Santa Cruz Trek with Pisco (5783m) summit, 8 days from Huaraz, Peru

We will leave Huaraz around 7 AM from your hotel and drive along the callejon de Hualas until we reach Cashapampa. Here, we will meet our donkey drivers. We will prepare our packs then start hiking. We will hike to our first campe at Llama corral where we will stay overnight.

We will start the day with an Andean breakfast at our campsite. We will hike along the valley and see the beautiful lakes of Ichicocha and Jatuncocha. We will have lunch in a nice place called Quisuar, then we will go up to the Alpamayo south base camp. We will take some pictures and enjoy the view then hike to our next camp called Taullipampa.

We will start hiking around 7 AM. We will hike up for 3 hours in a zig zag path to the Punta Union pass. Here we will have spectacular views from the mountains like Paria and Taulliraju. We can also see the beautiful lake of Taullicocha then hike down to Morococha lakes. Next, we will arrive at Cachinapampa Camp.

We will hike along the valley down to Hauripampa then turn to the right side to climb for above 40 minutes to Vaqueria. Here, our minivan will meet us and take us to Huaraz through Portachuelo Llanganuco Pass. We will drive through quinoa forests and meadows and pass the lovely Llanganuco Valley. We will also be able to see some big mountain peaks. We will continue down to camp at Cebollapampa.

We will start our climbing program and meet our donkeys who will transport our gear as we climb up the well-marked trail to Pisco Base Camp where we will have overnight.

We will ascend through the moraine field as we continue to our next stop at Moraine Camp. This day, our donkeys cannot join us so we will need to carry our packs as we climb up for 3 hours.

We will start very early at around 2 AM to ensure that we get the prime snow conditions. We will climb for about 40 minutes on moraine until we reach the glacier where we put on our climbing equipment. From here, we will use crampons and rope up. We will climb for approximately 5 hours on the glacier until we reach Mount Pisco summit where we will have amazing panoramic views. We will then descend down to our base camp where we will camp for the night.

We will have our last breakfast in the highland, then pack up camp and descend down to the winding road to Cebollapampa. Our private transfer will join us and bring us back to Huaraz. From there, we will have transfers direct to our hotels.