UCO Valley Mendoza Argentina

Going down the UCO Valley

I was very excited when my friend and excellent photographer Gustavo Puigdengolas asked me to go out with him to do some shooting in the UCO Valley, I couldn't wait!!!


We left early morning to catch the sunrise, it was amazing, as you can see looking at the following images, the resolution is not the best, all these images can also be viewed on my website under Mendoza Argentina Tab

 
 It was amazing to be with another photographer sharing the same passion for photography.  When we stop to capture the sunrise the weather was perfect and cold, felt like -2 to -5C, the valley is about 7C colder than the city of Mendoza,  not bad for an early start, the temperature went up to + 13C mid morning. I was very fortunate to have this opportunity and be with someone that knew everything about the region, Gustavo knew where and went to stop, no lost of time scooting the place.

I did 3 panoramas, average of 40 images each, the top images represent the road going down the valley, it's an amazing view, such a beautiful country.

Panorama done with 40 images

 We stopped all the way down the valley.

On the road going down we saw a gaucho, Gustavo stopped the car jumped out and asked him if it was ok for us to take some photos of him, he agreed!!!

 Walnut plantation

The other 2 panoramas were done in the valley at Tupungato Winelands, it's an amazing resort with a golf, hotel, restaurant, and it's surrounded by the Andes.

In our way to Winelands

 Winelands

My friend Gustavo capturing the grand landscape

It was an amazing day, thanks to my friend Gustavo,

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Tupungato Volcano

I was showing one my mountain shot that I took from the plane between Mendoza and Santiago to David the manager at Leon Café Bar, when he saw that shot he told  me hey this is  a great shot of Tupungato.

I found out that it is one of the highest mountain in America 21 681’/6570mts, an old volcano, the last eruption was in 1986, not that long ago, it’s considered as the highest active volcano in the world! That massive mountain sit between the border of Chile and Argentina, on the Chilean side close by Santiago and on the Argentinian side at the entrance of the Province of Mendoza about 100k south of Aconcagua the highest peak of the Americas south and north.

Apparently a plane crashed on it in 1947 on the Argentine side, and because the massive amount of snow, the little plane disappears and was found more than 50 years later in 2000.

If you want to climb it, theirs is tours, Tupungato is not a dangerous peak, cannot compare to the extremely dangerous Aconcagua, it is a more relaxing climb, in an amazing surrounding over 20,000 glaciers, it’s not cheap, about $4000USD and that’s not include your flight to Santiago or Mendoza Argentina, the best months for climbing are Dec, Jan, Feb, and March. 

Canon 5Dmarkiii, Canon 24-105 at 82mm, f14, 1/800sec, ISO200

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