How technical is Illimani?
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:52 pm
I am probably heading down to Bolivia this June and plan to do some peaks when I am there visiting my sister-in-law who lives in La Paz. She is a relative newbie by mountaineering standards (climbed Huayna Potosi and that is about it to my knowledge), however I have climbed pretty extensively in CA and completed technical routes on a number of 13k-14k peaks. I am competent leading rock, ice, and spending days on the mountain climbing in the winter. With that being said, she wants to climb Illimani when I am there and I just wanted to get some feedback on the technicality of the peak via the standard route as I would prefer not using a guide. It is my understanding that the two technical aspects are 50 degree snow and some glaciated terrain that sounds like it is relatively straight-forward to navigate. Is that an accurate assessment? What have been your experiences for those of you that have done Illimani?