Summit in the Ramada Range, San Juan

Discover the beautiful, wild and unexplored Ramada Range, in the Central Andes, in this 12-day trip with Gabriel, certified mountain guide.

12 Days

Jan - Mar, Nov, Dec

High

Intermediate

Description

Ramada Range is one of the most beautiful and unexplored places in the Central Andes, in San Juan Province, Argentina. In fact, there is a lot of wild fauna to see and challenging river crossings!

It has 5 peaks over 6000 m: Pico Polaco (6000m), La Mesa (6200m), Alma Negra (6120m), Ramada (6380m) and Mercedario (6720m).

This 12-day program aims to take you to the summit of one of these peaks. We can adapt the journey, and decide which one to aim at according to your preferences. Of course it will also be adjusted to your fitness level and the weather conditions.

We have two different valleys from where we can approach the range. The first one is following the Colorado River valley to arrive to Base Camp, from where we can choose from easy routes to hard ice climbing routes to climb most of the peaks of the range, like Ramada, Alma Negra, La Mesa, Pico Polaco, and Mercedario South Face. The other option is to access through the Laguna Blanca Valley, from where we can climb Mercedario’s normal route.

Do you want to climb in the Ramada Range? Then please contact me! Another great trip that I offer in San Juan is this Expedition to Cerro Mercedario.

Price includes

Accommodation included
Guiding fee
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Transportation start and back
Porters

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival

Arrival to San Juan and have a Welcome dinner. Night in Barreal Town (Posada San Eduardo)

Day 2: Santana

Transfer from San Juan to Santana and walking to Camp 1.
Walking time: 6 hs

Day 3: Move to Base camp

Walking time: 6hs.

Day 4: Acclimatization day

Hiking in the surroundings up to Salto Frío Waterfall.

Day 5: Carry up to Camp 1 and go back to Base Camp.

Day 6: Move to Camp 1.

Day 7: Carry up to Camp 2 and go back to Camp 1.

Day 8: Move to Camp 2

Day 9: Summit Day

To one of the main summit on Ramada Range.

Day 10: Return from Camp 2 to Base Camp

Day 11: Extra day for bad weather

Day 12: Return from Base Camp to Santana and back in 4WD to San Juan City

Details

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The North Face Tents (V25) are provided. Sleeping bags are not provided.

Meeting point

In San Juan City.

About the guide

Gabriel

5.0

(1)

Mountain Leader

I am an EPGAMT guide from San Juan, Argentina.

I am a fanatic of high mountains ice climbing and trad and sport rock climbing, and I know the Argentinean Andes because I've been climbing and guiding since 2001.

I worked mostly in the Central Andes (Aconcagua, Mercedario, all the summits in Ramada Range and Ansilta Range, Vallecitos Range), but also know and work in the Argentinean North West Atacama Region (Pissis, Bonete Chico, Llullaillaco, Antofalla, Nevado de Cachi etc), and in Patagonia, where I climbed the main needles and mountains, such as Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy Massif (including some new routes also in the main summits in the area).

I am a lover of technical ascent, rocky or icy, with a lot of experience guiding and climbing, so you can decide whatever mountain and route you would like to climb, from easy walking treks, rapps, and rockclimbing tours around San Juan City (where I live), to Ice climbing and rock climbing routes in all the Argentinean Andean including winter ascent to the highest Argentinean Mountains!!!

I have also climbed around Spain, Marruecos, Peru, Bolivia, Brasil and Chile.

Languages

English

Certificates

EPGAMT

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