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etrier
Sep 29, 2005, 9:23 PM
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Is it the Western Cordillerra or the Eastern which is better climbing conditions and weather in January???
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lewisiarediviva
Sep 29, 2005, 9:44 PM
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Depends on what you want to climb.
Ice?
Rock?
Mountain?
Ladder?
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etrier
Sep 30, 2005, 5:49 AM
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I guess it should be fairly obvious from my question. Which mountain Range has the best weather and conditions in January? Assuming, there are not alot of memorable rock routes and fire ladders I can get enough of here, Snow and Ice is the medium I am wondering about.
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atg200
Sep 30, 2005, 6:02 AM
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really it depends more on the route than the range. cotopaxi and chimborazo were both in good shape at the end of december when i was on them back in 99. when i was there again in april there was deep snow on cotopaxi that made it miserable, but the illinizas were in good shape. the weather was killer and dry this year at the end of february and i think everything would have been climbable, though i was shocked at how much the glaciers have receded. it was even dry heading into sangay.
the cool thing about ecuador is that you only need a very short window of good weather, and you can always go to the beach or the jungle to kill time if the weather sucks.
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esoj00
Nov 20, 2005, 3:11 PM
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Im going to be in ecuador mid december and early Jan, Ive climbed a lot in Ecuador already... If you need a partner it would be cool teaming up
you can email me at jpalau9@gmail.com or just PM me
Jp
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etrier
Jan 4, 2006, 6:58 PM
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For Chimborazo normal route and/or Iliniza, one of the technical routes....is their lots of snow there right now? Is it better with skis?
Thanks for any advice
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etrier
Jan 4, 2006, 7:31 PM
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For Chimborazo normal route and/or Iliniza, one of the technical routes....is their lots of snow there right now? Is it better with skis?
Thanks for any advice
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