Description

The Chachacomani was first mentioned in 1898 by Martin Conway who led a British expedition to Bolivia. In 1929 the first serious attempt to reach the summit would have occurred, by a French expedition led by De Lagrange. It would be almost 20 years after this attempt for the 1947 German expedition to reach its summit.
In 2010 Gregorio Mamani, Jose Mamani and Pedro Quispe explored the possibility of opening a new route along the west face, (through the Alto Cruz Pampa community) a shorter and easier access for mountaineers seeking to reach the summit of this beautiful mountain. The same year with an English expedition the summit was achieved (led by Eduardo Mamani and Pedro Quispe) it was a long work to convince the locals to open this option for any mountaineer who visits this area, since then this new route has been open and Some companies have begun to offer it as an alternative option to Huayna Potosi.

Itinerary

Day 1/ LA PAz - BASE CAMP 4.600M.

We leave at 08:30 a.m. From the hotel we will drive for two hours taking the route to Copacabana, then we will detour towards the town of Alto Cruz Pampa, where our local team of mule drivers wait with the mules to go to the base camp 4.500m..
The approach hike lasts three hours until we reach the foot of the mountain where we will set up our base camp/night in tents.

Day 2/ base camp- high camp 5.200m.

After a hearty breakfast, our team of local porters are ready to take our equipment to the high camp at 5,200m. This walk lasts 2 to 3 hours, we will arrive at the edge of the Galciar where we will set up our base camp on a rocky terrain

Day 3/ high camp - summit chachacomani - base camp

We woke up at midnight, we prepared the equipment, but first we had a coffee, then we set out on a hike on a fairly broken glacier, we will cross several crevasses before reaching the final steep slope that takes us to the summit, it usually takes 4 to 5 hours. To reach the summit, after achieving our goal, Chachacomani 6.070 m., we will return along the same route to the base camp where our porters will be ready to return to the base camp/night in tents.

Day 3/ base camp - la paz

After breakfast we will pack our equipment and begin a long walk back,  until we reach our transportation that will be ready to take us back to the city of La Paz.

It Include

Bilingual Mounatin guide (Spanish- English)

Private transport

Mountain Equipment / Helmet, Ice axe, Harness, Gaiters, Ropes, Mountaineering boots, crampons.

National park tickets

Logistics /(use of mules to base camp)(porter`s to high camp)

Food during the expedition

Camping equipment:  mountain tents, dining tents, kitchen tent, kitchen utensils

Recommendations

Please take with you:

Rucksack (35Lts)

Warm or winter clothing and waterproof clothing

All season´s sleeping bag

Headlamp, sunglasses and sunscreen