Guagua/Rucu Pichincha Climber's Log

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Desert Solitaire

Desert Solitaire - Aug 27, 2008 11:44 am Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2008

Rucu and Padre Encantado in a storm  Sucess!

Started from the TeleferiQo much later than expected (be warned, sometimes they don´t open up until 11am!). Cloudy and misty the whole way up. Followed the ridge 100% all the way to the top for some fun scrambling (one small 5.4 move, the rest 3rd and 4th class). Freshly falling snow made things spicy and wet my tennis shoes. 2 hrs to the summit. Traversed to Padre Encantado, still bad conditions.

Then decided to bail off and retraced my way back the ridge to the summit of Rucu and back down to the Paramo. Carried overnight gear the whole way, so decided to sleep high up on the Paramo at 4300 meters. Great night with a storm outside, but peaceful and warm inside the tent. Good acclimitization climb.

Boriss Andean

Boriss Andean - Aug 10, 2008 5:31 pm Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008

Route Climbed: Rucu Pichincha - Normal Route.  Sucess!

After a failed attempt in going up to Pasochoa Trailhead (our truck got stucked in the mud), I decided to take Romy (Austria) and my French Canadian friends Alan, Marie Michéle and Marie Héléne to Rucu Pichincha.

We took the express teleférico up to 4,100 m. from where we started hiking up. Weather conditions were just perfect, nice views of surroundings and of the capital city. Got to the top (4,698 m/15,413 ft) after 2 hours and 45 minutes of hiking and scrambling. Took a few pictures at the top, met with Jacobo (ecuadorian mountain guide) and his german client and got back to Quito by late afternoon. Nice weekend trip!

HeyItsBen

HeyItsBen - Jul 31, 2008 5:46 pm Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2008

Guagua  Sucess!

Beautiful hike, hiked up the road rather than driving to promote acclimitization. Pretty windy and cloudy near the top, made for some killer pictures.

simonzster

simonzster - Apr 14, 2008 8:55 am Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2008

Turned Back

Three other students and I tried Rucu, but we were turned back by snow and bad weather. We only had 2 pairs of gloves between the four of us, and our hands and feet were freezing. We made it to about 4650 meters on the top of the sandy (more like icey) slope of the easy route.

Hotfeet

Hotfeet - Jan 21, 2008 10:23 pm Date Climbed: Jan 10, 2008

Acclimatization hike  Sucess!

A very beautiful acclimatization hike. Unfortunately it was very cloudly.

lefty

lefty - Jan 16, 2008 1:04 am Date Climbed: Dec 28, 2007

Rucu from Teleferico  Sucess!

This was my first acclimatization hike. Riding the Teleferico made it much easier. As would be the case for most of this trip, clouds obscured views from the summit.

Fabrice.Rimlinger

Fabrice.Rimlinger - Nov 17, 2007 5:32 pm Date Climbed: Nov 10, 2005

Standard Route  Sucess!

Easy hike for acclimatation !

mnichols

mnichols - Sep 23, 2007 4:09 pm Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2007

Route Climbed: Normal w/ TeleferiQo  Sucess!

Good warm-up hike to get accustomed to higher altitudes. We felt surprisingly good up on the summit. Probably because starting around 13000ft is always a big help.

Boriss Andean

Boriss Andean - Sep 20, 2007 1:35 am Date Climbed: Jun 16, 1996

Guagua Pichincha, Crater descent.  Sucess!

As an acclimatization program, my brother, my cousin and I followed by a german (Nina Zimpel) hiked up from the town of Lloa (7 hours) to the Refuge of "Defensa Civil" where we spent the night.

Three of us went down to the crater early next morning while Nina waited for us up in the refuge. Volcano activity wasn't high then, but fumaroles and sulphur odor were intense.

Haliku

Haliku - Jul 10, 2007 9:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007

Rucu Via Teleforiqo  Sucess!

What Bill562 said...

Bill562

Bill562 - Jul 10, 2007 8:04 pm Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007

Ruca  Sucess!

Via Teleforiqo with Haliku and Tim (Axe) for acclimatization.

bennovak

bennovak - Feb 13, 2007 9:59 pm Date Climbed: Feb 12, 2007

from Teleferiqo  Sucess!

A little acclimitization walk/scramble. You need to pretty much walk around the mountain until you reach the easy class 2 scramble up. It takes a bit longer then it looks, but is a worthwile trip with nice vews.

marauders - Jan 23, 2007 7:00 pm Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2007

Climbed Normal Route: Jan. 19, 2007  Sucess!

Climbed Rucu Pichincha via the normal trail from the Teleferiqo. Class 1 trail with a small bit of Class 3 scrambling at the top. This trail is very very popular with locals and trekkers. So head out early (Teleferiqo opened at 10am) and you'll have the trail to yourself. On the return hike we must have passed 30 people who ended up getting soaked in an afternoon rain. Good thing we went early! We had partly cloudly weather with beautiful views of Quito. We got shut down the prior day on Chimborazo due to weather so this was a nice consolation summit just before our plane took us home.

LC

LC - Jan 12, 2007 4:16 pm Date Climbed: Dec 23, 2006

Guagua climb- Standard Route  Sucess!

I read somewhere that the neighborhood on the drive to this hike as being dangerous. Needless to say when 4 guys, one of whom had a shotgun, showed up at the hut, I was a bit apprehensive. Apparently they were just hunting rabbits. We tagged the little concrete marker on top because of a rapidly developing lightning storm. Ran down to our van while lightning strikes occuring all around us.

BalletBoy

BalletBoy - Nov 5, 2006 5:22 pm Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2006

Rucu Pichincha from Teleferico & Guagua Pichincha/Padre Encantado Traverse  Sucess!

First Ecuador acclimation hike with Woodie Hopper in preparation for the bigger mountains. Hiked Rucu via the standard route from the Teleferico. The following day hiked Guagua Pichincha and Padre Encantado on the 23rd. The views of Quito from Rucu were stunning!

Woodie Hopper

Woodie Hopper - Oct 22, 2006 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Oct 22, 2006

Rucu from TeleferiQo and Guagua to Encantado traverse  Sucess!

Climbed Rucu with Nord Sandstrom for acclimitization. 2 hours up and 1 down. Cloudy but comfortable weather. Saw Cayambe hovering over the cloudtops! Also climbed Guagua and traversed to Encantado to complete the trifecta 10/23/06. Great views of Cayambe, Antisana and Cotopaxi on the way up.

Thomas Gurviez

Thomas Gurviez - Oct 10, 2006 4:57 pm Date Climbed: Sep 20, 2006

rucu pichincha  Sucess!

clear weather, amazing views on cotopaxi, illinizas and cayambe

some snow higher than 4400 m

osatrik

osatrik - Aug 14, 2006 7:36 pm Date Climbed: Feb 8, 2002

Guagua - warm up to altitude  Sucess!

A great way to get used to the altitude before tackling the mountains further south. We hiked the last 2 miles of the road to get a full day's workout rather than driving all the way to the refugio. Stopped along the road a bit below the refugio to take pictures of our altimeter watches as we passed through 14410 (elevation of Mt. Rainier)! Climbed in February 2002.

rgmackie - Jul 26, 2006 7:16 pm Date Climbed: Jun 25, 2006

Route: various  Sucess!

Hiked and ran Rucu/Guagua at least 10 times on various trips to Quito in May-June 2006. Mostly starting from the teleferico, summit traverse, descending to Lloa, then roads/trails directly back to the teleferico (~6 hrs).

summiter

summiter - Mar 30, 2006 2:03 am

Ruco/Padre  Sucess!

I have climbed Ruco 3 times- 7/23/o5, 8/6/05, 2/19/06 and Padre Encantado once- 8/6/05. All of them great experiences. The first time we camped on the summit and rock climbed on some cliffs below in the morning. Ruco offers pretty descent rock- a rare thing in Ecuador. Did the ridge twice and the sandslide once. Have not done Guagua.

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