Vilcabamba/Urubamba/Vilancota Ranges - Peru
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:23 am
Hello,
Our group is working to put together a trip to one of the eastern Andean ranges similar to a couple of trips we've done in the past. A few years ago we made the hike from Pelechuco to Curva along the east side of Bolivia's Apolobamba and climbed Nevados Sunchulli, Posnansky and Cavayani along the way. http://www.climbingwithbob.com/bolivia2006/bolivia20061.html This year we climbed in Argentina's Ramada Range and summitted Cerro Ramada.http://www.climbingwithbob.com/argentina2010/argentinaintro.html. We try to get a bit off the beaten path and score a couple of peaks in the PD or AD range, see some less travelled ground and spend about two weeks doing it. Not the toughest trips, but off the beaten path and I think they generally make for a decent read as we try to put up a decent trip report so that we pay forward the folks who help out with info.
This year we are trying to gather some info on the Vilcabamba, Urubamba, and Vilancota ranges in the vicinity of Cuzco. We'd like to pick one of those areas and take about two weeks to climb two peaks, weather and bodies willing. Would anyone have a lead on a trip report or other climb narrative for 5500 to 6000 meter peaks in these ranges or personal experience they would be willing to share? We've batted around the idea of a standard route climb on Salcantay, anyone been there and done that? Of course, I acknowledge the SP section on the Vilcabamba range by Danschenk with high marks and John Biggar's excellent guide, but we need to take the next step, do some back and forth as to routes and ideas and put the pieces together.
For those who have lent a hand in the past or to whom I've forwarded info on some of our Andean trips as well as those who may need info in the future, same open door as always when it comes to paying forward the favor of information given us in the past as to lesser traveled areas. I'll share what I have in the interest of others enjoying some of the areas we have been to in the past. And of course a link to a quality trip report will follow after the trip is over.
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to pass on a bit of info.
Wyoming Bob
Our group is working to put together a trip to one of the eastern Andean ranges similar to a couple of trips we've done in the past. A few years ago we made the hike from Pelechuco to Curva along the east side of Bolivia's Apolobamba and climbed Nevados Sunchulli, Posnansky and Cavayani along the way. http://www.climbingwithbob.com/bolivia2006/bolivia20061.html This year we climbed in Argentina's Ramada Range and summitted Cerro Ramada.http://www.climbingwithbob.com/argentina2010/argentinaintro.html. We try to get a bit off the beaten path and score a couple of peaks in the PD or AD range, see some less travelled ground and spend about two weeks doing it. Not the toughest trips, but off the beaten path and I think they generally make for a decent read as we try to put up a decent trip report so that we pay forward the folks who help out with info.
This year we are trying to gather some info on the Vilcabamba, Urubamba, and Vilancota ranges in the vicinity of Cuzco. We'd like to pick one of those areas and take about two weeks to climb two peaks, weather and bodies willing. Would anyone have a lead on a trip report or other climb narrative for 5500 to 6000 meter peaks in these ranges or personal experience they would be willing to share? We've batted around the idea of a standard route climb on Salcantay, anyone been there and done that? Of course, I acknowledge the SP section on the Vilcabamba range by Danschenk with high marks and John Biggar's excellent guide, but we need to take the next step, do some back and forth as to routes and ideas and put the pieces together.
For those who have lent a hand in the past or to whom I've forwarded info on some of our Andean trips as well as those who may need info in the future, same open door as always when it comes to paying forward the favor of information given us in the past as to lesser traveled areas. I'll share what I have in the interest of others enjoying some of the areas we have been to in the past. And of course a link to a quality trip report will follow after the trip is over.
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to pass on a bit of info.
Wyoming Bob