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Cerro Tronador (3,554m /
11,657ft)
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Northern
Patagonia - Argentina
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| January 12-24, 2008 | ||||||||||||
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 Cerro
Tronador is a beautifully symmetrical peak on the border of Chile
and Argentina in the Northern Patagonia region of South America. Despite
it's relatively low elevation the mountain towers over the surrounding
peaks by nearly 5,000 ft. Because of its low elevation we have few
of the high-altitude related problems involved with climbing higher
peaks. |
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| Cerro Tronador offers stunning views of Nahuel Huapi National Park, relaxed hiking with horse support, moderate technical climbing and a less crowded mountain experience. It's location is at 41.08° S, 71.51° W. | ||||||||||||
| Tronador's name comes from the Spanish word for "thunder," due to the noise made by the movement of the glaciers. The mountain features huge glaciers, and problematic crevasses, on the scale of the Emmons glacier on Mt. Rainier. You should be prepared for a 4,000 ft. summit day with grade I or II ice climbing. | ||||||||||||
| Included in the trip, if conditions allow, are two days of skills practice for glacier travel and camping as well as ice and steep snow climbing. | ||||||||||||
| We fly into San Carlos Bariloche, a Bavarian style village in the heart of the mountains on the shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi. We spend the first night in this fine village and the next morning take a wild bus ride to Pampa Linda, the trailhead. A "pampa" is a park or lush area. From here, we hike to a small refuge located at treeline and at the base of the glacier. | ||||||||||||
| If the weather permits we will make a 1:00 am start, (to take advantage of the frozen snowbridges), summit, and return to the refuge. We then descend Pampa Linda and take the bus back to Bariloche. | ||||||||||||
| After a night on the town we fly out the next day, or if we haven't used up our storm day, we may be forced to wait for our flight at the beach on Lake Nahuel Haupi. | ||||||||||||
| Departure time is closer than you think. Our dates this year are January 7-18, 2007. As of early September we have at least three climbers strongly interested so we hope this trip will run as scheduled. We are looking for a couple more climbers to join the team. If you are interested in joining us, you should fill out the attached application form and medical release form, and send it in with your deposit to ensure your place on our team. |  |
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| Right now is a good time to be looking into airline tickets. You can get them yourself or we can book them for you. Call us for information regarding connections. | ||||||||||||
| Make sure your passport is current and won't expire while you're down there. We need your passport number and blood type. We like to carry this information with us because we are constantly filling out government forms that ask for this information. We also would like a climbing resume describing your experience so that we can get an idea of your ability level. We may ask that you do a training day with one of our guides prior to the trip. Most folks express a need to brush up on their glacier travel and crevasse rescue skills When we get closer to our departure date we will have a group meeting for those who live close enough to make it. | ||||||||||||
| Land Cost |
$2,200
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