From October 13 to 21, Ramiro Casas and Glauco Muratti explored a quebrada (valley) that flows into the Tupungato River south of Punta de Vacas. The pair crossed the Tupongato with difficulty and then walked to the east and southeast along the unnamed creek to reach their first target: an unclimbed mountain they called Cerro El Escampe (4,571m, 32º55´36"S, 69º38´54"W), approximately 12km up the valley. This mountain is west of two big cols that link the unnamed creek with Quebrada Colorada to the north. The two started on the southwest face and then followed the south-southeast ridge before finishing on the upper east face, on the second day of bad weather, finding rotten rock (grade II) and 50º snow.

They then climbed Cerro Copla Blanca (4,630m, 32º55´11"S, 69º42´37"W), the highest summit along the ridge that separates the unnamed creek from Quebrada Negra to its south. Their route on the northeast face had 55º snowy slopes and some rotten rock (grade II), and because of the conditions could not be protected. The overall grade was PD.

– Marcelo Scanu, Argentina