Andes mountain climbing
Ojos del Salado
The price of the MCS AlexClimb mountain program "Climbing Ojos del Salado 2023":
2200 Euro* - standart group 5-12 participants
3500 Euro* - mini-group 3-4 participants
On request* - private program for 1-2 participants
*Price per person
You have to be ready for:
- Two weeks of camping life in the field conditions;
- Carrying a 10-12 kg backpack;
- Air temperature can be down to -20°C on the altitude higher than 5000 m;
Conditions: minimum group 4 participants, the Brief AlexClimb course of mountain technique is recommended.
The price includes: Professional mountain guide services, local registering and climbing permits, cook services, rent of the communal equipment (navigation equipment, cooking gear), hotel and camping accommodation, transfers from the point of the beginning of the program to its end (Catamarca), using the communal basic medical kit, food for outdoor part of the program.
The price does not include: Argentina visa charges*, International and domestic flight expenses to and from the point of the beginning of the program (Catamarca), obligatory climbing insurance, rent of the personal equipment, food and drinks while being in cities, using the satellite phone.
Group capacity: 12
Guides: 2
*Most European citizens do not need visa for entering Argentina, check that in the Argentian consulate in your home country.
Detailed conditions and limitations on the program "Andes. Argentina. Climbing Catamarca" can be read in the Offer section
Program Schedule
The AlexClimb South America Argentina climbing schedule (Climbing Ojos del Salado 2023)
Guided ascent of Ojos del Salado (6893 m)
Altitude mountain climbing, basic level
Day 1 - Flight from Buenos Aires to Catamarca, processing the documents, transfer and overnight at the hotel ***
Day 2 - Transfer by car to Fiambala, overnight in a hotel (B & B)
Day 3 - Transfer (130 km) and overnight in tents at the campsite by the Hunter River
Day 4 - Walking to the Aguas Calientes camp site, the load transportation by donkeys. Overnight in the tents
Day 5 - Walking to the camp site Plaza de Vicunias 5050 m, overnight in the tents
Day 6 - Walking to the Arenales Base camp 5250 m, overnight in tents
Day 7 - The day of rest, acclimatization, overnight in the tents
Day 8 - Walking to the high camp 1, 5800 m, overnight in tents
Day 9 - Climbing to the summit of Ojos del Salado 6864 m, descent to high camp 1, overnight in the tents
Day 10 - Walking to the camp Arenales 5250 m, overnight in the tents
Day 11 - Walking to camp Aguas Calientes, overnight in the tents
Day 12 - Descent to the camp Quemaditos, overnight in the tents
Day 13 - Extra day
Day 14 - Transfer to Fiambala, overnight in hotel
Day 15 - Transfer to Catamarca, overnight in hotel
Day 16 - departure to Buenos Aires, overnight in hotel ***
Prices and conditions
The price of the MCS AlexClimb mountain program "Climbing Ojos del Salado 2023":
2200 Euro* - standart group 5-12 participants
3500 Euro* - mini-group 3-4 participants
On request* - private program for 1-2 participants
*Price per person
You have to be ready for:
- Two weeks of camping life in the field conditions;
- Carrying a 10-12 kg backpack;
- Air temperature can be down to -20°C on the altitude higher than 5000 m;
Conditions: minimum group 4 participants, the Brief AlexClimb course of mountain technique is recommended.
The price includes: Professional mountain guide services, local registering and climbing permits, cook services, rent of the communal equipment (navigation equipment, cooking gear), hotel and camping accommodation, transfers from the point of the beginning of the program to its end (Catamarca), using the communal basic medical kit, food for outdoor part of the program.
The price does not include: Argentina visa charges*, International and domestic flight expenses to and from the point of the beginning of the program (Catamarca), obligatory climbing insurance, rent of the personal equipment, food and drinks while being in cities, using the satellite phone.
Group capacity: 12
Guides: 2
*Most European citizens do not need visa for entering Argentina, check that in the Argentian consulate in your home country.
Detailed conditions and limitations on the program "Andes. Argentina. Climbing Catamarca" can be read in the Offer section
Our Principles
AlexClimb Rule #1 - Safety First
From the very beginning of our activity, here nearly 16 years, the first Principle of work of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb is the Safety Priority. On the basis of this Principle all process of training is based, all programs and rounds are developed and carried out only within this main principle. We consider that at professional approach to development of programs, at personal discipline and correctly put motivation - occupations by mountaineering and rock-climbing are COMPLETELY safe. And from the return - all troubles and accidents in our sport come from nonprofessionalism, from ignorance or neglect by elementary standards of safety, from irrational motivation, from revaluation of own forces and opportunities. All these prerequisites we COMPLETELY EXCLUDE in our work - ours Rock-climbing, Ice climbing and Mountaineering are based on one Principle - the Safety Priority. In rock-climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing, the Priority of Safety of MCS AlexClimb-is your personal security and comfort irrespective of, than we are engaged - we train muscles and we work technology of the movement in the sports hall and on the rock climbing wall, we make the way through snowstorm to top or we relax on golden sand of the Caribbean beach after hot day of trainings on rocks. The Safety priority - the main credo of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb.
AlexClimb Rule #2 - Leave No Trace
Closely interacting with Nature, working with the active programs in mountains, woods, lakes and rivers, we perfectly understand the importance of carefull and respectfull bahavior towards the Nature, for its resources. From the very beginning of our outdoor-activity we adopted rules of Leave No Trace technique - the standard of behavior of the person accepted in all the civilized world in relation to environment and especially - to the wild nature. After all on the relation of people to the nature near which they exist, itself can draw dalekoidushchy conclusions on the relation of these people to... Where and as we didn't travel - we don't reserve any garbage, we try to reduce whenever possible our influence on environment to a minimum. We clear earlier zagryazyonny tourist parking of the left garbage, we take out and we take out to utilization places that to us other people left there. We consider that only thus, at personal individual consciousness of each citizen, each tourist, climber or autotraveller, we will be able to keep the nature surrounding us in its state, natural, suitable for life, - in it pledge of the healthy future for ourselves and our children.
