Vallecitos

Vallecitos is a small mountain range near Mendoza which is a part of the Andes. I spent three days over there, sleeping in a refugio at 2500m and setting out on treks from there. The first day we went up to another campsite at 3200m. The next day we went to a mountain-top called Los Arenales, which is 3700m up and there were many condors flying by, sometimes passing within 100m above our heads. The last day the weather was bad so it wasn't possible to climb the 4500m San Bernardo mountain, as was the plan, so we walked to another campsite at 3800m, hoping the clouds would open up and reveal the mountain valley we were in, but it didn't work out that way. Still, there was breathtaking scenery and great exercise.