Honor the mountain.

jtreks exists to document, share, and bring the world's great mountain ranges closer to people. The mountains deserve more than clickbait listicles and affiliate-driven advice. They deserve honest research, sourced facts, and the kind of respect that comes from actually standing on them.

Built by Julian Irigoyen — Argentine mountaineer, software engineer, and game developer. What started as trip research grew into sourced trekking guides, interactive 3D maps, a climbing game built on real satellite terrain, and a 3D-printed mountain keyring line. More is coming: safety and training guides, gear reviews, expeditions, and merch. The whole point is to learn, be safe, and share the stoke.

How we work

• Every factual claim traces to a primary source — government data, altitude medicine journals, rescue reports — and every source is linked inline.
• When sources disagree, we publish the range honestly instead of picking one and pretending it's definitive.
• Articles are revised whenever the ground truth changes — permit prices, route closures, new altitude data — with the revision date noted.
• All research, source lists, and editorial notes are tracked in the public repository.

What's coming

jtreks is growing beyond guides. Here's what we're building:

• Games. Ascenso — a mountaineering game built on real SRTM satellite terrain from Volcán Lanín. Climb the actual mountain in your browser.
• Safety & training. Altitude acclimatization protocols, gear checklists, weather interpretation, and rescue planning — sourced to medical and operational data.
• Gear. Gear reviews from people who actually carry this stuff up mountains. Recommendations based on what works, not who pays.
• Expeditions & merch. 3D-printed terrain keyrings from real elevation data. Expedition planning tools. Community events.

The thesis

Mountains are not content. They're places that demand preparation, respect, and honesty about what you'll face up there. jtreks exists to give you the facts — sourced, updated, and free — so you can make your own decisions. Study. Train. Go. Come back. Repeat.

Get in touch

Spotted an error? Have better data? Want to contribute? Contact us or open an issue on the public repository. Every correction gets a visible update and a linked source.