About Us

Micher Quito

Mountain Guide, Instructor: One of the most impassioned climbers in the Huaraz area we know… if he is not working in the mountains he is almost definitely out there playing, developing a new rock site or looking for a new adventure on an unclimbed peak. Micher began bouldering & rock climbing at 15 years old and at 16 took a weekend trip to Alpamayo with some friends (FYI most people take 5+ days to climb this peak) and hasn’t really stopped since then. From 2006-2010 he participated in the UIAGM guides course in Huaraz and upon graduation began working with Skyline as one of our most talented and professional high altitude alpine guides. Besides his adventures all over the Sierra of Peru, he has climbed in Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador, Columbia, Austria and Germany. You’ll definitely see him in the guidebooks for numerous first ascents and with luck you’ll see his name on your trip roster as one of your expedition’s guides!

Gladys Jimenez

Trekking Guide: Gladys was born about 50 kilometers north of Huaraz in a small town called Yungay. She moved to Huaraz for high school and then university where she earned a degree in tourism as well as completed all of her coursework in order to earn her guides certificate. Gladys, with an inherent fascination for the world beyond the city walls and her delightful social character pointed her naturally in this direction.  Besides being one of the few female certified trekking guides, Gladys is an avid personal climber & mountaineer, bird watcher (we’d go so far as to say she is an expert on the subject), accomplished trail runner, and to put the icing on the cake, she also speaks Spanish, Quetcha & English!  She has traveled all through South America and the northwest United States, Mexico, and Nepal.  Gladys is a truly spectacular companion to have along on any journey, if you’ve signed up for a trek, she might become your best friend!

Alessandro Fracchetti

Mountain Guide, Instructor: Alessandro began guiding in the Cordillera Blanca in 2016, making the big transition from a climbing lifestyle in the Alpes to a climbing lifestyle in the Andes!

 

Originally from Italy, his formative adventure years were in the Alpes and Himalaya, where at 22 years he decided that the mountains would be a part of his life both professionally and personally. At 30 he began his UIAGM guides course in Peru and the Cordillera Blanca became his new work & playground ever since.

 

He speaks Italian, Spanish and English fluently and has worked an impressive variety of trips with Skyline over the years, including motivating local middle-schoolers to the summit of a glaciated peak, instructing alpine skills courses, trekking with university programs and our more traditional guiding of big, burly mountains.

Carlos Pineda

Mountain Guide, Instructor: Carlos can trace his love for the mountains back to when he was a 7 year old boy who knew that the great adventures to be had outside were part of his destiny. In his university years, he learned quickly from experienced climbers who had much to teach in all modalities of the alpine world, and found a passion for seeking out and opening new routes. Having been included in the big-list of Piolets d’Or, a prestigious recognition for alpinists, he decided to pursue his guides certification from the UIAGM and make his climbing “career” official. Carlos has climbed and guided in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Tanzania, Peru, USA & Venezuela. He holds many certificates from the Guides Association of Venezuela including rock, high-mountain, & WFR, his IRATA level 1 and is one exam away from his UIAGM alpine guide certification. He’s full of adventure stories – which means he is full of adventure – and never has a group come back from a trip with Carlos under-impressed with their full experience in the mountains.