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Chimborazo
- Easiest route
- 4.1 km+1,436 m · about 3.5 h · T5
- Prominence
- 4,122 m13,524 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- -12°CFog · Wind 8 km/h N
Chimborazo is a 6,264 m (20,550 ft) stratovolcano in the Andes, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador.
All facts
- Elevation
- 6,264 m · 20,550 ft
- Range
- Andes
- Region
- Chimborazo Province, Ecuador
- Protected area
- Chimborazo Fauna Production Reserve
- Spanish name
- Volcán Chimborazo
- Coordinates
- 1.4690° S, 78.8176° W
How to get to the top of Chimborazo
The shortest mapped route from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
From Road end, 3.2 km WSW of Chimborazo
- Distance
- 4.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,436 m−21 m (4,711 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Chimborazo 3D map
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Chimborazo terrain and contours
200 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
Chimborazo weather
Tonight · Fog · -12°C (10°F) · Wind 8 km/h N
Chimborazo forecast for the summit, about 6,264 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,845 m.
- Tonight-12°–8 km/h NBase -4°
- Sat-12°-3°5.8 mm13 km/h EBase -4 / 5°
- Sun-12°-4°5.2 mm13 km/h EBase -4 / 5°
- Mon-12°-4°3.1 mm5 km/h NBase -3 / 4°
- Tue-10°-3°1.9 mm5 km/h WBase -1 / 5°
- Wed-9°-4°10.6 mm4 km/h WBase -1 / 5°
- Thu-12°-6°35.0 mm3 km/h NBase -3 / 3°
- Fri-10°-7°21.3 mm2 km/h WBase -2 / 1°
- Sat-10°-6°11.4 mm5 km/h EBase -2 / 2°
- Sun-10°-5°12.8 mm6 km/h SBase -1 / 4°
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Chimborazo
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Chimborazo, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Campo Alto
Nearest parking
3.2 km WSW
Nearest campsite
3.2 km WSW
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campo AltoHut | 2.3 km W |
| Refugio WhymperHut | 2.4 km W |
| Campo AltoHut | 2.5 km WNW |
| Parking | 3.2 km WSW |
| Campsite | 3.2 km WSW |
| Parking | 3.3 km W |
| Parking | 6.3 km SSW |
| Zona de CampaCampsite | 7.3 km N |
| Campsite | 7.6 km SSW |
How steep is the route to Chimborazo?
The easiest mapped route, 4.1 km from 4,845 m to 6,264 m. Steepest stretch: 40°.
- 0–15°1.7 km
- 15–30°1.3 km
- 30–45°1.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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 10 km, measured from the Chimborazo summit.
Summit list 3
- 1Pico Veintimilla6,228 m 0.6 km WNW
- 2Cumbre Politécnica5,820 m 1.5 km ESE
- 3C. Nicolás Martínez5,570 m 2.3 km ESE
Where Chimborazo sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467Andes163
- Region
- Ecuador20South America235
Nearby places
Tungurahua volcanoPeak · 5,016 m↑41 km E
QuilotoaPeak · 3,800 m↑68 km N
Cotopaxi volcanoPeak · 5,897 m↑97 km NNE
RumiñahuiPeak · 4,721 m↑104 km NNE
PasochoaPeak · 4,200 m↑118 km NNE
More in the Andes 6
Chimborazo downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,263 m at the summit; the official height is 6,264 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 6,264 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 6,263 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 6,256 m | -7 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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