(12-day tour of Pasochoa, Guagua Pichincha, Climbing School Cotopaxi and Chimborazo) Available all year around.

Day 1: Most flights arrive late in the evening. We will meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel. We recommend that you take this day to relax and pay a visit our office where we will go over the equipment list and review the upcoming itinerary. Make any last-minute purchases.

IF YOUR ARRIVAL WILL BE ONE DAY EARLY WE WILL BE MAKING THIS DAY PROGRAM! (City Tour of Quito)
We offer a scenic tour through Quito, a city of contrast between the Spanish colonial displays, pre-Colombian art and Inca culture. We also visit the national ethnological museum, which provides a good introduction to the history of Ecuador, several of the city's most interesting colonial churches, and the busy and traditional central market. Full day around of Quito, (if you like this day just for relax and the first day for acclimatization, too.?)

Day 2: ACCLIMATIZATION Pasochoa (4.199m / 13.773ft)
We depart at 8.30 a.m. towards the 30 km south of Quito located Cerro Pasochoa at 4.199m (13.773ft). It is an ancient and highly eroded volcano which has been inactive since the last ice age. We drive until the car park from where we follow the track as it contours the eastside of the mountain heading towards the rocky peak. This easy ascent will take us 3-4 hours to reach the summit. Rest for one hour, lunch in this time, and coming down to the parking car for 2 hours hiking down, bay our car back to Quito in the afternoon.

DAY 3: ACCLIMATIZATION Pichincha (4.794m / 15.724ft)
We take our first acclimatization ascent on the 4.794m (15.724ft) peak of the active volcano Guagua Pichincha. Quito is nestled on the slopes of this active volcano. Our primary goal here is to help each team member begin testing his or her response to higher elevation and to give our bodies a chance to get used to altitude, while enjoying the many photographic opportunities. Afternoon drive back to Quito.

Day 4: ACCLIMATIZATION Iliniza North Refugio (4.600m / 15.092ft)
After breakfast a mid-morning departure from Quito to Ilinizas and to the parking lot. We travel for the Panamericana high way, We passing for very nice and agriculture areas and very grin areas and many Volcanoes on front of us you can see nice view and good time for pictures too. We will be arrival a remote paramo which is to an area called la Virgén. From here it is a 3 hour hike up to the refuge with our full back packing on us, the refuge is situated at 4.600m. Dinner and sleep in the refuge.

Day 5: ILINIZA NORTH (5.125m / 16.815ft)
Wake-up early in the morning at 5 AM. Breakfast, and departure for our 5.125m summit day attempt on Iliniza Norte. This peak is normally a fairly straight forward climb that sometimes requires for acclimatization days the trail on this mountain is send and Rock almost difficult for fine the way, if the water condition is bad with cloud for sure is very ease for last the way and last the person too. On one part of the way we will be use a fixed rope for pass or negotiate "Death Pass." After this pass we have the summit. Three hours average to reach the summit. Pictures time, Lunch. Descent for one 1,1/2 to refuge, resting before to going down to the parking lot at our private car 4x4 transportation will take us to hotel near to Cotopaxi National Park for one hour driving and put on our hotel resting night. Hotels, La Estacón, La Ciénega or Volcano Land

Day 6: Cotopaxi Refugio (4.800m / 15.744ft)
Depart from Hosteria in the morning where we will cross a rich green and fertile valley, commonly referred to as "The Valley of the Volcanoes". After one and a half hours, we head east into The Cotopaxi National Park, where our driving destination ends at the Cotopaxi car park, situated at 4.550m (14.924ft) From here we have a forty-five minute hike with full packs up to the Jose Rivas Refuge on the Cotopaxi flank north West at 4.800m (15.744ft) After arrival at the hut, we will enjoy a hot tea and a short rest before a training to the climbing rope nuts, Pruxiks and good driving for safety climbing in the mountains, rest, delicious dinner relax evening.

Day 7: Cotopaxi climbing SCHOOL
Cotopaxi Glaciers School day. Wake up at 7 am for breakfast. We continue adjusting to altitude acclimatization. We go on the glacier at 8h30 AM. And engage in the moderate glacier section a good activity. Where well be familiarize ourselves with the various climbing techniques, equipment work for climbing. Our guide get to you on a glacier skills all of techniques necessary for climbing the high peaks like Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo. Etc. Etc. Etc... and others mountains, too. We'll be learn and practice rope-handling, glacier travel snow climbing and basic crevasse rescue skills and safety techniques……. The general procedures for high peak mountains. After 6 hours training we are back to refuge for delicious lunch and resting afternoon, of course we prepare our mountain gear for a midnight departure for Cotopaxi day summit. Early dinner and early to bed, usually by 6:30 P.M.

Day 8: COTOPAXI (5.897m / 19.427ft)
Wake up at midnight. Breakfast and equipment check-up. We leave the refuge at 1:00 A.M. We will pass a group of uniform slopes and ice ramps of 30 and 35 degrees before reaching a glacier platform. We enjoy one of the spectacular color displays in the Andes. From this point we see the valley below us where the morning sunrise welcomes us with incredible colors. Our route will pass under a base of rock 400 feet wide called Yanasacha. The quichua name says it all, its a black wall of impressive size. The Indians called it the route of the moon. Here we start climbing glacier slopes of 35 and 45 degrees, at the top of which we will only have 15 more minutes climb to emerge onto Ecuador's second highest summit: Volcano Cotopaxi at 5.897m (19.427ft) Our approximate climbing time will have been 7 hours. Return to the refuge around 9 or 10:00 A.M. Rest and hike back down to the 4 x 4 where we'll return to la Ciénega for a restful night.

Day 9: Resting Day
After Cotopaxi we highly recommending resting day at la Ciénega, or if your conditions is very good this day is possible visit the lagoon Quilotoa crater like at 3.900m. Full day in this very very nice area. In the afternoon back to La Ciénega Hosteria.

Day 10: Chimborazo Refugio (4.800m / 14.545ft)
Depart from La Cienega at 10:00 A.M. Drive south of Cotopaxi where we will pass the agricultural towns of Latacunga and Ambato. Five hour drive crossing agricultural and indigenous areas where a picture or two may attract you. We will arrive at the lower refuge of Chimborazo 4.800m (14.545ft).

Day 11: Chimborazo
Chimborazo, with 5 summits, is Ecuador's highest mountain and one massive volcano! We rise at midnight for breakfast and an equipment check-up. Leave the hut at 1:00 A.M. We move immediately to the huge glacier on Chimborazo's southwest face where we first traverse moderately angled ice slopes, climb through a series of icefalls and up the steep ice ramps. Climbing simultaneously on moderate grounds belaying up the steep pitches. Our team will rope together in order to cross crevasses and finally make it to the summit. This is the highest point of the Ecuador Andes peak and from here we have a magnificent view of the emerging volcano's that form the eastern and western Cordillera. The said volcanoes seem to emerge from the clouds below our feet. Our approximate climbing time is 8 to 9 hours. After good pictures and resting on the top of the mountain we will Return to the refuge for 3 or 4 hours go in down, short resting in the refuge. In the afternoon we drive back to Quito. Arrival in Quito at 8 or 9 P.M.

Day 12: Transfer OUT to your International fly. Or Galápagos.

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