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| Page Type: Route Location: Cordillera Blanca/Chinchey Massif, Peru, South America Route Type: snow and ice Time Required: Most of a day Difficulty: d+, td-
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| Page By: davidbruder Created/Edited: Sep 12, 2004 / Sep 12, 2004 Object ID: 162138 Hits: 755 Loading... Page Score: 0% - 0 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
Approach
approach on isinca-bc trail. 0.5h before bc (or 3h from pashpa) hike up valley on right side, waterfall visible high up. hike up 1.5h to first swamp, than morain to the left (waterfall) to reach campground (4900m), 1h.
hike up morain to the left of small river and some lakes to reach base of n-ridge, 3h. scrambel up and right to gain flat glaciar basin. traverse right to base of face,1h
Route Description
an obvious ice ridge comes down from summit. cross schrund on obvious bridge to gain slope right of ice ridge. climb snow slop of 45-55 degree,100m. then follow icy runnel for 250m to summit cornice (55-65 degree). climb this on snow and rotten ice right of summit, 30m (up to 90 degree, some digging...).
rappel route on v-threads and pickets
Essential Gear
5 screws, 2 pikets
Miscellaneous Info
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