Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)Normal Route Climber's Log
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| SenadR | Nice mountain.  Date Climbed: Jan 29, 2011 | |
| With snow and ice this route can be very sketchy and dangerous, we did it snow conditions, overall nice way to summit this nice mountain. | |
| Posted Feb 25, 2013 10:34 am | ||
| Jake | Great Date Climbed: Jan 25, 2013 | |
| Climbed with my friend Pedro from the Refugio. There was exceptionally much of snow but we didn't use the crampons. Really great route and amazing views. | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2013 4:15 pm | ||
| chicagosky | A good slog in windy conditions Date Climbed: Dec 28, 2011 | |
| Windy and wet scree but was a nice climb. Took 3 hours from Refuge to summit stopping for pictures and breaks | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2012 8:46 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Normal route has couple variants. Date Climbed: May 21, 2011 | |
| Wow!, it’s been more than 2 months since I climbed Illiniza Norte for last time. Despite being rock climbing at low altitudes (Quito, 9,300 ft.) and running my personal half Marathons every weekend I felt completely out of shape and thought I could perform better, a bit of disappointment. Anyway, it took me exactly one hour to get to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft.) from the refuge. I climbed it in one day leaving early from Quito. Perfect weather. Sunny and not windy at all. I found the rocks to be loose, actually very loose. Probably because the last climbing parties that tried to climb the mountain during the last couple months couldn’t find the right path to the summit which was fully covered by snow by then, knocking rocks here and there. I still found a snowy/icy traverse below the summit, but easy to negotiate with caution. Great to be back in the mountains after this long downtime. I know I'll say the same about home in a few months :D. The normal route has a couple variants since the trail changed a bit during the last heavy snow fall. Therefore this page needs to be updated. | |
| Posted May 23, 2011 3:21 pm | ||
| Inday | Summit Date Climbed: Jan 18, 2011 | |
| Conditions were not so good; very icy in the pass. | |
| Posted Feb 20, 2011 12:56 am | ||
| PAROFES | Tried twice | |
| but the weather and unfortunate conditions kept me from reach its summit...too bad. | |
| Posted Feb 7, 2011 7:53 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Finland guys! Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2010 | |
| Climbed with 4 guys from Finland. Left the refuge at 6:00 am and got to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft) at 7:45 am. Back at the refuge at 9:15 am. Excellent weather! | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2010 3:48 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Windy Ridge. Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2010 | |
| Climbed With Susi (ECU) and Jaime (ECU). Very windy on the southeastern ridge. It got better as we climbed higher to the top. It cleared off once we got to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft). Very nice views of the lower peaks and surroundings. Susi needed crampons on the way up. Total climbing time: 2:40 hours. | |
| Posted Aug 9, 2010 11:46 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Lots of snow!! Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2010 | |
| Climbed with Andrea (CAN). It snowed on the approaching to the summit. We had great views once we got to the top (5,126 m / 16,818 ft). Stayed 15 minutes up there and then we headed back to the refuge before another storm hit us. Alexander (EC), a 12 year old boy came along with us on this climb. Total climbing time: 2 and a half hours. | |
| Posted Jul 16, 2010 6:23 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Jan 19, 2010 | |
| Climbed with K'Ashem members from Guatemala. Got to the top after 5 hours of leaving from the trailhead at La Virgen parking lot. Extremelly windy at the top (5,126 m / 16,818 ft). It was hard to keep ourselves straight. Got back to the parking lot by the north face. | |
| Posted Jan 19, 2010 4:12 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2009 | |
| Probably my last climb of Illiniza Norte of the year. I climbed from La Virgen parking lot with 6 Austrians. Very fast team, we left the trailhead at 5:45 am and got to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft) at 9:45 am, 4 hours! It snowed all the way up to the summit. I found I huge boulder that felt 3 days before the climb, injuring a guide and his client. We headed back to the parking lot by the north face. (7 hours RT). | |
| Posted Dec 27, 2009 4:04 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Dec 19, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Coral (USA). Our hike started from La Virgen parking lot at 5:45 am. It rainned during the whole approaching to the refuge. We started climbing from the refuge at 9:15 am. This time, it snowed during the approaching to the summit. A team from the Mountaineering Club of Caracas (Venezuela) almost kill us. They tried to climb straight up to the summit and threw three big rocks to the climbers below. Luckly nobody got hurt. Got to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft) after 1 and a half hours of leaving the refuge. A pretty fast climb.. I enjoyed it! The mountain changed completely in minutes. Thick snow flakes covered Illiniza Norte and the trail. The Venezuelan Team got lost on their way down from the summit. They got to the refuge just before sunset. A great climb prior to our Illiniza Sur climb, the next day. | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2009 6:31 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2009 | |
| Climbed with 9 french climbers and with Rafael (ECU). Got to the summit after 5 hours of hiking from La Virgen. Perfect weather. Conditions on the mountain were excellent, no snow at all. | |
| Posted Nov 16, 2009 9:38 am | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Nov 10, 2009 | |
| Climbed with 5 germans, Bladimir and Jaime from Ecuador. Got to the summit (5,126 m / 16,818 ft) after 5 and a half hours of hiking and climbing. Great weather. Didn't find any snow in the mountain. Illiniza Sur is loosing its glacier pretty fast. I studied the route up carefully from Illiniza Norte's top. I'm thinking to climb Sur as soon as I have an off day. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2009 10:48 am | ||
| grabbs146 | very fun Date Climbed: Dec 4, 2008 | |
| great climb...broke in a pair of new boots on this climb. | |
| Posted Nov 5, 2009 12:34 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Sep 12, 2009 | |
| Climbed with Ben, Dan, Steve and Duncan (ENG). We started at 4:30 am from La Virgen Parking Lot. Ben waited for us at the refuge while the rest of us pushed for the summit. A long day for me at work!.. it took us 9 hours to summit and to get back to the truck. Windy and cloudy, but we were lucky to see the surroundings from the summit (5,126 m/16,818 ft), including Chimborazo to the south. The weather got better on the way down and the following days. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 6:09 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2009 | |
| My first summit of the year!. Climbed with Antonio and Raquel from Spain. It snowed for a while. Got to the top (5,126 m/16,818 ft) after 5 hours of hiking from La Virgen parking lot. Nice views of Illiniza Sur. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 6:08 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Dec 16, 2008 | |
| Christine (USA) and I started at 5:30 am from Llovizna Lodge. Got to the refuge at 9:00 am and to the summit (5,126 m/16,818 ft) at 11:45 am. It snowed during our approach to the summit. Got back to La Virgen Parking lot by the north face. We didn't find any snow on our way up. No crampons or ice axes were needed during the climb. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 6:07 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2008 | |
| Climbed with 8 ecuadorians, but actually I just guided the slowest one, Victor (Russia). We scrambled up by the ridge above the saddle and kept climbing up until we got to Cumbre Villavicencio. The route up doesn't have too much snow as in the last weeks. Kept climbing by the north face and then straight up to the top (5,126 m/16,818 ft). We got down by the north face of the peak which took us straight down to the ridge above the trailhead. Pretty good weather during the day and rainy in the afternoon. The refuge's under construction at this moment. There aren't beds or mattresses in the refuge, so we climbed it in a single day from La Virgen Parking Lot. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 6:05 pm | ||
| Boriss Andean | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Trevor (ENG) and Japhy (NEPAL). Initially we were going to climb Illiniza Sur, but avalanche danger made us switch to Illiniza Norte. We left the refuge around 7:30 am. The mountain was completely covered by snow. We put crampons on as soon as we reached the ridge. An easy climb with not too much wind. Got to the top (5,126 m/16,818 ft) after 2 and a half hours of climbing. We had a couple of lost items during the climb; Japhy's down jacket and Trevor's piolet. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 6:03 pm | ||
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