August 24th, 2024 Tyler checked in by satellite phone to report that the team are doing well. Today they continued their long steady climb out of the Urubamba River valley, ascending on ancient stone steps until they reached the famous Dead Woman’s Pass at 13,780 ft. After a well-deserved rest break, the route then drops […]
August 23, 2024 Tyler and the team departed Ollantaytambo on schedule this morning and shuttled to the trailhead where they met up with their porters and staff. First off was the mandatory check in with the government authorities, who carefully review everyone’s permits since the access to the Inca Trail is strictly controlled to avoid […]
August 22, 2024 Tyler reports the Inca Trail trek team had a nice day today, driving north from Cusco and then dropping down a bit lower into the Sacred Valley of the Urubamba River. This was a very important part of the Inca Empire and is the home of many fantastic archeological and cultural […]
August 21, 2024 Tyler Nachand and Maximo traveled to Cusco after the Huayhuash trek wrapped up, and they have now met up with our first (of two) trek teams doing the Inca Trail route to Machu Picchu. Today was an easy day, visiting some of the sights around Cusco. Since they are at about 11,000 […]
August 15, 2024 Tyler Nachand reports that the team are excited to have done their eighth and final “big” day of trekking. From their camp at Gashpapampa (14,840’) the team traversed around Diablo Mudo Peak, then up and over the summit of Punta Yauche (15,825’). From there it was a gradual descent down to Lake […]
August 14, 2024 Tyler Nachand checked in to report the team had a nice hike from Hatun Cuyoc over San Antonio Pass (16,400′) and then back down into the Callinca Valley to the camp near the village of Huayllapa, at 11,500′. The weather was good and the mountain views incredible! After a big day of […]
August 12th, 2024 After crossing the Siula Pass yesterday, Tyler reports that the team had another spectacular day of high altitude trekking, a bit shorter than the previous days. Today they climbed up and over the Paso Portachuelo (15,670’) and then dropped down to the Lagoon Viconga camp at 14,470. The team is on schedule […]
August 11, 2024 Tyler Nachand reports that the Huayhuash team had another great day of trekking, starting from the Lagoon Carhuacocha camp and climbing up and over the famous Siula Pass (15,740’) and then descending to the Huayhuash Camp (14,100’). They had some clouds and precipitation up on the pass in the form of graupel, […]
August, 10th, 2024 Tyler Nachand called on the sat phone to report that the team had another beautiful day of trekking. Everyone is acclimatizing normally and doing well. From Mitucocha they climbed up over the Carhuac Pass (14,250’) and then descended down to the Lagoon Carhuacocha (13,700’) for the night. Now they are camped right […]
August 9, 2024 It’s been a busy two days for the Huayhuash trekkers in Peru. IMG guide Tyler Nachand and the team are doing well, and are now “off the grid” and checking in by satellite phone. On Wednesday the team departed Huaraz and drove to the town of Llamac, and then continued to Cuartelwayin, […]
