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2 Posts tagged “Plaza de Mulas”

Penitentes to Confluencia and Plaza de Mulas

Roadside attractions at Penitentes. Teaming up with Glen Poulsen from Tahoe and Kim Havell from Telluride, our quest to climb and ski Aconcagua began with a short stop over in Penitentes, a small, yet interesting looking ski area north of Mendoza. A few nice peaks with snowy ramps were visible behind burnt out faces near […]

To Los Penitentes and Cerro Aconcagua

All right! We, Glen Poulsen, Kim Havell and myself, are on our way to Los Penitentes today, and the next stage of our adventure to climb and ski Aconcagua. Los Penitentes is the staging area before heading into basecamp. Los Penitentes is also where we load up the mules that will be carrying our heavy […]