DAY 0: Meet with the Guide and Equipment Check (Mendoza)

Presentation of the guide, talk about the mountain and expedition itinerary details (hand-out of the bibliography). Medical form fill-out and equipment check.

DAY 1: Piedra Grande Camp(3,500 m)
Departure from the city of Mendoza (8:30 hrs) to the San Antonio Refuge. Preparation of equipment and loads. Lunch. Transfer in vehicle to the Ski Center (2,900 m). Hiking to the Piedra Grande Camp (3,500 m). Camp set up, snack, dinner, and overnight.
Length of Hike: 3 hrs. approx.

DAY 2: El Salto Camp (4,200 m)
Breakfast. Ascent trek via a glacier moraine between Mt. Franke (4,900 m), Mt. Lomas Amarillas (5,100 m), Mt. Stepanek (4,100 m), and Mt. Adolfo Calle (4,200 m). Lunch on hike. Camp set up, snack, dinner, and overnight.
Length of Hike: 4 hrs. approx.

DAY 3: Rest at camp and trekking in the area.

DAY 4: Mt. Vallecitos (first summit try)
Breakfast. Ascent to La Hoyada (4,550 m), then along the ridge Lomas Amarillas - Plata, and by an arid plain to the ridge Plata - Vallecitos (5,100 m). Following the ridge to the summit. Lunch on hike. Descent to camp. Dinner and overnight.
Length of Hike: 7 hrs. approx.

DAY 5: San Antonio – Mendoza.
Breakfast. Descent to San Antonio. Goodbye lunch at San Antonio. Return to the city of Mendoza (19:30 hrs approx).
Length of Hike: 6 hrs. approx.

Services included
All transfers. Professional mountain guide. (Assistant with three or more passengers.) Two lunches at San Antonio. Meals and drinks on hikes and at camp. Four night's camp, double/triple tents. Complete camp equipment. Personal Accident Insurance. Permanent radio communication with the base.

Services not included
Personal Equipment (for further details see Information for the Passenger that follows.). Drinks at San Antonio. Additional food and drinks. Expenses occurred for abandoning the expedition. Porters and/or cargo mules.

Operation: October – April

06/11/08, 20/11/08, 11/12/08, 26/12/08, 08/01/09, 22/01/09, 05/02/09, 19/02/09, 05/03/09, 19/03/09 y 09/04/09