Horcones Valley
Logistic Support
We handle every technical and operational detail so you can focus on what matters most: your expedition. Infrastructure, transport and top-quality services on the mountain.
Logistic Services
«…We designed this product based on our personal experience and our expedition (Ascent) programme — a highly sought-after option with an itinerary engineered to maximise summit success. This set of services is aimed at all types of expeditions, individual mountaineers or expedition teams. This logistical support gives you full control over your expedition while leaving an important part of it in our hands, allowing you to focus primarily on your summit.»
Enquire about this serviceAlso available in a short version: includes 4 days of full board at base camps (instead of 7 in the standard version). Designed for experienced mountaineers who have already started their acclimatization process.
- Assistance obtaining ascent permits – online forms.
- Transport from Penitentes to Horcones.
- Transport from Horcones to Penitentes.
- Cargo transport by mule: Penitentes to Plaza de Mulas.
- Cargo transport from Plaza de Mulas to Penitentes.
- 2 days of full board at Confluencia base camp (breakfast, trail lunch, dinner, dome accommodation).
- 5 days of full board at Plaza de Mulas base camp (breakfast, lunch, dinner, dome or dormitory tent accommodation).
- Dining tents at the base camp.
- Equipment storage tent at Plaza de Mulas.
- Bathrooms at the base camp.
- Permanent radio communication between base camps and high-altitude camps.
- Assistance coordinating reservations and the shipping and receiving of equipment.
- Weather forecast provided to all our expedition members.
- Camps with solar power, SSB and VHF radio.
- Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free menu (with prior notice).
- In–Out transfer from Mendoza airport to the hotel in Mendoza.
- Accommodation in Mendoza, 1 night, 3* hotel, double room, breakfast included.
- Accommodation in Penitentes, 2 nights, double/triple room, breakfast and dinner included.
- Transport Mendoza – Penitentes.
- Transport Penitentes – Mendoza.
- Access to WIFI network at all camps where the service is available.
- Access to shower service at the base camps.
Basic / Full Comparison
| Service | Basic | Full |
|---|---|---|
| Transfer IN–OUT AEP | ||
| Hotel in Mendoza 3* | ||
| Transfer MZA–PENI–MZA | ||
| Showers | ||
| WIFI* |
*at all camps where the service is available
Not included
- Cost of the entry permit required to make the ascent.
- Load-carrying service at the high-altitude camps (ask for pricing).
- Personal equipment of the expedition members.
- Costs arising from abandoning the expedition.
- Medical insurance covering evacuation and rescue up to 5,000 meters.
- Personal expenses (drinks, laundry, mail, phone).
- Solar power, personal radios, satellite phone.
- Any service not listed as included.