August 28, 2024 Tyler Nachand reports the team made a smooth return to Cusco yesterday, by train and road, and today everyone is departing. “After touring Cusco and the Sacred Valley, climbing the endless stairs up to Dead Woman’s pass, crossing into multiple valleys where the ecosystem changed from dry, cactus filled slopes to high […]
Aug 26, 2024 – The team got up very early this morning to get to the Sun Gate for the big entrance view to Machu Picchu (7,875′). It was cloudy, but they waited for a while and it cleared! Descending down into the Citadel is quite an experience. After a couple hours looking at the […]
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 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 […]
May 26, 2024 Our summer Peru treks are just around the corner and we have only two spots left on both out Machu Picchu and Cordillera Huayhuash treks. Machu Picchu permits are going fast, so now’s the time to sign up! If you’re looking for an attainable summer adventure in the mountains, Peru is a […]
August 30, 2023 And just like that our Peru season is over! All trekkers and Tyler are on their way home from Peru as we speak. We’d like to extend a special thanks to Maximo and Michel, IMG’s Peruvian guides, for all their hard work and expertise on the trip, and to our Quechua support […]
August 29, 2023– IMG guide Tyler Nachand reports that after a comfortable night at the hotel in Agua Calientes, the team headed back up to the Machu Picchu citadel this morning to further explore the site and also to climb the adjoining rocky peak of Huayna Picchu. This is a steep climb, ascending steps carved […]
