Located at the extreme north of the Cordillera Real, the Schulz forms a magnificent glacial cirque with the Illampu and the Huayna Illampu, a real kingdom of verticality and an ideal playground for mountain lovers. If the normal route of the Illampu is the most technical of the normal routes, the Pico Schulz offers you a fun ascent, less technical, more varied with rock passages, aerial as we like, with a sumptuous ridge. For those who do not feel like facing the imposing Illampu do not hesitate, the Schulz offers you an ideal alternative!
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Plan my trip
Departure in the morning from La Paz. Road to Titicaca Lake, then descent to Sorata, a village nested deep in a valley below the Illampu and Ancohuma massifs.
Drive up in a 4WD vehicle to the village of Lacatiya. Meeting with our muleteers’ team.Easy climb until a steep scree, which becomes harder until a pass at 4850 m.a.sl./15912 feet of altitude (3 hours walk). Then, it takes 30 mn to descend to a place called “Aguas Calientes”, the base camp for Illampu (4620 m.a.s.l./15160 feet)
Climb to a plateau and walk to a valley. Once in the valley, the view opens on entire Illampu massif. We will go down a little in the valley that we climb until the high camp just below the glacier. If you're lucky you can spot condors.
Fairly technical ascent, with sections on rocks (D/IV). Departure in the night (Around 3 am). Approach march on the moraine to a glacial valley between Illampu and Schulz peak. Progression on the glacier through easy to fairly steep slopes until the deepness of the valley. After a wide flat section (5600 m.a.s.l./18372 feet), we go on our right to reach the foot of the cliff (3h30 walk from high camp). Section on rocks until the ridge, and then we continue until the summit. 5 to 6 hours climb from high camp.
Last climb to the pass( 4850 m.a.s.l/15915 feet ), and descent to the village of Lacatiya. Return in vehicle to Sorata, then to La Paz.
Reach out to adjust this itinerary to your pace,
your level, your wishes.
