The office is located They will ask you how long you plan to away for, what type of equipment you´re bringing and if they find inadequate, or if they consider the weather too bad etc. Those months sometimes offers great climbing, but can also be very windy, cold and rough. In April and May there's usually some snow which helps a bit. The police at Laguna Verde were equally kind so I suppose everything depends who you are lucky or unlucky to meet there – they change every couple of weeks. Keep in mind the weather conditions what can be the strong wind and cold down to 30 degrees Celsius. On the Chilean side there is a quite large refugio at the beginning of the walk in. The easiest way to get in contact with Jonson is to mail him: It is the second highest mountain in the Americas and in the whole Western Hemisphere after Aconcagua situated by 600 km to the south. We were told we cannot sleep in the Atacama hut. If you don´t like red tape, a hefty peak fee and bureaucracy, Argentina is the place to go for. Hotel Municipal is another slightly more expensive alternative and it can at times be quite noisy. Also, it can be easy to get disoriented in this stretch as there are many small winding valleys throughout the plain. Most of the time it's down actually, but he hasn't told me about a new website so I leave the link for now. I did it on 2005 but I had a very good experience! Thank you for that info. Edit •  The Andean range, however, is more than just a chain of volcanoes, and its highest peak, Mount Aconcagua (6,959 metres), the tallest outside Asia, is not volcanic. Ojos del Salado is the second highest peak in the world outside of Asia, and the world's highest volcano. 4x4 vehicles can be rented with a day's notice and will take you for a two hour ride on good asphalt to Refugio Cazadero Grande, a hut along the main road (alternatively, you can hitchhike - the pickup rate is very good, although there may only be 10-20 cars going through the pass on any given day). They may ask you to write a disclaimer, stating they are not responsible for your safety in the mountains. I got into the fight. It´s a small town and he´s known by everyone. Very few of you will probably consider this option, but I choose to include as many coordinates as possible. Usually you can find some old ropes there but never rely on it. It's considered that highest summit is on the territory of Chili. The rest of the world were quite convinced about the latter and the claim of Ojos being over 7000m slowly died off. The question is if it's possible to get a taxi in fiambala which is allowed to cross the border. A sure way for contact is andestravesias(at)hotmail(dot)com, On April 21, 2007, Chileans Gonzalo Bravo G. and his co-driver, Eduardo Canales Moya reached an altitude of 6688 meters. The So a 4x4 is not absolutely necessary to Atacama, but you do want it for peace of mind and to get to Tejos. A lot of local tour-agencies can help you to get the climbing permit. If you rather pay a bit, prefer to travel high on the mountain in a jeep, have the choice of sleeping in huts and like to go the easiest way possible to the summit; Chile is the option for you. When he refused to pay, the border police started to scrutinize his passport instead. Its neighbor laughed at the whole thing and did not comment it much. Guide companies will ask for double boots, but I agree that you wrote "very warm shoes". Except for the last 100 meters before the summit, the route is very ease to climb from the technical point of view. That's about 80km from the pass. Three years ago while hitch-hiking alone in that area I had utterly different experience. Here's one organizer which can be contacted for details about the 200USD fee.Highmountain. Ojos del Salado, Nevados Ojos del Salado, Ochos del Saladas, Cerro Ojos del Salado, Охос-дель-Саладо, Mountaineering, Hiking, Backcountry Skiing, South America, Chile: (Atacama), Argentina: (Provincia de Catamarca), 26/2/1937 Jan Szczepanski (Poland), Justyn Wojsznis (Poland). The spring should give water the whole year. - Atacama (Chi.

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