Plaza de Mulas

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geographical location mountaineering base camp

Plaza de Mulas is the main high-altitude base camp used by climbers on the normal route of Aconcagua in the Argentine Andes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Plaza de Mulas Inferior 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical location ⓘ
mountaineering base camp ⓘ
accessRoute Normal Route on Aconcagua ⓘ
surface form: Normal Route of Aconcagua
accessTown Horcones ⓘ
Puente del Inca ⓘ
approachTime typically 2 to 3 days from trailhead ⓘ
climbingArea Normal Route on Aconcagua ⓘ
surface form: Aconcagua Normal Route west side
climbingSeason austral summer ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
distanceFromTrailhead approximately 40 km trek from Horcones ⓘ
elevation approximately 14100 ft ⓘ
approximately 4300 m ⓘ
hasEnvironment high-altitude semi-arid alpine ⓘ
hasFacility dining tents ⓘ
helicopter landing area ⓘ
lodging refugio ⓘ
medical services ⓘ
ranger station ⓘ
refuges ⓘ
satellite communications ⓘ
tents ⓘ
toilets ⓘ
hasRisk altitude sickness ⓘ
low temperatures ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
higherCamp Camp Canadá ⓘ
Camp Colera ⓘ
Nido de Cóndores ⓘ
isOneOf highest base camps in the world used regularly ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Aconcagua ⓘ
Argentina ⓘ
Mendoza Province ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Andes ⓘ
mountain Aconcagua ⓘ
nameMeaning Mule Square ⓘ
nearbyFeature Horcones Glacier ⓘ
Plaza de Mulas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plaza de Mulas Inferior
primaryUsers Aconcagua climbers ⓘ
high-altitude trekking groups ⓘ
regulatesBy Aconcagua Provincial Park ⓘ
surface form: Aconcagua Provincial Park authorities
requires Aconcagua climbing permit ⓘ
routeRole main base camp on the normal route of Aconcagua ⓘ
servesAs staging point for higher camps on Aconcagua ⓘ
trailhead Horcones Valley ⓘ
typicalTemperatureRange well below freezing at night in season ⓘ
typicalUsePeriod December to February ⓘ
usedFor Aconcagua summit attempts ⓘ
acclimatization ⓘ
high-altitude mountaineering ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aconcagua → hasBaseCamp → Plaza de Mulas ⓘ
Plaza Argentina → isAlternativeTo → Plaza de Mulas ⓘ
Plaza de Mulas → nearbyFeature → Plaza de Mulas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plaza de Mulas Inferior