ACONCAGUA PROVINCIAL PARK SEASON OPENER SUSPENDED

Posteado el November 16, 2009 - Categorizado en Argentina, Argentina Tourism, Mendoza Tourism, Mount Anconcagua

The park ranger Luis Arias, ATE delegate spoke to Radio Nihuil last Friday, and confirmed that unfortunately there was no agreement with the Environment Secretariat; therefore the season of Aconcagua Provincial Park does not begin today. The request of personnel, clothing, communications, vehicles, among others, needed to cater for tourists and protect the flora and fauna of the province of Mendoza were made in May, and we reach this date with the same deficiency, without obtaining a favorable response.

Park rangers are not only needed for Aconcagua, but for all other protected areas in the region, said Arias.

After the meeting, it was decided for tomorrow at 10 am a parity with the Secretariat of Environment and after it, to convene a meeting of rangers that will depend on the government’s response.

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A trip to Mount Aconcagua

Posteado el April 24, 2008 - Categorizado en Aregentina Mendoza Tourism, Mount Anconcagua

“A shinning white unlike any other” was how visitants described the brilliance of Aconcagua’s peak. Here’s some travellers lines, they had so many incovenients, but for the moment they could only stare at the icy blue-white cap, and eagerly wait for the moment that we could disembark and begin a hike through the provincial park towards that ultimate destination.

After six months of living in the congestion of Buenos Aires, my boyfriend, Preston, and I were craving the freshness and spontaneity of the wilderness and decided to embark on a mini camping trip. We set off for Mendoza and rented the appropriate gear (we found a great little cluster of outdoor equipment rental shops centered around 25 de Mayo on Avenue Las Heras in the center of Mendoza). With little research, we decided to take off on a two-night trek that would ultimately take us to Aconcagua Provincial Park, home of the sky-scraping Mount Aconcagua, which, at 9,962 meters, is the tallest mountain outside of the Himalayas. Leer Mas

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