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| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | 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 | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | 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 | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | 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 | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | 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 | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | 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 | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | 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 | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | 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 | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | 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 | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2008 | |
| Climbed with Pilar and Xavi from Spain. We left the refuge at 7:20 am and headed up to the summit by the ridge located at the right side of the saddle formed between Illiniza Sur and Norte. The morning was a bit cloudy but windless. Weather conditions improved a bit for a while and we got to see both peaks fully covered by soft snow. Got to the top (5,126 m/16,818 ft) after 3 hours of slow scrambling. Total RT time: 6 hours to the parking lot. Crampons and ice axe are required due the presence of hard/soft snow on Illiniza Norte. | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 6:01 pm | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2008 | |
| My Canadian friends, Alan, Marie Michéle, Marie Héléne, and I along with Romy (Austria) started climbing at 6:15 am after spending the night in the refuge. The scrambling to the top started by the ridge above the normal route. We reached the first summit (Pico Villavicencio) pretty fast and then continued on by the normal route which featured a few sections of hard snow as we gained altitude. Got to the top (5,126 m/16,818 ft) after 1 hour and 45 minutes of scrambling. It was great being up there with my three French Canadian friends, two germans and Jacobo (ecuadorian mountain guide). | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 5:59 pm | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2007 | |
| Climbed it with Heloise and Mathilde (FRA) right after climbing Illiniza Sur the very same day. Two peaks in one day! The scrambling to the summit was easy even though there was soft snow on the last steps near the summit. Illiniza Norte. 5,126 m. (16,818 ft). | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 5:57 pm | ||
| HIGH EXPEDITIONS | Route Climbed: Normal Route. Date Climbed: Jan 7, 2001 | |
| Can't remember how many times I've been on its summit but this is one of them. Climbed it with Markus (Austria) and Bart (Holland). Easy hike and scrambling to the summit. Perfect day and views of the other mountains and volcanoes. Illiniza Norte. 5,126 m. (16,818 ft). | |
| Posted Oct 23, 2009 5:55 pm | ||
| Groundswell | 3 Adidas | |
| first real mountain on our 6 week trip. climbed with jon and hans in our adidas shoes. Gorge of death is better done in fog so you dont see how far you can fall. no issues | |
| Posted Mar 18, 2009 4:54 pm | ||
| big_g | some icy variation... Date Climbed: May 30, 2004 | |
| This was the first my first trip and I never guessed I'd be returning to it over and over as a mountain guide. With snow, ice, and limited visibility this ascent was harder than it needed to be. There is a 3rd class winding up to the summit but we certainly didn't find it on this trip. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2006 1:58 am | ||
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Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)
