Nevado Pisco 5752m Mountain Climb

  • 3 Days Climb
  • Fully Supported
  • Private Climbs Only
Pisco Mountain Climb

The guide in charge of your climb will be one of our local experienced & professional IFMGA Licensed Mountain Guides.

Pisco Mountain considered as the balcony of the Cordillera Blanca Mountain Range is an achievable climb for anyone who has some climbing experience. 

If you have completed a multiday trek and have few days left and feeling strong, fit and well acclimatized to the altitude and will be able to carry a backpack with your personal and climbing gear on steep terrain over rocky and uneven ground then this is the climbing experience for you.

Trip Highlights

  • Climb with a Professional IFMGA Licensed Mountain Guide
  • Unique Climbing Experience
  • Challenge to the altitude
  • Panoramic Mountain Views

SEASON

May to September

Climbing Details

Grade: 1/A
Length: 3 Days
Route: SW Ridge
Maximum altitude: 5752m
Price: 1 person: USD1165
2 people: USD615
3 people: USD490
Pickup and Drop-off: We will collect and return you to any hotel located within Huaraz City.
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CLIMBING ITINERARY

Lets Go! Vamos!

You are picked up at your accommodation and begin the journey with a spectacular scenic drive along the Callejon de Huaylas Valley and then into the Huascaran National Park, past the turquoise Llanganuco Lakes to Cebollapampa 3900m (2½ hours drive). Here our gear is loaded onto the donkeys and we climb on a good path for 3 hours to Pisco Base Camp 4700m (Pisco Mountain Hut).

pisco base camp trek

Summit Day. We leave very early. The ground is uneven and rocky, and the hike commences with a steep but short hike up to the top of the moraine wall and then a short but tricky descent down the other side. The rest of the way is a mixture of good path with some demanding climbing over moraine rocks and loose ground until we reach the glacier where we put on crampons and rope up (3 hours hike).  Most of the way is not very steep or technically difficult although the altitude does make it a challenge. Depending on the season, there can be some short steep sections or hard ice or possibly a crevasse to navigate around. We try to arrive on the summit to see the sunrise. About 5 hours to the broad summit where there is plenty of room to walk around, appreciate the amazing surrounding mountains and take photos.

Nevado Pisco Climbing

From the summit we enjoy panoramic views of the highest mountains in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca Range,  Huascarán (6768m) highest tropical mountain in the world, Chopicalqui (6354m), Huandoy (6160m), Pirámide (5885m), Artesonraju (6025m). We descend the same route back to Base Camp. 12 hours activity.

Pisco Climbing

Walk down to Cebollapampa for 1½ hours or we make a traverse a long a good but rocky path before we climb up to a view point at 5100m. From there we descend to Lake 69 and then we take Demanda Valley down to Cebollapampa where our vehicle is waiting for us to take us back to Huaraz. 6 hours walk.

What to bring

*Duffel bag or backpack – to carry your main gear on donkeys
*Layers of warm fleece or polypro clothing
*Sleeping bag
*Warm hat
*Sunhat or cap
*Day backpack (40Lt)
*Mountaineering Sunglasses (UV)
*Sunscreen
*1 pair of Goretex gloves with 1 pair woollen inside gloves
*Socks – 2 pair for climbing in
*Snow Gaiters
*Down jacket (recommended)
*Rain proof jacket
*Rain proof overtrousers
*Thermal long johns
*Personal First aid kit
*Small bottle of hand disinfectant recommended
*Water bottle
*Head lamp + spare batteries

Technical Gear
*Helmet
*Walking axe
*Harness
*Leather climbing boots
*Crampons plus snow anti blocks

Trip Highlights

  • Climb with a Professional IFMGA Licensed Mountain Guide
  • Unique Climbing Experience
  • Challenge to the altitude
  • Panoramic Mountain Views

SEASON

May to September 

TRIP REVIEWS

We really enjoyed climbing with Rodolfo. He was an excellent guide. We had an amazing trip and can’t wait to get back there!!. James, USA

Rodolfo’s guiding service was truly great with the first rule being that of safety which is what it should be. Christopher, USA

I had an amazing trip! A once in a lifetime experience, and memories I will cherish forever … the entire experience from booking to climbing was exceptional, I couldn’t expect higher standards. Adam, USA

I had a really great time in Peru! Thank you again for being a great guide. Illiana, USA

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