Climb Nevada de Chani in the Puna de Atacama, Argentina, Andes
The Nevado de Chaņi with 5953m main summit, "General Belgrano", lies about 100km north of Salta near the town of Jujuy. It is one of the richest archeological mountains in the region. There are only 14 mountains that have burial sites on their summits and Nevado de Chaņi is one of them.
The first ascent of this mountain was in 1901 by a swedish expedition lead by E. Nordenskiold.
Nevado de Chaņi is a privileged place for mountaineers. Some of it's faces are considered to be the bigest walls of northern Argentina. In particularly the south face of Chaņi represents a real challenge for those who decide to attempt it.
Effort required: Medium/High
Technical difficulty: Low
Expedition Photos
Itinerary - Route via El Moreno
DAY 1 - We meet in El Moreno, a small town at the foot
of Nevado de Chañi. Once there we set up our base camp and spend the
rest of the day acclimatising.
Aprox Alt: 3600mts
DAY 2 - From El Moreno we head towards Casa Mocha, walking for about
3hs. Casa Mocha is an old mining settlement where we camp for the night.
Aprox. 3hs
Aprox Alt: 4280mts
DAY 3 - We start walking slowly towards Jefatura de los Diablos, the
mules will be carring our rucksacks. At our backs we will have the splendid
backdrop of the saltflat plains psreading out for miles in all directions. A spectacular location. We sleep in a Refugio if possible.
Aprox. 3-4hs.
Aprox Alt: 4927mts
DAY 4 - Early in the morning we leave camp towards the summit, named "General
Belgrano". After about three hours we will reach a col where we get an impressive
look at the north face of Chañi. The summit is but three further hours away.
After a small celebration on reaching the summit, our objective, we return down to Casa Mocha where we
load our gear and drop back down to El Moreno.
Aprox: 6hs ascent and 3hs downhill.
Aprox Alt: 5953mts.
DAY 5 -From El Moreno we head back to Salta. We also use this day as a spare day in case of bad weather on the mountain.
