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Cotopaxi volcano

5,897 m19,347 ft

Easiest route: 3.1 km+1,254 m · about 3 h · T2
Prominence: 2,401 m7,877 ft
Isolation: 96 km
Tonight: -9°CFog · Wind 8 km/h E

Cotopaxi volcano is a 5,897 m (19,347 ft) stratovolcano in the Andes, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador.

All facts

Elevation: 5,897 m · 19,347 ft
Nearest higher peak: Chimborazo (6,264 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador
Protected area: Cotopaxi National Park
Spanish name: Volcán Cotopaxi
Coordinates: 0.6807° S, 78.4379° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Cotopaxi volcano

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Parqueo 4.630 m (parking)

Distance: 3.1 kmone way
Climb: +1,254 m(4,114 ft up)
Time up: about 3 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Cotopaxi volcano 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.

3D map

Cotopaxi volcano 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cotopaxi volcano 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.

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.

Weather

Cotopaxi volcano weather

Tonight · Fog · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 8 km/h E

Cotopaxi volcano forecast for the summit, about 5,897 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,622 m.

Tonight-9°–8 km/h EBase -1°
Sat-10°-2°6.2 mm18 km/h EBase -3 / 6°
Sun-13°-1°8.3 mm17 km/h SEBase -5 / 6°
Mon-13°-1°1.8 mm13 km/h SEBase -5 / 6°
Tue-10°-1°1.7 mm8 km/h EBase -2 / 6°
Wed-9°-2°5.1 mm3 km/h NEBase -1 / 6°
Thu-8°-4°17.7 mm5 km/h EBase 0 / 4°
Fri-8°-4°16.8 mm5 km/h SEBase 0 / 4°
Sat-8°-2°18.7 mm6 km/h EBase 0 / 6°
Sun-8°-3°4.2 mm8 km/h SEBase -1 / 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Cotopaxi volcano

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

Nearest hut
Refugio José Rivas
1.9 km N · +1 more within 7.5 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
Parqueo 4.630 m
2.6 km N · +2 more within 7.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
La Rinconada
7.1 km NW · +2 more within 6.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 8

Place	Distance
Refugio José RivasHut	1.9 km N
Parqueo 4.630 mParking	2.6 km N
Campsite	5.9 km NNW
Campsite	6.7 km NW
La RinconadaCampsite	7.1 km NW
Refugio de Montaña Cotopaxi Cara SurHut	7.5 km SW
Parking	7.7 km WNW
Parking	7.7 km NW

Slope

How steep is the route to Cotopaxi volcano?

The easiest mapped route, 3.1 km from 4,622 m to 5,897 m. Steepest stretch: 40°.

0 km · 4,622 m3.1 km · 5,897 m

0–15°0.6 km
15–30°2.3 km
30–45°0.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 65.2%Bare rock / sparse 24.2%Snow & ice 7.3%Shrubland 2.3%Trees 0.7%

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

Where it sits

Where Cotopaxi volcano sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

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Pichincha VolcanoPeak · 4,776 m60 km NNW

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

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

14 m low This 3D map reads 5,883 m at the summit; the official height is 5,897 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 37 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,897 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,883 m	-14 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,860 m	-37 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

Cotopaxi volcano

From Parqueo 4.630 m (parking)

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite

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