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Cayambe

5,790 m18,996 ft

Prominence: 2,079 m6,821 ft
Isolation: 93 km
Tonight: -11°CFog · Wind 13 km/h SE

Cayambe is a 5,790 m (18,996 ft) stratovolcano in the Andes, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.

All facts

Elevation: 5,790 m · 18,996 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cotopaxi volcano (5,897 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Protected area: Cayambe Coca National Park
Spanish name: Volcán Cayambe
Coordinates: 0.0251° N, 77.9887° W

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3D map

Cayambe 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.4 × 12.4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cayambe topographic map

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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

Cayambe downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXCayambe GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Route

How to get to the top of Cayambe

The shortest mapped route from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.

From Parking, 4.1 km WSW of Cayambe

Distance: 5.0 kmone way
Climb: +1,407 m−12 m (4,616 ft up)
Time up: about 3.5 h
Difficulty: T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier

Cayambe elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

Weather

Cayambe weather

Tonight · Fog · -11°C (12°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 13 km/h SE

Cayambe forecast for the summit, about 5,790 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,393 m.

Tonight-11°0.1 mm13 km/h SEBase -2°
Sat-11°-1°12.1 mm17 km/h SEBase -2 / 8°
Sun-11°-1°6.8 mm14 km/h SEBase -3 / 7°
Mon-11°0°3.8 mm6 km/h EBase -3 / 8°
Tue-9°0°1.6 mm6 km/h EBase -1 / 8°
Wed-9°0°8.2 mm4 km/h SEBase 0 / 9°
Thu-7°-2°8.6 mm4 km/h NEBase 1 / 6°
Fri-6°-4°9.6 mm4 km/h SEBase 2 / 4°
Sat-6°-2°27.4 mm4 km/h EBase 2 / 6°
Sun-9°-2°6.5 mm6 km/h SEBase -1 / 6°

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

Camping & parking near Cayambe

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cayambe, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Refugio Oleas Ruales
3.0 km SW · +1 more within 6.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
4.1 km WSW
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Refugio Oleas RualesHut	3.0 km SW
Parking	4.1 km WSW
ChozaHut	6.5 km SSW

Slope

How steep is the route to Cayambe?

The easiest mapped route, 5.0 km from 4,393 m to 5,790 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.

0 km · 4,393 m5.0 km · 5,790 m

0–15°2.3 km
15–30°2.6 km
30–45°0.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 60.5%Snow & ice 14.4%Trees 13.7%Shrubland 6.8%Bare rock / sparse 4.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Cayambe sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

El PanecilloPeak · 3,016 m65 km WSW

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,788 m at the summit; the official height is 5,790 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,790 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,788 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,781 m	-9 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.
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Cayambe

West → east through the summit

From Parking, 4.1 km WSW of Cayambe

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources