We climbed this in a morning from a camp near Portezuelo Laguna Negra. This camp was closer to the summit of Viento as the crow flies than a camp at El Arenal would be, but wasn’t really the best place…
Cazadero Grande to El Arenal loop – Catamarca, Argentina – January 2011
We did this high altitude trek in Catamarca to get to El Arenal which we used as a base to climb a few mountains. It’d be a nice 6-7 day loop to hike anyway even if you don’t want to…
Laguna Blanca (6,008m) – Provincia de Catamarca, Argentina
This is the second lowest 6,000er in the Andes, and lies just east of the road from Antofagasta de la Sierra to Belen. Like on Nevado Queva, we had little information about the mountain (just a GPS co-ordinate for the…
Nevado Queva (6,155m) – Provincia de Salta, Argentina
We first saw Nevado Queva (or Quevar as the locals all seem to pronounce it) when crossing the Paso Sico from San Antonio de los Cobres to San Pedro de Atacama back in June 2010. From Olacapato it had looked…
Acotango (6,071m) – Departamento de Oruro, Bolivia
After climbing Sajama we thought we may as well try the fourth 6,000er in the park – Acotango. We’d heard it was an easier climb than the other three, so decided to cycle to base camp and climb it on…