Between 3:00 and 3:30 am we will pick up from your hotel in Huaraz and we will drive until the Carhuaz city where we will take the detour to the Cordillera Blanca via the Ulta Valley to Punta Olímpica for 3 hours.

Around 6:00 a.m. approx. after equipping and receiving a short instructional talk we will begin to ascend the moraine (rocky and vertical path) of the south face of Nevado Contrahierbas – after 2 hours approx. we will arrive at the beginning of the glacier. Here we will equip with mountaineering implements such as crampons, ropes and ice axes and then ascend the glacier for 1.5 to 2 hours until we reach the summit of Pico Mateo (5150 meters). At the top we will stay for a few minutes and after taking many photos, we will descend along the same path for approximately 2.5 hours. to the road where our transport awaits us. The return with vehicle will take us 2.5 hours to the Huaraz city – end of the tour around 15:00 Approx.