Ice Climbing in South America

Looking for multi-pitch objectives that can be done in a day in the 4/5 range. Preferably not something that is alpine. Anyone have any beta or know where to look?

Having lived and alpine climbed all over SA for 30 years I don't know anywhere with roadside ice climbing.

Best bets are probably Bolivia near La Paz, Peru in the Cordillera Blanca, or maybe down in Ushuaia, Chile but with climate change finding something frozen and" non-alpine" might be impossible.

I was afraid this might be the case. Thanks for the info.

Jon Ewrote:

Looking for multi-pitch objectives that can be done in a day in the 4/5 range. Preferably not something that is alpine. Anyone have any beta or know where to look?

Puente del inca right next to portillo ski center around Santiago de Chile. World class long ice climbs. WI3+ . And right next you can swing by Juncal Park and do some alpine.

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Theres another thread discussing this with some links. When were you thinking of going?

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/125878475/the-search-for-ice-near-santiago#ForumMessage-126748418

https://icefest.cl/

https://chilemountains.info/pag-ice.htm

Doing some initial research myself

chile is definitely your best bet.  check out cajon del maipo outside santiago.