To climb Lanín it is compulsatory:
- to register at Lanín National Park Online in advance
- to reserve the shelters / camping spots in advance
- to bring the necessary gear, it will be checked by the park rangers
- to have previous mountain experience
register and reservation at: qsistemas.com.ar/lanin/login.php (you will have to generate a Login)
We did our tour of season in autumn with quite some snow. First day we climbed till Refugio Amarillo in regular weather conditions. Second day we couldn´t leave the shelter due to bad weather conditions in the morning. In the afternoon we explored and tracked the portion of the route we did the day after in the dark (a bit higher then a place called "plateau" at around 3000 m). The summit day we left at 5 o´clock. Limit time for turning around is defined by the park rangers according to the season of the year. On our way down the clouds covered the summit completly and we had to use the route tracked the they before to find our way to the "refugio amarillo". We slept in a tent inside the "refugio amarillo" and we were happy to have our tent as the wind pressed the snow inside the shelter.