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Alpamayo
- Mapped trail
- 11.7 km+1,028 m · about 4.5 h · T3Ends 1,280 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 526 m1,725 ft
- Isolation
- 1.8 km
- Tonight
- -7°CSnow · Wind 4 km/h W
Alpamayo is a 5,947 m (19,511 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Blanca, Áncash Department, Peru.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,947 m · 19,511 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Quitaraju (6,040 m)
- Range
- Cordillera Blanca
- Region
- Áncash Department, Peru
- Protected area
- Huascarán National Park
- Coordinates
- 8.8785° S, 77.6543° W
Trails toward Alpamayo
Mapped trails from the road get to 1,280 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Road end, 7.8 km NNE of Alpamayo
- Distance
- 11.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,028 m−738 m (3,373 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Ends 1,280 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Alpamayo 3D map
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Alpamayo terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Alpamayo weather
Tonight · Snow · -7°C (19°F) · 5.4 mm · Wind 4 km/h W
Alpamayo forecast for the summit, about 5,947 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,137 m.
- Tonight-7°5.4 mm4 km/h WBase 5°
- Sat-7°-1°11.7 mm11 km/h NEBase 5 / 12°
- Sun-7°-2°15.0 mm9 km/h NWBase 4 / 12°
- Mon-10°0°0.8 mm10 km/h WBase 2 / 9°
- Tue-10°-1°0.4 mm12 km/h WBase 2 / 14°
- Wed-11°0°–13 km/h WBase 1 / 14°
- Thu-10°-1°0.2 mm11 km/h WBase 4 / 13°
- Fri-11°0°–12 km/h WBase 3 / 14°
- Sat-11°1°0.1 mm11 km/h WBase 4 / 15°
- Sun-7°-1°6.4 mm4 km/h NWBase 5 / 10°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Alpamayo
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Alpamayo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
High camp 5491m
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| High camp 5491mCampsite | 0.6 km SSW |
| Arhuaycocha - Alpamayo Base CampCampsite | 2.7 km SE |
| Base Camp Alpamayo NorthCampsite | 3.3 km WNW |
How steep is the route to Alpamayo?
The easiest mapped route, 11.7 km from 4,137 m to 4,428 m. Steepest stretch: 25°.
- 0–15°9.6 km
- 15–30°2.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 120 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3.1 km, measured from the Alpamayo summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Jancarurish5,578 m 1.5 km N
- 2Quitaraju6,040 m 2.1 km SSW
- 3Tayapampa5,657 m 2.7 km N
Where Alpamayo sits
- Region
- Áncash Department17Peru57South America235
- Protected area
- Huascarán National Park13
Nearby places
QuitarajuPeak · 6,040 m↑2.1 km SSW
Santa CruzPeak · 6,259 m↑6.3 km WSW
Lake Parón4,200 m↑13 km SSW
PiscoPeak · 5,760 m↑15 km S
Laguna 69Lake · 4,625 m↑15 km SSE
More in the Cordillera Blanca 6
Alpamayo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
238 m low This 3D map reads 5,709 m at the summit; the official height is 5,947 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 254 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,947 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,709 m | -238 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 5,693 m | -254 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-07)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia