Piedra Parada , a lost canyon in Patagonia...

Ojos del Buddha, LaBuitrera

Ending the day after lots of climbing!

Heading for a day of climbing...

La Buitrera, Canyon, Patagonia

Piedra Parada and La Buitrera near esquel are one of the highlights of sport climbing in Northern Patagonia.

Maybe , Esquel is the Southern limit of Patagonia, where starts the roaring 40ºss...

A sport climbing dream in Patagonia, Argentina...

Feb- April... what was happening!

Hello, always curious to see if somebody reads our blog or not,
but any way we update it once in a while to show little bit about
what is going on with Andescross.com, so this way our new and old guests can follow up some adventures.
This Feb- March were incredible warm and hot, so was not easy to seat in front computer to update blog
February - March were great for climbing.
We climbed in Frey with Dave, a friend from a little town near Aspen, CO called Carbondale,
in VAlle Encantado. We went to Piedra Parada near Esquel, Patagonia.
My partner Walter taught some mountaineering courses, how to rock climb multipitch, how to do Glacier rescue and few other things to be safe in the mountains.
Also, did some "Hut to Hut mountain Trek over the Northern Patagonian Andes" and other treks over the Northern Patagonian ridges...
Maybe too many words... enjoy the pics below better than words!

First morning of a 5 day trekking in Northern Patagonia, Argentina

Carley family from Maine having dinner in a classic hut in Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina

Fifth day of our trek towards Mt Tronador, Patagonia, Argentina

Walter from Andescross.com teaching Glacier rescue technique,

inside a crevasse in Mt Tronador

More glacier rescue...

Jan 8th to 18th....

Since many January trips where happenning, personally I was guiding

a multi mountain activity trip, where we ice & rock climbed

and traversed some peaks over ridges...

We started with very bad weather, very , very rainy...

So, we decided to put some attitude to weather... (al mal tiempo buena cara..)

So, proudly, we pushed it and found some good things to do in this weather.. (scroll down)

Arriving to Otto Meilling hut in poor conditions...

See, if you want you can do it, we rappell down into cravasses where

wind, snow-rain did not punished us too bad, was very protected inside those holes and we Ice climbed from 10 am until 5 pm

Then weather improved and we rock climbed in Frey area,

what a blondie Andescross advertisement (watch helmet..)

Seychelle climbed Ag Frey, 4 classic beautiful pitches on the left crack system

Learning Ice climbing techniques in one hour window of good weather

Ed, Debbie and Theresa from NY...

It is easier to show pics of a magic climbing trip in Northern Patagonia rather than try to describe it through words...

Click here to enjoy their trip with us!

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Rock in Frey hut area..

See pictures from Hans and his wife climbing with us in Frey area

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