Despite the dry climate of the area, there are significant glaciers flowing down the southern and the eastern flank of the mountain.

Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Argentinean city of Calingasta, Province of San Juan.

[7] La Mesa was first climbed by Hans Schöenberger (Austria) on January 1, 1971.

[3][4][5] The Polish 1934 expedition (February 10 of that year; leader: Konstanty Narkiewicz-Jodko, summit climbed by Wiktor Ostrowski [pl], Jan Kazimierz Dorawski [pl])[8] is sometimes credited with first ascent reached a 'southeast pinnacle'.

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