Ascent Notes for: Jamapa Glacier (North Face) - popular Average Rating : 4.00/5

Wow, don't underestimate the altitude! We spent one day acclimating at the hut (14k feet) and were very humbled by the thin air, (coming from sea level)! Awesome experience, great views, and nice people around. Never used any pro, just crampons and axe. Be careful of those 4 inch crevasses, they could swallow your cliff bars whole!

Great peak. We ran into some serious wind at the top and some bullet proof ice along the rim of the crater. We skipped the Labyrinth and went straight up to the base of the glacier - saved about 2 hours but the pitch was fairly steep. Took about 7 hours from the Piedra Grande hut to peak. Don't underestimate this mountain.

took a nap in the warm sands of 18,000 ft !!!!

Beautiful Mountain.
Esay, excellent as introduction to high altitude mountaineering.
The crux is the last part of the glacier, the last pull to the summit crater is tiring, but extremely beautiful.
We walked from Miguel Hidalgo, a small town and our stuff was portered in a mule by a kid.
From Piedra Grande hut, it took us 7 hours to the summit.
I reccommend an early start, it gets very sunny and there is a lot of water from melting.
Beautiful, respectable mountain.

No comment

Climbed to Crater Rim in 1997, and then summited in 2004.

fun high camp, met "el oso" on the summit

Turned back due to illness at 18,000 ft. Learned alot about altitude. Will be back.

dates just a guess...sometime mid march '02

Fun experience, very easy technically. Largest crevase was 6in wide. Good climbing to experience higher altitude (18,700ft).