GPS Waypoints

This data was taken from the websites of other expeditions. Our camps will not be in the same place as these, but the data is useful for calibration purposes.

Location Long (deg min) Lat (deg min)
Vacas trailhead W 69 45.709 S 32 50.973
Edge of map W 69 46.150 S 32 50.000
Water W 69 47.244 S 32 48.072
Water (although a potential source closer to Las Lenas camp is marked, it was dry when we passed) W 69 48.306 S 32 45.595
Las Lenas Ranger station W 69 48.412 S 32 45.147
Water W 69.48.441 S 32.44.484
Water W 69 50.022 S 32 41.373
1st view of Aconcagua W 69 50.295 S 32.38.234
Casa Piedre Camp
(this is several hundred yards south of the Casa Piedre shelter)
W 69 50.291 S 32 38.088
Plaza Argentina Base Camp W 69 56.683 S 32 38.749
Camp 1 (16,020 ft) W 69 58.676 S 32.38.300
Col Camp (we did not use this one) W 69 59.551 S 32 38.297
Camp 2 (19,000 ft) (we were crossing the glacier to the normal route, so this is a camp location on a moraine on the glacier, about 150 yards west of the standard camp locations among the cliffs to the east of the glacier) W 69 59.904 S 32 38.493
High Camp (20,300 ft.) (this is the junction of the Falso de los Polacos and the Ruta Normal trails) W 70 00.890 S 32 38.637
Aconcagua Summit (estimate from map) W 70 00.880 S 32 39.190
Puenta del Inca W 69 54.580 S 32 49.490
Park Entrance (Horcones) W 69 56.526 S 32 49.469
Ranger Station W 69 56.490 S 32 48.630
Confluencia W 69 57.887 S 32 45.416
Piedra Grande W 70 00.050 S 32 44.130
Hotel Refugio W 70 03.790 S 32 39.220
Old Plaza de Mulas W 70 03.371 S 32 39.371
Plaza de Mulas W 70 03.490 S 32 38.840
Camp Canada W 70 02.583 S 32 38.268
Nido de Condores W 70 01.790 S 32 38.160
Berlin Huts W 70 01.270 S 32 38.260
Independencia Hut W 70 00.962 S 32 38.712
GPS Data in italics are from a less reliable source - they don't seem to mesh with the map we have.