andret - Aug 13, 2011 7:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2011
French Direct
Excellent climb. Great snow, ice the whole way. About 65 degrees max. Descent took less than 2 hours.
Alberto Rampini - May 13, 2011 9:35 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 1998
Ferrari Route
A magnificent line on South West Face. The route is also named Via dei Ragni - Spiders' Route - the famous Club in Lecco.
Gido - Jul 14, 2010 1:22 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2010
French Direct
Same for me ;-) Fantastic climb !
Impressed by the collapsed mushroom above the Ferrari route.
LC - Jun 25, 2010 10:34 am Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2010
French Direct
Lots of bruises from falling ice. Weather was really bad as well, but we had a small window of opportunity which we took and was able to summit. A long hard day.
maledia - Aug 22, 2009 2:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007
French Direct
Awesome but a busy route!
patascent - Aug 2, 2009 1:35 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2009
French Direct
Fantastic climb. Climbed with Adrian Ballinger (Alpenglow Expeditions) and Brian DeCamp of Boulder, Co.
ChrisHunley - Mar 27, 2009 5:11 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008
French Direct
Beautiful mountain that I didn't get a glimpse of until after the climb (remianed hidden in the clouds for the majority of my time at Col Camp). 10 climbers summitted that day.
I have been this summer (july-august) in Peru. Alpamayo was on my to-do list, but I had an unpleasant surprise. The Ferrari route was closed and it seems that will stay closed for some time. It has a big snow mushroom on top and avalanches are frecquent. The French Direct was to hard for me, so I have to settle for Quitaraju.
Climbed via the French Direct with Chris Johnson. Two snow pitches followed
by 5 ice. The descent was easy because all of the V-threads were already in place.
A stunning mountain.
KevinCraig - May 21, 2008 1:07 am Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2006
French Direct
Climbed with Doug Shepherd on a multi-objective expedition organized by Dave Cooper (thanks Dave!). A couple of simul-climbing pitches up knee-deep snow above the 'schrund then about 7 pitches of brilliant ice to just below the summit. Last half pitch steepened to 80+ degrees on crappy snow with poor tool purchase - probably harder than the whole rest of the route. Traversed over to the top of the Ferrari (*scary* knife edge ridge) and rapped from in-situ 3 picket anchor on the summit ridge and v-threads from there on.
Climbed with T. Haines. First 2.5 pitches after bergshrund were good snow then it turned into ice at flutings. First pitch of ice was short and about 75* at most and not very great ice, but not bad. Seven pitches on ice total. Last six pitches had amazing, very plastic ice. Last pitch had a short section of 80*-85* ice for 20´ then the second half of the pitch was steep snow that tools didn´t really hold on, but a little balance gets you to the top. Amazing mountain. Amazing route. Ferrari was closed due to a huge cornice on the summit ridge. Pictures and TR will be added soon.
alexclimb - Jul 18, 2007 2:01 pm Date Climbed: May 28, 2007
Route Climbed: Ferrari
Climbed almost to the snow mushroom and found the passage to the summit ridge closed.. Upper part of the route was not in very good condition for belaying.
left early for another try. first try on day before there were climbers above us and felt this to be unsafe. glad we backed off...a guy broke his shoulder from falling ice from a team above him. The team that dislodged the ice actually aborted their chance for the summit in order to help the team of the injured climber to get him down before dark.
Connie Martinez and I summited in June of 2000, during an 11 day mini-expedition in to Alpamayo. We hired an arriero at Cashapampa with 2 mules, and took 2 days to hike in to basecamp at about 14,000 feet. Then we did a carry up to 16,000 on day 4, then moved up on day 5. Day 6 we got on the snow and carried everything up to the high camp at 17,800. That was a pretty difficult 8 hours or so. I remember the terrain was in some cases steeper than anything we encountered on the actual route to the summit. Day 7 we rested, and then the next day we summitted behind a party of 3 Spaniards who were knocking a little ice down on us all day (and one of them lost a headlamp, which must have hit us on it's way down). The route itself was no problem, about 6 pitches of easy ice from the bergshrund (which was a little tricky to cross) to the top. We didn't place much pro at all, just clipped fixed gear. The day after, we took another rest day, then went all the way down to basecamp. On Day 11 our arriero showed up and we went back to Cashapampa and Huaraz. Beautiful mountain...
Tom Fralich - Aug 2, 2006 6:25 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
Basque-French
Summited with Adam Jones (SP member flatnose) in a total white-out after waiting for 4 days at Col Camp for a partial clearing in the weather. The route was almost entirely water ice, which we climbed in 6 pitches. We then continued along the ridge to the true summit. The hardest part was getting to the face, breaking trail through all the deep snow that accumulated while we waited in Col Camp. Definitely a great climb on a great mountain, even with no views from the summit.
The crowds were not part of Alpamayo at that time yet. I climbed it with a guy that I met in Huaraz.
tetontom - Apr 19, 2006 2:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 1998
Ferrari
Still to this day my favorite alpine-ice route! We were lucky to climb on a day with NO other parties on the route. Could be quite hazardous with groups above. Quick descent, all on fixed abseil points. I'd like to give the N Ridge a try someday.
snocat - Apr 14, 2006 4:46 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 1998
Route Climbed: Hispano-Chilena Date Climbed: July 1998
First ascent of this route that goes by the right hand gully of the french one. 16 hours, camp to camp. Dificulty 80º, m4. Descent by the italian Route.
andret - Aug 13, 2011 7:23 pm Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2011
French DirectExcellent climb. Great snow, ice the whole way. About 65 degrees max. Descent took less than 2 hours.
Alberto Rampini - May 13, 2011 9:35 am Date Climbed: Aug 13, 1998
Ferrari RouteA magnificent line on South West Face. The route is also named Via dei Ragni - Spiders' Route - the famous Club in Lecco.
Gido - Jul 14, 2010 1:22 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2010
French DirectSame for me ;-) Fantastic climb !
Impressed by the collapsed mushroom above the Ferrari route.
LC - Jun 25, 2010 10:34 am Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2010
French DirectLots of bruises from falling ice. Weather was really bad as well, but we had a small window of opportunity which we took and was able to summit. A long hard day.
maledia - Aug 22, 2009 2:12 pm Date Climbed: Aug 8, 2007
French DirectAwesome but a busy route!
patascent - Aug 2, 2009 1:35 am Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2009
French DirectFantastic climb. Climbed with Adrian Ballinger (Alpenglow Expeditions) and Brian DeCamp of Boulder, Co.
ChrisHunley - Mar 27, 2009 5:11 pm Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008
French DirectBeautiful mountain that I didn't get a glimpse of until after the climb (remianed hidden in the clouds for the majority of my time at Col Camp). 10 climbers summitted that day.
corina - Sep 4, 2008 12:59 pm Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2008
Ferrari routeI have been this summer (july-august) in Peru. Alpamayo was on my to-do list, but I had an unpleasant surprise. The Ferrari route was closed and it seems that will stay closed for some time. It has a big snow mushroom on top and avalanches are frecquent. The French Direct was to hard for me, so I have to settle for Quitaraju.
Brad Mastros - Jul 23, 2008 1:29 pm Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2008
French DirectClimbed via the French Direct with Chris Johnson. Two snow pitches followed
by 5 ice. The descent was easy because all of the V-threads were already in place.
A stunning mountain.
KevinCraig - May 21, 2008 1:07 am Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2006
French DirectClimbed with Doug Shepherd on a multi-objective expedition organized by Dave Cooper (thanks Dave!). A couple of simul-climbing pitches up knee-deep snow above the 'schrund then about 7 pitches of brilliant ice to just below the summit. Last half pitch steepened to 80+ degrees on crappy snow with poor tool purchase - probably harder than the whole rest of the route. Traversed over to the top of the Ferrari (*scary* knife edge ridge) and rapped from in-situ 3 picket anchor on the summit ridge and v-threads from there on.
mtnman455 - Jul 30, 2007 5:08 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2007
Via French DirectClimbed with T. Haines. First 2.5 pitches after bergshrund were good snow then it turned into ice at flutings. First pitch of ice was short and about 75* at most and not very great ice, but not bad. Seven pitches on ice total. Last six pitches had amazing, very plastic ice. Last pitch had a short section of 80*-85* ice for 20´ then the second half of the pitch was steep snow that tools didn´t really hold on, but a little balance gets you to the top. Amazing mountain. Amazing route. Ferrari was closed due to a huge cornice on the summit ridge. Pictures and TR will be added soon.
alexclimb - Jul 18, 2007 2:01 pm Date Climbed: May 28, 2007
Route Climbed: FerrariClimbed almost to the snow mushroom and found the passage to the summit ridge closed.. Upper part of the route was not in very good condition for belaying.
ripper333 - Jun 16, 2007 1:20 am
french direct.. 2 day trek to base camp.. next day to high camp.. up around 3am ...incredible route .. weather was crap... thanks edgar
highice - Jan 30, 2007 8:51 pm
ferrarileft early for another try. first try on day before there were climbers above us and felt this to be unsafe. glad we backed off...a guy broke his shoulder from falling ice from a team above him. The team that dislodged the ice actually aborted their chance for the summit in order to help the team of the injured climber to get him down before dark.
chrisferro - Jan 8, 2007 7:24 pm
Ferrari Route, 2000Connie Martinez and I summited in June of 2000, during an 11 day mini-expedition in to Alpamayo. We hired an arriero at Cashapampa with 2 mules, and took 2 days to hike in to basecamp at about 14,000 feet. Then we did a carry up to 16,000 on day 4, then moved up on day 5. Day 6 we got on the snow and carried everything up to the high camp at 17,800. That was a pretty difficult 8 hours or so. I remember the terrain was in some cases steeper than anything we encountered on the actual route to the summit. Day 7 we rested, and then the next day we summitted behind a party of 3 Spaniards who were knocking a little ice down on us all day (and one of them lost a headlamp, which must have hit us on it's way down). The route itself was no problem, about 6 pitches of easy ice from the bergshrund (which was a little tricky to cross) to the top. We didn't place much pro at all, just clipped fixed gear. The day after, we took another rest day, then went all the way down to basecamp. On Day 11 our arriero showed up and we went back to Cashapampa and Huaraz. Beautiful mountain...
Tom Fralich - Aug 2, 2006 6:25 pm Date Climbed: Jul 30, 2006
Basque-FrenchSummited with Adam Jones (SP member flatnose) in a total white-out after waiting for 4 days at Col Camp for a partial clearing in the weather. The route was almost entirely water ice, which we climbed in 6 pitches. We then continued along the ridge to the true summit. The hardest part was getting to the face, breaking trail through all the deep snow that accumulated while we waited in Col Camp. Definitely a great climb on a great mountain, even with no views from the summit.
ElCapitanKoolAid - May 22, 2006 3:58 am
Not crowdedThe crowds were not part of Alpamayo at that time yet. I climbed it with a guy that I met in Huaraz.
tetontom - Apr 19, 2006 2:49 am Date Climbed: Jul 14, 1998
FerrariStill to this day my favorite alpine-ice route! We were lucky to climb on a day with NO other parties on the route. Could be quite hazardous with groups above. Quick descent, all on fixed abseil points. I'd like to give the N Ridge a try someday.
snocat - Apr 14, 2006 4:46 pm Date Climbed: Aug 6, 1998
S/W FaceBeautiful climb!
kabernicola - Jan 25, 2006 7:08 am
Route Climbed: Hispano-Chilena Date Climbed: July 1998First ascent of this route that goes by the right hand gully of the french one. 16 hours, camp to camp. Dificulty 80º, m4. Descent by the italian Route.