Aconcagua

Just a quick question. How many days do you think the expedition should last considering good acclimatization. For some context:

I live in Mexico at 2800 meters. I plan to train at 4000+ peaks close by and also at Izta (5200) and Pico (5600) every weekend. I have some experience in several 5000 mountains in Peru and Bolivia.

I may go to Aconcagua with friends but in case they cant make it, I'll go alone.

I have met someone that went couple of years ago to Aconcagua solo, he was there 5 days but did the whole mountain from Plaza de Mulas to summit in a single day, so hes insane and I dont think i can make any conclusions from that.

What do you guys think, whats the minimum and maximun days i should plan to be on the mountain considering a decent acclimatization previously in Mexico?

I’m an intermediate mountaineer, with highest summits around 5800m/19,000ft. I’m looking into doing Aconcagua in a year or so. Wanted to hear about your experience on the trek (good/bad/ugly) and what your training looked like.

I think I need a couple 6k meters under my belt before attempting Aconcagua. Any recommendation for training summits?

Thanks!

Hello mountaineers! I’d classify myself as an intermediate level mountaineer. This year I summited Pico de Orizaba (5636m) and completed Everest Basecamp (5364m) trek. Physically I felt pretty good for both regarding strength and altitude adjustment.

I’m thinking of doing Aconcagua next November, wanted to hear your experience about climbing Aconcagua (6960) and if my level of mountaineering is sufficient.

I’m thinking of doing Kilimanjaro in April and Rainier in the summer as preparation climbs.

Would love your feedback and advice.

Edit: any mountaineers in nyc? Moved here earlier in the year and looking for some adventure buddies :) I’m 39/F/awesome

I'm facing some decision paralysis over Aconcagua guide companies. Does anyone have experience with these companies? Are there any which drastically stand out? And which ones to possibly avoid?

• Climbing the seven summits - $5995

• Patagonicas - $4600

• Aconcagua mountain guides - $4470

• Alpine ascents - $5350

• Acomara / Aconcagua expeditions - $4200

• Inka expeditions - $4270

• Elite exped - $6500

• Adventure consultants - $7150

• Grajales - $4670

• RMI expeditions - $7400

• Kandoo - $7085

• Mountain madness - $5750

I want to do a major peak in 2024. I came across Aconcagua as potentially my next big objective. I did Glacier Peak this year. The longer trek was an amazing experience. I would love to make a major step up from that. Given my experience below, is that an outrageous idea? I am still new enough to this sport that I feel ignorant to what i'm getting myself into, but a big part of the fun is pushing through the unknown. That being said, this unknown would be a pretty expensive guess. Experience:

• Colorado 14ers, 13ers

• Alpine climb success on Mt Baker, WA and Glacier Peak WA

• Alpine climb turnaround on Mt Rainier WA

• Solo climb Mt Adams, WA and Mt. St. Helens

• Several smaller WA peaks and fire lookouts involving ez scrambles

Other objectives I have for next year are success on Rainier, Alpine attempt on Hood, and repeat the others with a splitboard and shred down instead of alpine descent. I'm probably an idiot, but i'd rather find out this way, thank you!

Why Aconcagua?

• Successful completion of a 7 summit will build a great deal of confidence

• I dig endurance stuff

• South America traveling would be fun

• I'm closer to Denali, but I heard it's long and boring. It's also more expensive from what I can tell. I'm not sure from what I've heard that I'm ever that interested in Denali?