Hours at the registration post in San Gerardo:
5 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Access:
By vehicle, 21 km from San Isidro to San Gerardo
By foot 16 km from San Gerardo to Crestones Base
Horses may be used January-April

Distance to population centers:Crestones Base to San Gerardo 16 km
San Isidro to San Gerardo 21 km

Travel times:
San Isidro-San Gerardo 1 hour by car
San Gerardo-Crestones 8 hours on foot

SERVICES AND FACILITIES
Toilets, showers
Drinkable water
Electricity by solar energy
Two-way radio communication
One shelter with a capacity for 60 people, with a kitchen and washing area
Chats, park information, horse rental, insect, bird, and mammal lists, book of common plants in the park

ATTRACTIONS OF THE CRESTONES BASE

• Cerro Chirripó, at 12,532 feet, the highest peak point in the country
• Páramo and oak forest
  
• Seven trails: Sábana de los Leones, Cerro Ventisquieros, Crestones, Lago Chirripó, Valle de los Conejos, Valle las Morrenas, Lake Ditrevi, and lakes of glacial origin.
  
• Elevation of Crestones Base 11,154 feet

Best time of year to visit:
December to April, the dry season

THE CRESTONES BASE'S LODGING, FACILITIES
AND SERVICES FOR THE RESEARCHER

• Toilets, showers
• Drinkable water
• Electricity by solar energy
• Two-way radio communication
• One shelter with a capacity for 60 people, with a kitchen and washing area
• Chats, park information, horse rental, insect, bird, and mammal lists, book of common plants in the park
  

San José / Pérez Zeledón / Rivas
Longitud: 83:29:25.0001
Latitud: 09:28:08.0000
Altitud: 3400 m.s.n.m