ROUTES IN THE VALLEY OF CASA PIEDRA 4500m

Existing routes are reported up the pillars of Casa Piedra, unfortunately, we have no detailed information about. The snow and mixed climbs should be done best until end of december, as long as the couloirs have ice and snow covers the loose rocks.

Peak 4000m, photo M.Waldhoer
One evident line is the central couloir in a peak (4000m) at the entrance of the valley, about 700m high, 50° steep snow and some mixed climbing near the top. The rock is rather loose. The descent is easy and evident, scrambling down the backside.

Pillars of Casa Piedra, photo M.Waldhoer
One of the pillars seems to have been climbed by Jürgen Straub from Germany.

Casa Piedra, photo M.Waldhoer
The 17.12.00 M.Waldhoer & E.Mondragon put up a new route in the south face to the right of Casa Piedra. It resulted an excellent snow, ice and mixed climb, going up couloirs up to 60°, snow fields and several short steep sections in pretty good rock (IV). The descent is easy downclimbing on the backside and hiking to the East all around the massive, ca. 5h. The overall rating is TD-.

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