Aconcagua: Mountain Medicine CME
January 4 – January 25, 2027

Join Wild Med Adventures for a high-altitude, expedition-style Mountain Medicine CME course set on the flanks of Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere and the tallest mountain in the world outside of Asia. Rising dramatically above the Andes Mountains, Aconcagua—known as The Stone Sentinel—offers a rare opportunity to combine serious wilderness medical education with a true big-mountain climbing expedition.

Over 19 days, participants will gradually ascend toward the 6,706 m / 22,837 ft summit, completing core lectures and hands-on medical skills at various camps and remote wilderness settings along the Normal Route (Ruta Normal). Extreme altitude, severe winds, and cold temperatures make this climb physically and mentally demanding, creating the perfect environment to learn patient assessment, stabilization, and evacuation where these skills truly matter.

This is not a classroom course relocated outdoors. It is an immersive, expedition-based CME experience, supported by expert local guides from Andes Mountain Guides, and led by Wild Med Adventures faculty who specialize in teaching medicine in austere environments.

If you’ve been looking for a CME experience that pushes your limits, sharpens your clinical judgment, and delivers a once-in-a-lifetime summit opportunity — this is it.

This expedition-style course is designed for individuals who want to learn wilderness and mountain medicine in real alpine environments while participating in a high-altitude mountaineering expedition on Aconcagua.

This is a small-group, expedition-style experience built around shared effort, learning, and mutual support. Participants come from diverse professional and non-medical backgrounds, but quickly form a cohesive team through the challenges of altitude, weather, and shared goals. If you value camaraderie, humility, and learning by doing, you’ll fit right in.

This is not a classroom course — it’s a true high-altitude expedition.

Over nearly three weeks on Aconcagua, you’ll live, climb, learn, and adapt in one of the most demanding mountain environments in the world. Days are shaped by altitude, weather, and physiology, with medical education unfolding naturally as you ascend through progressively higher camps toward the summit of the highest peak in the Americas.

This experience blends serious mountain travel, deliberate acclimatization, and hands-on wilderness medicine into a single, cohesive journey. You won’t just talk about altitude illness, cold injury, or evacuation decision-making — you’ll experience the physiology, problem-solving, and teamwork that define real mountain medicine.

What makes this course different is where and how you learn. Core lectures and practical skills are delivered at camps, on rest days, and in the field, allowing participants to immediately connect theory with lived experience. As the mountain dictates the pace, education adapts — reinforcing decision-making, risk assessment, and patient care under real expedition constraints.

Medical education is woven directly into the expedition, taught by Wild Med Adventures faculty who specialize in austere and wilderness medicine. Topics are reinforced through real-time observation of altitude effects, fatigue, cold exposure, and team dynamics — the same factors that shape patient care in remote environments.

You’ll also work alongside highly experienced local mountain guides from Andes Mountain Guides, whose logistical expertise allows the medical curriculum to unfold safely and effectively at altitude.

This deliberate rhythm supports both safe climbing and effective learning, ensuring participants remain engaged, challenged, and supported throughout the expedition.

Beyond CME credits, you’ll leave this course with:

Many participants finish this course amazed that something so demanding, meaningful, and unforgettable can also qualify as CME.

19 Days / 18 Nights

 Mendoza Aconcagua Provincial Park Mendoza

This expedition follows the Normal Route on Aconcagua, combining deliberate acclimatization, expedition-style camping, and wilderness medicine education as we ascend toward the highest point in the Americas.

Mendoza Puente del Inca Confluencia

Confluencia

Confluencia Plaza de Mulas

Plaza de Mulas

Plaza de Mulas Canada Camp Nido de Cóndores

Nido de Cóndores Berlin Camp

Berlin Camp Aconcagua Summit Berlin Camp

High Camps / Base Camp

Berlin Camp Plaza de Mulas Puente del Inca Mendoza

Mendoza

Participants are responsible for booking their own flights. Group transportation is provided once in Mendoza.

Delegates should be vaccinated appropriately. Please review current CDC recommendations for travel to Argentina and consult a physician or travel medicine clinic prior to departure.

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Trip preparation resources:

After completing this course, participants will be able to apply wilderness and mountain medicine principles during a high-altitude expedition environment.

    •    ACCME Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Wilderness Medical Society and Wild Med Adventures, LLC. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    •    The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    •    All educational content presented in this activity has been reviewed and validated as appropriate in keeping with sound scientific principles.

Andrew Park, MD

Educational instruction is provided by the Wild Med Adventures faculty, who are responsible solely for the medical education and CME components of this course.

All mountaineering logistics, route planning, and on-mountain leadership are provided by Andes Mountain Guides, an experienced international guiding operation with extensive experience on Aconcagua.

Wild Med Adventures faculty are not climbing guides and are not responsible for mountaineering safety, route decisions, or expedition logistics. Faculty and instructors may change based on availability.

Full payment is due 90 days prior to the course start date.
A $500 late fee will be added for payments received after this deadline, or your spot may be forfeited.

Rescue and evacuation insurance is mandatory for participation in this expedition.

We strongly recommend Global Rescue or an equivalent provider.

Participation in this expedition involves high-altitude mountaineering and extended travel in remote and austere environments on Aconcagua in Argentina. Activities may include prolonged hiking days, steep and uneven terrain, snow and ice travel, extreme altitude, cold temperatures, severe winds, limited access to medical facilities, and variable environmental conditions. These activities inherently involve risk, including but not limited to illness, injury, altitude-related medical conditions, falls, equipment failure, evacuation delays, property loss, travel disruption, or death.

Wild Med Adventures provides medical education and CME instruction only. Wild Med Adventures faculty are not climbing guides and do not provide mountaineering instruction, route selection, expedition leadership, or safety oversight related to climbing activities.

All mountaineering logistics, route planning, camp management, and on-mountain leadership are provided by Andes Mountain Guides, an independent professional guiding service. Participants are solely responsible for their personal decisions, conduct, use of equipment, and participation in all expedition activities.

This expedition is physically demanding and takes place at extreme altitude. Participants are responsible for evaluating their own physical condition, medical readiness, and fitness level prior to participation. Participation is not advised for individuals who cannot tolerate prolonged physical exertion, altitude exposure, cold environments, or remote travel conditions. Participants acknowledge that medical resources may be limited or unavailable during portions of the expedition.

Rescue and evacuation insurance covering remote and austere environments is mandatory for participation. Personal medical insurance valid for international travel is required. Travel insurance is strongly recommended to cover illness, injury, trip interruption, missed connections, weather delays, or cancellation. Participants are solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining appropriate insurance coverage.

Participants are responsible for securing all required travel documents, including passports, visas, and entry requirements for Argentina. Entry and visa requirements vary by nationality and are subject to change without notice.

By enrolling in and participating in this expedition, participants acknowledge and accept the inherent risks associated with high-altitude mountaineering, wilderness travel, and remote-area activities. Participants voluntarily assume full responsibility for their participation and any associated risks, injuries, or losses that may occur.