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A 16-day guided ski-mountaineering circuit across Ecuador’s highest volcanoes, built for experienced backcountry skiers who want glacier skills and summit descents on Cayambe, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo. Expect technical glacier travel, nightly refugios and careful acclimatization.
A 16-day guided ski-mountaineering circuit across Ecuador’s highest volcanoes, built for experienced backcountry skiers who want glacier skills and summit descents on Cayambe, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo. Expect technical glacier travel, nightly refugios and careful acclimatization.
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Operated by Peru Expeditions Tours · Quito, Pichincha
You step out before dawn into a thin, cold air that feels different from any winter back home — the equatorial sky is ink-black and the stars hang close while guides check ropes and skins.
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16 days.
Must have excellent aerobic endurance, experience with multi-day ski tours and comfort above 5,000 m; prior glacier travel or guided high-altitude climbs strongly recommended.
Yes — participants should be competent on steep backcountry terrain and comfortable making touring ascents and controlled telemarks or alpine-style turns on variable snow.
The dry season (roughly June–September) offers more stable weather and clearer skies, but the itinerary runs outside those months with higher chance of storms and variable snow.
The schedule includes staged acclimatization climbs, rest days and trained guides who monitor symptoms; carrying Diamox is up to the participant after consulting a physician.
Full refund is available if cancelled at least 24 hours before departure; the operator also plans for weather delays with buffer days in the itinerary.
These volcanoes are part of the Andean uplift and have long figured in local Quechua cosmology and Spanish colonial travel routes, with nearby Otavalo maintaining indigenous textile traditions.
Glaciers in Ecuador are retreating rapidly; guided groups are encouraged to follow park rules, pack out waste, and minimize camp impacts to protect fragile high‑Andean ecosystems.
Peru Expeditions Tours operates guided outdoor trips and adventures with an emphasis on safety, stewardship, and memorable experiences.
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