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Huascarán

6,768 m22,205 ft

Prominence: 2,776 m9,108 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -12°CSnow · Wind 6 km/h SW

Huascarán is a 6,768 m (22,205 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Blanca, Áncash Department, Peru.

All facts

Elevation: 6,768 m · 22,205 ft
Range: Cordillera Blanca
Region: Áncash Department, Peru
Protected area: Huascarán National Park
Coordinates: 9.1210° S, 77.6049° W

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3D map

Huascarán 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Huascarán terrain and contours

200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. 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 1,000 mShowing west → east through the summit

Huascarán elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Huascarán weather

Tonight · Snow · -12°C (10°F) · 6.4 mm · Wind 6 km/h SW

Huascarán forecast for the summit, about 6,768 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,859 m.

Tonight-12°6.4 mm6 km/h SWBase 11°
Sat-12°-7°13.6 mm11 km/h WBase 11 / 16°
Sun-13°-9°28.3 mm11 km/h WBase 11 / 14°
Mon-13°-7°7.2 mm13 km/h SWBase 10 / 16°
Tue-14°-6°–12 km/h SWBase 9 / 17°
Wed-15°-6°0.4 mm11 km/h SWBase 9 / 17°
Thu-12°-6°0.9 mm11 km/h SWBase 11 / 17°
Fri-16°-6°0.1 mm11 km/h SWBase 7 / 17°
Sat-14°-5°–11 km/h SWBase 10 / 18°
Sun-13°-6°10.1 mm6 km/h SWBase 11 / 17°

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.

Slope

Share of the 15.2 × 15.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

15.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.1%

Steep, 30–45°

32.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

11.3%

Steeper than 30°: 43.8% of the 231 km² view
Relief in view: 3,878 m low point 2,859 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 39.9%Snow & ice 27.7%Bare rock / sparse 15.3%Trees 8.6%Shrubland 6.3%Water 1.0%Cropland 0.9%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.6 km, measured from the Huascarán summit.

Summit list 3

1Huascarán Norte6,768 m 2.8 km NW
2Chopicalqui6,354 m 5.1 km NE
3Puchkayuq Punta4,800 m 6.0 km WNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 7.6 km; 127 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Passiflora trifoliata23
Polylepis albicans11
Andean Firebush9
Cream-winged Cinclodes7
Waraqu7
Scarlet-tailed Bumble Bee7

Where it sits

Where Huascarán sits

Ranked in 1

#6 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Parón4,200 m17 km NNW

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Print & wall

JPGHuascarán satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-07.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

31 m low This 3D map reads 6,737 m at the summit; the official height is 6,768 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 36 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,768 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,737 m	-31 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,732 m	-36 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)
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