After a relatively gentle start up a 4×4 track for around 4 km, you begin the steep and spectacular climb, ascending 530 m in just over 1.5 km, when you will reach the recently rebuilt Altavista Refuge (3270 m).
Ngemuva kokuqala ngomusa kancane ithrekhi ye-4 × 4 ye-4 km, uqala ukukhuphuka okuwumbukwane futhi okumangazayo, ukhuphuka i-530 m endaweni engaphezulu kwe-1.5 km, lapho uzofika nge-Altavista Refuge eyakhiwe kabusha (3270 m).