Ecuador Climbing and Hiking Guide: VIVA Travel GuidesViva Publishing Network, 2008 - 308 σελίδες Providing painstakingly detailed information for safely and securely navigating some of Latin America’s most rewarding excursions, this guide is for both avid climbers attempting Chimborazo’s 20,700-foot summit and recreational trekkers looking to get off the beaten path. From the heights of the Andes and the cloud forests to the Amazon, coastal rainforests, and the low-lying beaches, time-tested travel advice and updated route descriptions are offered on how to select the best outing to suit each individual’s interests, abilities, and time constraints. Step-by-step instructions on how, when, and where to approach each trail guide climbers, hikers, bikers, and trekkers through these often unmarked paths. |
Περιεχόμενα
LIST OF COLOR MAPS AND CLIMBING ROUTES | 12 |
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
Climate | 19 |
PREPARATIONS | 28 |
International climbing degree ratings | 39 |
Renting and buying equipment | 46 |
Natural history | 52 |
Last words about hiking and climbing | 60 |
Cayambe and Sara Urco | 174 |
Climbing Antisana | 187 |
Laguna Volcán to Laguna Papallacta | 193 |
Parque Nacional Llanganates | 211 |
The Baños Area | 217 |
El Altar | 223 |
El Altar 153 | 226 |
El Altar Detail | 228 |
THE CENTRAL VALLEY | 62 |
Hikes around Tandayapa and Mindo | 69 |
Lloa to Mindo Trail | 71 |
Cerro Ilaló | 76 |
Laguna Mojanda | 85 |
THE WESTERN CORDILLERA | 92 |
Laguna de Cuicocha Circuit | 98 |
La Delicia to Apuela Hike | 101 |
Cerro Atacazo | 108 |
Ilinizas El Corazón | 115 |
Chugchilán Area | 123 |
Parque Nacional Cajas | 135 |
Other ETAPA Routes in Parque Nacional Cajas | 142 |
THE EASTERN CORDILLERA | 161 |
Río Azuela to the Oriente | 166 |
Oyacachi to El Chaco | 172 |
El Placer | 233 |
Atillo to Achupallas Hikes | 236 |
The Inca Road to Ingapirca | 239 |
THE ORIENTE | 243 |
Saraguro | 245 |
Canjanuma Ranger Station Park Entrance | 251 |
Reventador | 255 |
Reventador | 260 |
Parque Nacional SumacoNapo Galeras | 266 |
The Western Lowlands and Pacific Coast | 271 |
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Climbing Matrix | 288 |
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Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
ACCESS Andean Angamarca Antisana ascent Baños Best Weather Bird Watching bridge buses camp Carihuairazo Cayambe CENTRAL VALLEY Cerro Chimborazo climbers continue Cotopaxi crater cross Cuenca December to February descend dirt road east EASTERN CORDILLERA Ecuador Ecuadorian El Tambo entrance eruptions follow forest glacier Guagua Hacienda head HIKE FACTS Distance HIKING DIRECTIONS hours roundtrip Iliniza Inca June to January June to September kilometers Altitude Laguna lake lava flow Loma Machachi Mark Thurber meters Mindo Moderate Mojanda mountain Otavalo Oyacachi Pan-American Highway Papallacta páramo Páramo Vegetation park Parque Nacional pass peak Photo by Mark Pichincha Pintag Quebrada Quito rainforest reach refuge reserve Reventador ridge Río river rock climbing Rock Scramble route Rumiñahui Sangay side Sincholagua slopes snow Special Interest spectacled bears steep Sumaco summit Tambo TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS town track trail Transverse Mercator U.T.M. traverse trek Tungurahua turn-off Universal Transverse Mercator views Volcán volcano walk Whymper