Do I need a permit for Aconcagua?

A permit is listed as required for Aconcagua: Aconcagua ascent permit. Status is reported (secondary). Confirm with the issuer before travel.

How much is the Aconcagua permit?

Ascent permit — Normal route: ~USD 1,170 (2025/26 ref), issued by Not recorded. Status on this record: reported-secondary. Ascent permit — 360°/Vacas: ~USD 1,450 (2025/26 ref), issued by Not recorded. Status on this record: reported-secondary.

Is a guide required for Aconcagua?

This record does not state that a guide is required for Aconcagua. Absence here is not a ruling that independent travel is allowed.

When should the Aconcagua permit be booked?

Reservation on this record is "none". The best season stored for the trail is unverified. This page does not publish a booking window that the issuer page did not supply.

Can the Aconcagua permit be refunded or transferred?

This record does not store a refund or transfer rule. Only the issuer named on the fee row can answer that.

Stored figure · 2025

Aconcagua permit cost 2025

Statutory figures as stored on this record, in the issuer's currency. This is not a live tariff and not a booking page.

Last verified 2026-09-23 vs Dirección de Recursos Naturales Renovables / Gobierno de Mendoza

Cite this record

The Hiking World, Aconcagua permit, verified 2026-09-23, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/aconcagua/permit

How we verify · last checked 2026-09-23

Byline

The Hiking World editorial · author
Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.

We don't sell treks. We cite the issuer.

Quota / restriction: Climbing season about 15 November to the end of February / mid-March. 2026/27 rates were still pending an October publication when this was recorded. Do not treat the reference dollars as the new season.

Permits and fees

Permit	Cost	Quota / restriction	Issuer	Source	Verified
Ascent permit — Normal routeReported (secondary) — confirm before travel	~USD 1,170 (2025/26 ref)	—	Not recorded	Not recorded	Unverified
Ascent permit — 360°/VacasReported (secondary) — confirm before travel	~USD 1,450 (2025/26 ref)	—	Not recorded	Not recorded	Unverified

How to book / the process

Aconcagua lists a permit as required: Aconcagua ascent permit. The legacy issuer field names Dirección de Recursos Naturales Renovables / Gobierno de Mendoza. Reservation on the record is “none”. The fee table above is the whole tariff this desk holds. Each row keeps its own issuer, source link, status, and the date that source was checked.

What the government or park issues is the row whose status is official and whose issuer is a public body. What an operator adds — a package day rate, a guide wage, a lodge deposit, a jeep — is not in that row unless the notes say so. These notes do not describe an operator add-on. Do not read a blank as permission to skip a local rule.

The stored best season for the trail is unverified. Typical duration on the record is 1 days. A season window is not a permit quota. If the quota line names a lottery, a solo ban, or a closed month, that line is the restriction; the season string is only when the trail record says walking is usual.

reported-secondary. Mendoza issues the permit, not APN. Amounts are 2025/26 references.

Read the cost in the currency printed on the row. A muted dollar line, when present, is this desk's dated snapshot for the first amount in that string. It is not the price the issuer charges, and it is omitted when this snapshot has no rate for that currency. Confirm the live tariff on the issuer page linked from the row before you pay anyone.

Ascent permit — Normal route: ~USD 1,170 (2025/26 ref). Issuer: Not recorded. Status: reported-secondary. No check date on this row. No source URL on this row.
Ascent permit — 360°/Vacas: ~USD 1,450 (2025/26 ref). Issuer: Not recorded. Status: reported-secondary. No check date on this row. No source URL on this row.

Questions this record can answer

Do I need a permit for Aconcagua?: A permit is listed as required for Aconcagua: Aconcagua ascent permit. Status is reported (secondary). Confirm with the issuer before travel.
How much is the Aconcagua permit?: Ascent permit — Normal route: ~USD 1,170 (2025/26 ref), issued by Not recorded. Status on this record: reported-secondary. Ascent permit — 360°/Vacas: ~USD 1,450 (2025/26 ref), issued by Not recorded. Status on this record: reported-secondary.
Is a guide required for Aconcagua?: This record does not state that a guide is required for Aconcagua. Absence here is not a ruling that independent travel is allowed.
When should the Aconcagua permit be booked?: Reservation on this record is "none". The best season stored for the trail is unverified. This page does not publish a booking window that the issuer page did not supply.
Can the Aconcagua permit be refunded or transferred?: This record does not store a refund or transfer rule. Only the issuer named on the fee row can answer that.