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Chachani
- Easiest route
- 5.7 km+1,016 m · about 3 h · T3
- Prominence
- 1,969 m6,458 ft
- Isolation
- 55 km
- Tonight
- -8°CLight snow showers · Wind 8 km/h SW
Chachani is a 6,057 m (19,872 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Volcanic, Arequipa Department, Peru.
All facts
- Elevation
- 6,057 m · 19,872 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Ampato (6,288 m)
- Range
- Cordillera Volcanic
- Region
- Arequipa Department, Peru
- Protected area
- Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation
- Coordinates
- 16.1951° S, 71.5318° W
How to get to the top of Chachani
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Parking, 3.3 km ENE of Chachani
- Distance
- 5.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,016 m−123 m (3,333 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Chachani 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.8 × 11.8 km
Chachani 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
Chachani weather
Tonight · Light snow showers · -8°C (18°F) · 3.3 mm · Wind 8 km/h SW
Chachani forecast for the summit, about 6,057 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 5,059 m.
- Tonight-8°3.3 mm8 km/h SWBase -2°
- Sat-9°-1°5.6 mm16 km/h SWBase -3 / 5°
- Sun-9°-2°4.9 mm17 km/h SWBase -3 / 4°
- Mon-11°-3°0.6 mm13 km/h SWBase -5 / 3°
- Tue-11°-4°1.3 mm12 km/h SWBase -5 / 2°
- Wed-12°-7°9.0 mm12 km/h SWBase -6 / -1°
- Thu-12°-4°0.2 mm14 km/h SWBase -6 / 2°
- Fri-11°-3°0.3 mm13 km/h SWBase -5 / 3°
- Sat-11°-2°–13 km/h SWBase -5 / 4°
- Sun-9°-1°–13 km/h SWBase -3 / 5°
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 Chachani
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Chachani, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Acampamiento base de Chachani
Nearest parking
3.3 km ENE
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Acampamiento base de ChachaniCampsite | 2.0 km N |
| campamento baseCampsite | 2.9 km E |
| Parking | 3.3 km ENE |
| Parking | 3.7 km NE |
How steep is the route to Chachani?
The easiest mapped route, 5.7 km from 5,174 m to 6,057 m. Steepest stretch: 28°.
- 0–15°4.1 km
- 15–30°1.6 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.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.9 km; 34 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yareta12
- Culpeo6
- Leucheria daucifolia5
- Werneria poposa5
- Mountain Viscacha3
- Valeriana globularis2
Where Chachani sits
- Region
- Arequipa Department8Peru57South America235
- Protected area
- Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation4
Nearby places
MistiPeak · 5,825 m↑18 km SE
Pichu PichuPeak · 5,665 m↑42 km SE
AmpatoPeak · 6,288 m↑56 km NW
SabancayaPeak · 5,976 m↑57 km NW
UbinasPeak · 5,672 m↑69 km ESE
More in the Cordillera Volcanic 1
Chachani downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
18 m high This 3D map reads 6,075 m at the summit; the official height is 6,057 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 6,057 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 6,075 m | +18 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 6,055 m | -2 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 2026-07-17)
- 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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia