Location: South 25.19697, West 65.85970 (GPS at the summit)
Argentina
Difficulty: YDS class 2
Climbed: February 10, 2022
Information:
How to get there:
The city of Salta is a good point of departure. Salta has good flight connections
with Buenos Aires.
Drive Hwy. 68 south to El Carril. Take Hwy. 33 more west. The road will
climb a spectacular valley before reaching the pass Piedra del Molino.
This location has parking, a tourist viewpoint and several information
signs. This is the trailhead. The location is S25.18054, W65.85812, with an
elevation of about 3350 meter.
Note that a tourist sign nearby says
3457m, this sign is almost 100 meter wrong.
Route description:
Cross the road and ascend the nearby hill. Once near its top,
continue about 1.6 kilometer south. The summit is marked with
a small cairn.
There is also a small antenna nearby.
Comments:
Here is a quick overview of the peaks climbed on this trip in Argentina.
This small and easy peak may be suitable for a small break, just to
move your legs and perhaps do a very first step of acclimatization
if arriving from low altitude.
The walk is completely straightforward.
The total trip time is about 1:30 hours.
We continued too the small town of Payogasta where we stayed in order to
prepare for a slightly longer acclimatization climb the next day to Cerro Tintin.
