$12,995 US
December 22, 2024 - January 10, 2025
February 1, 2025 - February 20, 2025
Our Executive option is designed for climbers who want to maximize their opportunity for success without the traditional heavy pack loads, skip the grueling 18-mile hike back to the road with a helicopter exit, and enjoy more time relaxing in Mendoza.
Included are:
- 5-star accommodation in Mendoza to rest and shake off the jet lag
- Single rooming in hotels & at Puente del Inca
- Single dome tent accommodation at Base Camp
- Personal porters on move days
- Scenic helicopter flight from base camp out of the Horcones Valley back to the Park Entrance.
Aconcagua 360 Executive follows our time-tested climb schedule. Meeting in Mendoza, Argentina, we conduct thorough gear checks, safety and strategy briefings before driving to Puente del Inca to begin our trek to Plaza Argentina Base Camp. We utilize three camps to work our way into summit position before descending the opposite side of the mountain to Plaza de Mulas Base Camp where we board our helicopter to whisk back down the valley, allowing Executive climbers to arrive much earlier than normal back to our luxury hotel in Mendoza!
Built to provide adequate acclimatization time and contingency days in order to maximize the team’s chance of success, this climb is well suited to climbers with excellent fitness and some prior expedition experience.
As always, CTSS provides guidance, leadership, and expedition oversight by renowned expedition leader Mike Hamill, local guides, logistics, team gear, food, and support for a summit attempt on Aconcagua.
All prices are in US Dollars.
CTSS requires clients to buy trip insurance for all expeditions. Please see our page on trip insurance and cancellation policy for more information.
All payments once submitted are non-refundable and non-transferable. If balances are not received by specified dates, the client forfeits their place on the program and any prior fees paid.
Aconcagua Executive Team Expedition Climb Schedule: Vacas Valley and Traverse
This itinerary is only a rough estimate and will be determined by weather and acclimatization. This is adventure travel, meaning things rarely go as planned and this schedule will likely change. Climbers need to be adaptable and positive.
We always recommend climbers arrive in Mendoza one day early to avoid travel delays or issues with lost baggage. Added expenses of this extra day (e.g., hotel, food, or sightseeing) are the client’s responsibility.
Team Climb Itinerary:
- Day 1: Arrive in Mendoza
- Day 2: Gear checks, team meeting, team briefing
- Day 3: Obtain permits and transit to Puente del Inca
- Day 4: Mule-assisted day hike to first camp, Pampa de Leñas
- Day 5: Mule-assisted day hike to second camp, Casa de Piedra
- Day 6: Mule-assisted hike to Plaza Argentina Base Camp
- Day 7: Rest and acclimatization day at base camp
- Day 8: Load carry to Camp 1 and return to base camp
- Day 9: Rest in base camp
- Day 10: Move to Camp 1 with gear (porters assist)
- Day 11: Carry to Camp 2 and return to Camp 1
- Day 12: Move to Camp 2 with gear (porters assist)
- Day 13: Rest day in Camp 2
- Day 14: Move to Camp 3 (porters assist)
- Day 15: 1st potential summit day
- Day 16: Descend to Plaza de Mulas Base Camp, completing the traverse (porters assist)
- Day 17: Helicopter flight out from Plaza de Mulas, road transport back to Mendoza
- Day 18: Contingency day
- Day 19: Contingency day
- Day 20: Earliest date climbers can fly home
Our expeditions are designed to be fully inclusive, except for some services/items of a personal nature like flights, gear, insurance. Here’s a detailed list so you know what to expect
Included:
- Professional mountain guides
- Reliable, professional mule support from the best local outfitters
- One personal porter per move (each leg of the climb)
- Three nights (single occupancy) lodging in Mendoza on arrival, one night lodging at Puente del Inca (double occupancy), and one-night lodging (single occupancy) in Mendoza upon our return. *Accommodation on unused contingency days are your responsibility*
- All group transportation while on the expedition. If you depart early then the added expenses for transport, lodging, rescue, and evacuation is your own responsibility.
- Shared helicopter transfer from Plaza de Mulas Base Camp
- Food: Breakfast daily & all expedition (on mountain) food is covered including breakfast, dinner, snacks and hot drinks. Lunch and in-town restaurant meals are your own expense.
- All group gear, including four-season tents, cooking gear, group duffels, stoves, etc.
- First Aid equipment
- Satellite phone to update the CTSS blog and available to clientele at $3/min
Excluded:
- Climbing permit fee ($700-$1,000 USD depending on season)
- All in-town restaurant meals (breakfast is provided at hotel), Puente del Inca dinner, and mountain lunch food
- Transportation to and from the airport upon arrival/departure
- Flight costs to and from Mendoza
- All personal climbing gear is the responsibility of the client
- In the event of a rescue, evacuation, or early departure from the group, any rescue expenses incurred or excess expenses above and beyond our normal trip costs including transport, hotels, evacuation, flight changes, and gear shipping are the responsibility of the client.
- Unused contingency day hotel nights in Mendoza
- Guide and porter tips (customary but optional)
- Costs incurred as a result of events beyond the control of CTSS above and beyond the normal expedition costs
- Required trip insurance policy (for trip cancellation, interruption, rescue & evacuation, medical treatment, repatriation, etc.) trip insurance policy (for trip cancellation, interruption, rescue & evacuation, medical treatment, repatriation, etc.)
Executive Porters on Aconcagua
Porters on Aconcagua operate differently from most mountains. Rather than being attached directly to a particular expedition or individual climber, porters work for the on-mountain logistics companies and can carry loads for several people, or expeditions, day to day or even on the same day.
Porters live at base camp and ascend up to our camps whenever needed, carry their load to the next camp, and return back to basecamp the same day. You will be amazed at how fast they move and how hard they work!
A standard porter load is strictly 20kg and charged at a flat rate up to 20kg (i.e. if you only have 17kg you’ll still be charged the 20kg rate). If you have additional weight to be carried you will be charged a pro-rated amount for all extra kilograms.
Our Executive program provides each climber with 1x 20kg porter load per move day. This is should be more than adequate to keep your personal pack weight low.
Please note, porters don’t carry loads on acclimatization days or travel with the team. Rather they assist on ‘move’ days. Most often they will grab their allocated loads shortly after we’ve departed to ascend to the next camp, passing us on the way, and depositing their load before we roll in! You may see the same faces each time, or you may get new porters each day.
