shanahan96 wrote:was there a fee for gear storage while climbing izta? also, do you have an e-mail address or some way that i can get in touch with someone about a reservation?

jamie

The San Carlos shouldn`t charge to look after your gear.

They don`t normally take reservations - we`ve tried in the past, but then normally you wouldn`t need one.

However, 15 of us are there this weekend so we needed to phone them, some of us will be in their "sister hotel" a couple of blocks away. I`ll let you all know what this is like.

AFAIK they don`t have email - I could try and dig the phone no. out if you want it.

weeds19 wrote: I would recommend taking crampons and an ice axe. With good conditions on the mountain you may not need them and can probably get away with lighter shoes and Yak tracks, but then again conditions are not always good.

An excellent point. The Yak trax are probably the wrong thing to do and a bad idea. If I was going back, I would probably haul my crampons and axe. Really, it is not that much weight, but could come in handy. We had pretty dry conditions, but a bit of snow could make that a whole different climb.

As for the San Carlo, we had no reservation, and there was no charge for the closet storage. There were only two other parties there when we were there.

Again, thanks for the helpful info! (I will be with shanahan96 on the trip)

Stuart B, we'd love to hear about your experience there & the rest of your trip when you return! We're heading there the last week in March. Good luck & have fun!

We're planning on taking axes, crampons, the whole shebang just in case.

-Jamie