{"id":28912,"date":"2025-01-01T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T23:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=28912"},"modified":"2025-01-01T15:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T23:23:25","slug":"first-views-of-aconcagua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/01\/img-news\/first-views-of-aconcagua\/","title":{"rendered":"First Views Of Aconcagua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p>IMG leader Stu Johnson reports that the team is doing well and the weather has been great for the first two days of trekking on their way to Base Camp.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28913\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trekking-along-the-Vacas-River-on-day-1-Stu-Johnson.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[28912]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28913\" class=\"size-large 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https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trekking-along-the-Vacas-River-on-day-1-Stu-Johnson-146x195.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trekking-along-the-Vacas-River-on-day-1-Stu-Johnson.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trekking along the Vacas River on day 1 (Stu Johnson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday the team followed the Vacas River to the Pampa de Le\u00f1as camp at about 9,700 ft.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28912 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-gorgeous-Southern-Sky-on-New-Years-Eve-at-Pampa-de-Lenas-Stu-Johnson.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[28912]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-gorgeous-Southern-Sky-on-New-Years-Eve-at-Pampa-de-Lenas-Stu-Johnson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-gorgeous-Southern-Sky-on-New-Years-Eve-at-Pampa-de-Lenas-Stu-Johnson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-gorgeous-Southern-Sky-on-New-Years-Eve-at-Pampa-de-Lenas-Stu-Johnson-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-gorgeous-Southern-Sky-on-New-Years-Eve-at-Pampa-de-Lenas-Stu-Johnson-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-gorgeous-Southern-Sky-on-New-Years-Eve-at-Pampa-de-Lenas-Stu-Johnson-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28914'>\n\t\t\t\tThe gorgeous Southern Sky on New Years Eve at Pampa de Le\u00f1as (Stu Johnson)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Today they started the New Year with another nice day of hiking up to the Casa de Piedras camp at about 10,600 feet.\u00a0 From here they got their first good views of Aconcagua, looking up the Relinchos Valley.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28915\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/First-views-of-Aconcagua-from-the-Casa-de-Piedras-camp-on-day-2-Stu-Johnson-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[28912]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28915\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28915\" src=\"http:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/First-views-of-Aconcagua-from-the-Casa-de-Piedras-camp-on-day-2-Stu-Johnson-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/First-views-of-Aconcagua-from-the-Casa-de-Piedras-camp-on-day-2-Stu-Johnson-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/First-views-of-Aconcagua-from-the-Casa-de-Piedras-camp-on-day-2-Stu-Johnson-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/First-views-of-Aconcagua-from-the-Casa-de-Piedras-camp-on-day-2-Stu-Johnson-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/First-views-of-Aconcagua-from-the-Casa-de-Piedras-camp-on-day-2-Stu-Johnson-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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