Hello climbers, mountaineers and all the mountain-lovers
Earlier this year me and a friend purchased error-fare flight tickets to Peru. Cheap as they were, we could not choose the dates too well and we ended up flying mid-November and returning mid-December.
Our only plan for Peru so far is to be in the mountains. We have fresh experience from 4000+ m peaks in the Alps up to the difficulty AD+/D-, also we trekked to around 5500m in Nepal few years ago.
For a long time we have been attracted by Cordillera Blanca. Does anyone here have experience with climbing the mountains there in spring? After reading various threads of this forum and general information found online I almost came to the conclusion it will not be possible to summit anything there at this time of the year. Or will it?
We are not necessarily focused on peaks over 6000 meters. Also, we would prefer to go without the guide. Is this recommendable or even possible? You think someone would possibly go up there, other than us, so that there would be paths?
If the answers are no, no and no again, is it then worth going there at all? To do Alpamayo trek at least? Or the weather and conditions are bad even for trekking? Would the situation be somehow better for ascends and trekking in Cordillera Huayhuash?
I was thinking, as we have only one month, maybe in this time of the year it would be wiser to not go to the north of Lima at all, head directly south and spend the precious time in the mountains around Arequipa, or even better, cross to Bolivia for the Cordillera Real area. What do you think about that?
I would be very thankful for any opinions, tips, advice, experience... Really anything that might narrow down my further research would be much appreciated
Thank you so much.