About the Mount Aconcagua, Mendoza, Argentina:
In the Western Hemisphere the highest mountain, near the border of Chile in western Argentina the Mount Aconcagua is located. Outside of the Asia continent the highest mountain is also the Mount Aconcagua with the height of 6,960.8 meters (22.837 feet). Mendoza one of the western province of Argentina in the Andes mountain range is located the Mount Aconcagua and from the city of Mendoza the capital of this province in northwest lies about 112 kilometers (about 7 miles) away. From the San Juan Province about 5 kilometers is located also the summit and with the Chile from the international border 15 kilometers away, in the Hindu Kush the Tirich Mir is the nearest neighbor of it which is about 16,520 kilometers (almost 10,270 miles) away from it.
What to know about Mount Aconcagua:
To the east and north the Valle de las Vacas by is bounded the Mount Aconcagua and to the south and west the Valle de los Horcones Inferior by. For the Aconcagua Provincial Park are the part the surroundings with the mountain. A number of glaciers has the mountain. Which is about 10 kilometers long the Ventisquero Horcones Inferior is the largest glacier, near the camp of the Confluencia to about 3600 meters altitude from the south which descends. What are the about 5 kilometers long the Ventisquero Relinchos or Glacier Este system and the Ventisquero de las Vacas Sur are the two other largest systems of glacier.
Recent geologically Andean orogeny during the time the South American plate beneath of the Nazca Plate by the subduction was created the mountain, a volcano it is not. Contested is the name of the origin, the Arauca-Hue either it is from, to the Aconcagua River what refers and ‘from the other side comes’ which means.
According to the information of 2002 every year the summit there are trying about 3,500 climbers. Non-technical is the Normal Route which is a walk-up, the Northwest Ridge following. The most problems which poses this is the altitude. An easy climb that this is that the sense. People die every year because at hand the task they underestimate. This mountain you should respect and fare better you will. Alone the climb or hike you should not try, watching you always someone you should have.
On scree is much of the hiking. There are no snow fields what are permanents on the routes of Polish Traverse and Normal, but in some sections be required may still the ice axe and crampons. With snow and ice is covered the final 1,000 feet if you are lucky. More easily up this much then the crampon you can than after a dry winter when it is scree loose. In relative terms much quicker in the top section was easily making the cramponed that with the sections of some ice hardpacked snow had the Caneleta in the year 2008 from January 7 to 10. By the conditions were turned back to bring the crampons who neglected many of them.
Getting in the Mount Aconcagua:
If you want to travel the Mount Aconcagua fly to Buenos Aires or Santiago of Chile and from there then Mendoza. To the Penetentes or Puente del Inca take the bus. Puente del Inca is the normal route to the National Park for the entrance which is facing south.
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