Overview
- Climb three mountains, including Ecuador’s highest peak
- A cultural and ecological discovery
- Experience high-altitude mountaineering on non-technical routes
Our qualified guides introduce you to international-standard climbing techniques through our glacier school, and you climb three splendid volcanic peaks including Ecuador’s highest, Mount Chimborazo. We begin by climbing the trekking peaks Pasochoa and Ruca Pichincha near Quito. These completed, we ascend Cayambe where we practice our climbing skills before moving onto Cotopaxi. Chimborazo is the third summit that we climb on both névé and hard glacial ice. When travelling between our mountain destinations we stay in restored haciendas, some dating back to the early 1800s, which are now world-class resort hotels. On rest days we visit the majestic and wild ecological zone of the ‘cloud forest’ and revel in the region’s amazing biological diversity.
Itinerary
| Day | |
| 1 | Arrive Quito, hotel night |
| 2 | Quito City Tour, hotel night |
| 3 | Acclimatisation hike Cerro Pasochoa, hotel night |
| 4 | Acclimatisation hike Rucu Pichincha, hacienda night |
| 5 | Travel to Cayambe, hut night |
| 6 | Skills practice Cayambe / Hermoso Glacier, hut night |
| 7 | Summit Cayambe, hacienda night |
| 8 | Travel to Cotopaxi region, hacienda or lodge night |
| 9 | Travel to Cotopaxi National Park and hike to José Ribas Hut. hut night |
| 10 | Summit Cotopaxi, lodge night |
| 11 | Travel to Chimborazo, lodge night |
| 12 | Hike to Stübel Camp, camping night |
| 13 | Chimborazo Summit, hotel night |
| 14 | Contingency Day |
| 15 | Return to Quito, hotel night |
| 16 | Depart from Quito |
