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Mountaineering in Patagonia

Mountaineering ascent to the Domuyo volcano which is located at the Patagonia Northwest, Argentina on the De los Vientos mountain ridge. With 4709 meters above sea level is the highest mountain of this Patagonian region.
Season: December - April
Scheduled dates: 9th to 15th of January 2009
            13th to 20th February 2009 / 22nd to 29th March 2009
Duration: 6 - 7 days
Difficulty: High

Itinerary:
Day 1:
Arrival at Neuquen, SENZA LIMITI representative will meet you at the airport or bus station and take you to the hotel. Dinner with the entire group and mountain guides. Short welcome meeting by the tour leader and equipment check


Day 2:
Drive with exclusive van from Neuquen to Puesto Covunco. We start to hike toward the Covunco stream valley. We trek through rocky terrain. We cross the river through big rocks keeping on the river left bank. Slowly we ascend with no abrupt slopes, where the valley turns left. The landscape gets desert and our mountain, the Domuyo volcano, begins to show. Every once in a while we cross smaller creeks that allow us to take a breath and drink some fresh water. At the end of the valley there is a series of small lagoons, the last lagoon has a beautiful, very intense turquoise color, at that spot we set our base camp at 3100 meters height above sea level. Dinner and lodging in high mountain tents.


Day 3:
After a hearty breakfast we set our backpacks and begin our ascent through rocky terrain, in some parts with loose pebble rocks, up to Camp 2 at 3800 meters height above sea level. We start to feel the height influence and there it may be windy. It is very important to have a proper hydration to improve our acclimatization process to the height. We have an early dinner, we go early to sleep so we are well fit to try the summit the following day. Lodging in high mountain tent.


Day 4:
This day we try to ascent to the summit. Depending on weather conditions, we start an easy ascent trekking through some snow and or ice patches. The slope gets steeper somewhere in the middle of this section. While we approach the summit we will see the Cross at the top, from there it is just a few more steps to reach the "roof of northern Patagonia". From here we get a wide panoramic view. We have lunch at the summit and then we descent to camp 1, we descent slowly and pack the tents to get then in the afternoon to base camp. There we get a great meal and stay for the night to rest and get fit again for the following day. Lodging in tents.


Day 5:
Early in the morning we set up all our equipment and go back to Puesto Covunco. From there we drive for several kilometers and stop at a hot springs site for a relaxing bath in this magical setting. Then we drive to Neuquen, arriving at night to the Hotel.


Day 6 and 7:
End of our services. Day 7 is reserved for the ascent in case
of bad weather conditions.


Included: Mountain guide (ratio 1:6 max), private shuttle services, all the meals during the program (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner) energy supplements and snacks, hot beverages, non alcoholic beverages. Group equipment (tents, cooking ware) mountain hut or other lodging according to the program, technical equipment, if needed (crampons, ski poles, piolets, etc), first aid kit, communications equipment and mobile phone, insurance (not medical insurance) welcome and farewell dinner

Not Included: airplane tickets or other transfer services not included in the program, alcoholic beverages, personal gear, everything not mentioned as INCLUDED

Personal equipment:
Contact us about required and recommended equipment list.

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