capilla del monte Archive

Capilla del Monte, San Marcos Sierras and in between

15 Dec 2011

After walking up and down on the cerro Uriturco, the other challenge was to hike the 22 km from Capilla del Monte to San Marcos Sierras. From rainy on one day to a deadly sun the other day. I hiked with an American girl I met in the hostel of Capilla, but we didn’t make it all the way and had to hitchhike the last few kilometers. All in all a great trip trough a great area.

Cerro de Uriturco

13 Dec 2011

The highest peak in the Sierras chicas, near Capilla del Monte; the Cerro de Uriturco.

From Wiki:

Since 1986 the Uritorco has been mentioned in media reports of UFO sightings, extraterrestrial visits, and visions of “parallel dimensions”. The nearby Capilla del Monte and the base of the Uritorco attract many New Age supporters and tourists interested in the alleged mystical/energetic qualities of the mountain and other paranormal phenomena, and a local artisan industry has developed around this topic.