The Arrow Glacier Camp is used by the hikers on the western routes for an overnight. The camp is on a vertical all of the Kilimanjaro. The camp is on the route on near the Arrow Glaciers.
The arrow glacier has however melted over time and is longer existent on the Kilimanjaro. The routes that pass the northern route and eventually ends to this camp are Lemosho route and the Shira trail.
This camp lacks facilities like bathrooms and toilets, much like all the others. There are only wood-built, semi-permanent pit latrines at the site.
Basically, the main purpose of this camp is descent. To use this camp on your ascent, you’ll need a unique pass.
This camp is located on the eastern side of the Kibo peak which is the highest peak of the Kilimanjaro Mountain.
It is only a short distance from the Western Breach Vertical Wall, which was created when land masses from Kibo Peak collapsed and left a vertical wall behind.
The camp is in the Alpine vegetation zone of the Kilimanjaro. This explains why the area is remote. There is almost no vegetation and the temperatures are high with strong dry winds.
This camp however is among the few on the Kilimanjaro ranges that experience snow. You will have nothing to worry about as there is little animal life that can survive here. Therefore, no insects.
The Arrow Glacier of Kilimanjaro Mountain
The Little Barranco was another name for the Arrow glacier. With time, these glaciers melted and vanished.
On Mount Kilimanjaro, the Drygalski and Arrow glaciers have both melted and vanished.
The cause of this is global warming. The majority of glaciers have lost more than 80% of their bulk due to the effects of global warming.
By 2030, it’s possible that Kilimanjaro will be devoid of glaciers if the impacts are not managed.
These glaciers are in the altitude of about 5,300 meters and 5,470 meters above sea level. They are on the western slopes of the Kibo peak on the Kilimanjaro Mountain.
Glacier is very close to the hazardous Western Breach Route otherwise known as the Arrow Glacier Route and it also sits close to the Lemosho Route.
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