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 The classic route for the ascent of Licancabur Volcano, begins from Green Lagoon in Bolivia, but we will describe a route here that practically took to us until the summit of the Licancabur by Chilean territory.
Our route begins where the highway 241 that starts off from San Pedro de Atacama, it is divided in the direction of Argentina (Passage of Jama) and to Bolivia. From to the 4500 heights that surround m.s.n.m it initiates the march here towards the skirts of Juriques Volcano where the high camping will settle down. At first it is necessary to go to portezuelo that it is seen rather well in the lateral west of the Juriques. Until portezuelo they are approximately 4.5 km by lomajes smooth and some small gorges, it is possible also to find formation impressive rocky carved by the wind. Reached this portezuelo already, to approximately 4700 m.s.n.m begins a cross-sectional march by the slope of the volcano licancabur without losing nor gaining altitude, thus after 2 km of way can be found a place apt to encamp, on the brink of madness smooth an broken one that lowers from the crater of Juriques Volcano. Here the high camping can be established, moderately protected of the wind and to an altitude of 4700 to m.Leer the Newspaper… Expedition to Licancabur Volcano
Ascent to Licancabur Volcano
Equipment
Of camping and shelter of high mountain. Piolet and crampones. Canes of ski are very useful.
Recommended time
From Julio to November. In the months of summer in Chile he is not recommendable to raise licancabur since the phenomenon of Bolivian Winter exists.
Access to Licancabur Volcano
San Pedro de Atacama is the departure point of the expedition to Licancabur volcano. The paved international way is due to take towards the Jama step until arriving at a deflection, takes the left towards the border with Bolivia. In the border the identity card is due to only present/display, besides paying a little silver to accede to the National Park.
After to cross a short one msnm is arrived at White Lagoon to 4,200, where there are places to encamp. Here it is recommended to pass one or two nights. The Bolivian company Colque Tourism, with office in San Pedro de Atacama is the one that has the monopoly of the transport in this zone.
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Ascent to Licancabur Volcano
Our called Guide Pedro - she would guide us Licancabur volcano -, a young person of about 20 years approximately, with face characteristics typical Bolivians, begins to us to guide by a barely visible footpath in the middle of the ruling dark, but the step is slow, and the gentle slope… and thus continuous during 1 or 2 hours approximately, until arriving approx at the 4800 msn, beyond a citadel called Inca Licancabur City, that we could not appreciate to happen in the dark that way…
We continue raising towards the volcano, the slope becomes but hard and either our supreme star sings his light in the distant horizon, the cold arrives at his low point but, or we have walked by 3 about 500 hours and promoted mts, White and Green Lagoon is descried with given colors, the light is not even light…
About 9AM and after 4 hours of ascent we already make a meeting to eat something, cereal bars, cakes and chocolates at your service, and after half an hour seating to us on frozen rocks we followed the march by an inclined footpath that in 45grados sometimes lost in the inclined horizon… the height begins here to bother to Andres and Jely,
it is to this height (5500msnm) approximately when I begin to be imprisoned of altitude sickness, in my showed by an abnormal jadeo and accelerated with only giving a pair of steps, to Pedro Flowers a little weighs the head to him and but affected they are Andres and Jeli that was not becomeed aclimated before undertaking this summit and begins to every time feel like more worse… our Guide, Pedro of Bolivia, this fresh air like a lettuce…
To read Trip to Licancabur Volcano Licancabur volcano
Two Mexican sportsmen will try to secure the world-wide record of diving in height, when submerging in the highest lagoon of the planet that is in the mouth of Licancabur volcano.
Ricardo Torres and Fernando Lozano, will try to enter to Libro de Records Guiness once they have realized the spectacular and dangerous immersion in the lagoon of Licancabur volcano that is to approximately 5,916 ms of height. To read the Newspaper… Licancabur interviews to Ricardo Towers
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