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Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador) > Illiniza Norte (Iliniza Norte) > Climber's Log|
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| Thomas Gurviez | normal route  Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2006 | |
| we planned to climb iliniza sur, but a snowfall higger than 4000 m made it impossible, and we just climbed the easier iliniza norte, nice views on cotopaxi and beautiful snow accumulations on the rocks below the summit | |
| Posted Oct 10, 2006 4:54 pm | ||
| pksander | Iliniza Norte Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2006 | |
| A great climb with Eileen and Marco Cruz and his guides at Andinas Expeditiones. A very nice mixed snow and rock climb in good weather. A warm up for Cotopaxi a few days later. | |
| Posted Sep 26, 2006 10:07 pm | ||
| LIZqwertyuiop | Almost...maybe next time! Date Climbed: Aug 29, 2006 | |
| After the Paso de Muerte (or maybe during) we lost our way a little and dropped too far down on the north face of the mountain. We could see the cairns on the path above us and the summit pyramid, but after scrambling a lot to try to regain the path we had to give up due to very threatening weather. Next time. $5 for park entry was charged at La Virgen. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2006 7:02 pm | ||
| nesnegroj | Route: normal Date Climbed: Sep 22, 2003 | |
| Nice hut and nice climb all together. | |
| Posted May 16, 2006 6:42 pm | ||
| summiter | Route: Straight up sandslide Date Climbed: Apr 9, 2005 | |
| This was a good mountain. We went up the sanslide on the front of the mountain instead of circling around to the back. After the sanslide there was a short gully we went up and joined where we would have come up on the trail around the back. This was more dificult but saved a good amount of time. Horrid weather at the top, but nice once we came down again. Had some steep slopes on the way up after joining up with the trail. Had a great time. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2006 1:40 am | ||
| YetiBauer | Normal Route | |
| What a windy place to put a rock pile! | |
| Posted Feb 28, 2006 2:16 am | ||
| forjan | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: January 2, 2006 | |
| January 1, 2006: Drove to La Virgen trailhead (3950 meters / 12,959 ft): the trailhead for the Ilinizas. The approach hike to Iliniza's hut Refugio Nuevos Horizontes took 2 hrs 20 min. Slept at Iliniza's hut (15,256 ft). January 2, 2006: Climbed Iliniza Norte with DeeDee via the Normal Route. Started at 6:09am. Summited by 7:58am and back at the hut by 9:00am (~ 3 hrs roundtrip). We picked up our camping gear and walked to La Virgen trailhead. Then, drove to Quito to overnight. | |
| Posted Jan 13, 2006 3:25 pm | ||
| colint | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: jan 10 2005 | |
| The atrocious refugio was more than compensated for by an exceptional hike/scramble to the summit with remarkable views of the volcanoes of Ecuador above the clouds at dawn. | |
| Posted Jan 12, 2006 11:58 am | ||
| davel | Route Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: December 10th, 2005 | |
| This hike was to prepare for Cotopaxi and Chimborazo. Left La Virgen (3900m) and felt sick right away. Struggled to get to the refuge (4700m). Drank lots of tea/water and walked around frequently. Felt much better in the morning and made it to the summit without problems. Easy and short hik with some 3rd and 4th class moves. Very cold and cloudy at the summit. Views opened up on the way back. Great views of Iliniza Sur and Cotopaxi. Great acclimatization hike for Cotopaxi. | ||
| Posted Dec 28, 2005 1:20 pm | ||
| climberben | Route Climbed: standard from La Virgen Date Climbed: 15 October 2000 | |
| Spent the night at the refugio and made a quick morning climb to the summit in cloudy weather. Broke above the clouds in the last 10 meters to the summit. Awesome views. Hiked almost back to Machachi before a bus came by and picked us up that afternoon. | |
| Posted Dec 25, 2005 9:02 pm | ||
| Ario | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: June 8th, 2005 | |
| Committed trek (UIAA II, 70 degrees, + 475m), with Suzy (UK) et Scott (USA), good weather. No more permanent snow left unlike what is mentioned on some maps... | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2005 11:52 pm | ||
| edl | Route Climbed: Normal Route Date Climbed: Nov. 98 | |
| We did this as a warm up for Cotopoxi. Nice day climb. | ||
| Posted Sep 29, 2005 6:23 pm | ||
| C.Wagner | Route Climbed: Normal route from La Virgen Date Climbed: July 13, 2005 | |
| Spent the night at the end of the 4 WD track (la Virgen ?) - camp site Start at 0500 Hut at 0800 (short break) Summit at 1015 Cloudy, no view Some snow at the summit Rock climbing at the end. Take a rope for descent A good acclimatisation for Cotopaxi | ||
| Posted Aug 22, 2005 2:31 pm | ||
| mpa | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: July 8, 2005 | |
| Nice climb in the morning after a sleepless night. We could see Cotopaxi and Chimborazo although Iliniza-Sur was in clouds. | |
| Posted Aug 11, 2005 5:31 am | ||
| Cautious | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: January 2005 | |
| Nice climb, no technical difficulties to speak of. Coming down was fun. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2005 9:27 am | ||
| andre hangaard | Route Climbed: Standard route Date Climbed: 03 May 2005 | |
| Great climb on a perfect day. We started early in the morning. Beautiful scenery with Cotopaxi and Chimborazo. Conditions were excellent - no snow and dry rock. The Paso de Muerte was a piece of cake. | |
| Posted May 26, 2005 5:26 pm | ||
| Andinistaloco | Route Climbed: standard Date Climbed: winter '99-00 | |
| Good climb - and also nice as an acclimitizer for the higher ones. The Paso de Muerte's a little funky but not too technical in good conditions. Suerte! | |
| Posted Mar 3, 2005 12:56 am | ||
| ripper333 | Route Climbed: normal route Date Climbed: dec 2004 | |
| we made this is tough one.. with starting our approach from way down yonder in el chaupi. great hostel to stay is hacienda san jose. humped up to the hut with full packs. spent the nite and pushed to the summit the next day in horrendous weather.. summitted.. and headed all the way back to the hacienda.. one hell of a long day.. and it rained like crazy all day. good experience all the same. | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2005 6:20 pm | ||
| esugi | Route Climbed: January 24, 2005 Date Climbed: Normal Route | |
| I feel for you cp0915 (Courtney)! Climbed with cp0915, Thomas, and Brett. The Nuevos Horizontes refugio is pretty crummy. The fumes from the stoves going all day long was unbearable. No ventilation what so ever in the hut. Beautiful views of sur as we were climbing up norte. We will have to go back and climb Sur soon! | |
| Posted Jan 31, 2005 7:29 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Route Climbed: normal Date Climbed: jan 24, 2005 | |
| after a good snowfall, norte turned out to be an excellent mixed climb challenge...considerably harder than in dry conditions...fixed ropes (comforting, but rather unnecessary) were installed at el paseo de la muerte by a guided group ahead of us on the route...the so-called 5.3 summit gully is no more than 4th class on good rock...this was fixed by yet another guided group ahead of us and was also rather unnecessary, though i can appreciate the caution the guides had for their clients...incredible vistas of sur, antisana, cayambe, cotopaxi and chimborazo from the summit ... we had originally intended to do sur on this date, however, the low visibility and crappy conditions we encountered when the alarm went off sent us to norte instead....little did i know at the time, but the sinus infection i woke up with the morning of norte would mean it would be the last ecuadorian summit i would get on this trip... i didnt even attempt coto, chimbo, etc...now i hafta go back | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2005 11:38 am | ||
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