Route Las pailas (7 days)
Fisical Level: Medium / High.
Technical Level: Low.
Dates:
9th until the 15th of October, 2010.
Includes:
- All meals while ascending and coming back down to Cachi
- Mountain tents.
- Local and Experienced guides.
- Oxigen tank for emergencies.
- VHF Radios.
Additional info:
The range of Nevado de Cachi has many options that go from altitude trekking, to summits as high up as 6380mts, Libertador San Martin.
With it´s nine summits Nevado de Cachi is the most important range in Salta. The first sportive ascent was done in the year 1950 by the norwegian doctor Arne Hoygaard, the italian preist Fray Oliverio Pelicelli, and the 1rst Liutenant Pedro Di Pasquo. Though the first attempt to conquer the Nevado was made by the german explorer Federico Reichert in 1904.
As many of the Andes mountains in the north of Argentina, Nevado de Cachi posses an incredible amount of acheological findings, starting at it´s feet with Las Pailas ruins, on it´s slopes and even on some of it´s summits.
For more information you can read the book from Christian Vitry, "El Nevado de Cachi", thought it is only available in spanish at the moment.
ITINERARY
Day 1 - We meet up in Cachi in the afternoon where we coordinate everything for the days to come and get to know the rest of the group.
Aprox Alt: 2280mts
Day 2 - Our day starts in Las Pailas, walking from Huaico Hondo towards our first campsite. After having our loads set up on the mules we start our walk having great panoramic view from most of the Nevado de Cachis summits, such as Pilar de las Pailas, Peñon Blanco and Pirámide. We reach 3900mts aprox. Piedra Grande campsite, where we put up our tents and rest for the day to come.
Aprox. 3hs.
Aprox Alt: 3900mts
Day 3 - We do some walking in order to acclimatice to altitude ascending up to 4500mts aprox. and coming back to campsite afterwards..
Aprox. 3hs.
Aprox Alt: mts
Day 4 - We head toward our new campsite, following the morraine that once was a glacier. We reach Isla de Piedra and if the weather allows we will have the Hoygard summit in front of us, at the end of the Kuhn anphitheatre. We camp shortly after passing Isla de Piedra, at the beggining of the Kuhn anphitheatre.
Aprox: 6hs.
Aprox Alt: 4770mts.
Day 5 - We load our backpacks with everything we need and carry them towards the next campsite. We walk through and over massive stones, left over by the glacier that once filled the valley. We reach the last campsite where we get to admire the beautiful surroundings.
Aprox. 3hs.
Aprox Alt: 5270
Day 6 - We head off fairly early, around 2am with small backpacks. We climb up through a rocky couloir that takes us to the higher plains, from here we go towards the Hoygard summit, the second highest of Nevado de Cachi with 6184mts. If weather and time permits, We keep on going until we reach the Libertador´s summit.
We descend until Isla Grande where we camp to reach Cachi the next day.
Aprox. 5hs.
Day 7 - After set up our stuff and having the mules ready, we set off for Cachi where we celebrate the end of our journey. 
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