting includes trying double boots, extra clothing, harness etc. Most people have some of there own personal gear, eg water proof jacket, polar fleece jacket, back pack etc. This equipment can be used on your trip. Extra clothing needed for the climb is included in the price. We can also answer any of your questions about the trip, during this time.

Gear fitting Monday to Friday, 3pm to 5pm
Gear fitting Saturday, 10am to 1pm
Gear fitting Sunday, in the morning before the climb at 9am.

Incase you couldn’t make it the day before for gear fitting, you can do it on the morning before your trip.

Times for gear fitting in the morning before the climb.

Gear fitting Monday to Friday, 8:30am
Gear fitting Saturday, 9am
Gear fitting Sunday, 9am

Gear fitting is done at our office

NOTE: If you need to do gear fitting the morning before the climb, because you couldn’t make it to the office the day before, and you are not sure what to bring? Bring every thing to the office where we can see what you have and what you need. You can always leave your personal gear that you don’t need at our office. We can give you a bag to store you gear which will be safe.

Make sure you see what we don’t include: Some things you can buy on the way to the mountain, eg snacks, water. We sale some thing in the office, Thin liner gloves 10Bs a pair, Thermal tops and pants are 50Bs each.

Itinerary

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Day 1: La Paz (3600m) - Paso Zongo (4700m) - High camp (5200m)	We drive from La Paz to Paso Zongo (4700m). From Paso Zongo we start to trek up to high camp. High camp is on a rock buttress at an altitude of 5200m and at the base of the glacier. The walk up in on a well used path on rock. Once at high camp we need to get our gear ready for the next day, as we have an early start in the morning. We also have time to rest and rehydrate. It’s an early night tonight where we sleep in the Refugio. 1 1/2 hour drive, 2 - 3 hour trek (LD) Refugio
Day 2: High camp - Summit (6088m) - High camp - La Paz (3600m)	We have an early start as it is a long day, it will also be cold. We start climbing with our crampons on, and the rest of our climbing gear. The climb is mostly follow a trail on the glacier. We have 2 steep sections, one at around 5600m, called the Pala Chica. Here the trail goes through a small ice and snow wall. After this part we keep following the trail on the glacier up to 6000m. From here we can see the summit. The last section to the summit is great climbing on an exposed ridge. From the summit we can see from Illimani (6439m) to Illampu (6368m). After we take our photo shot on top, we head back down the same way to high camp. Once back at high camp we have a short rest and pack our gear. We then head back down to base camp to meet our transport back to La Paz. Drop off at hotel. 9 - 13 hours climbing, 1 hour drive (BL) End of Services

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