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Huayna Picchu
- Easiest route
- 0.6 km+158 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 313 m1,027 ft
- Tonight
- 8°CCloudy · Wind 7 km/h SE
Huayna Picchu is a 2,693 m (8,835 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Oriental, Cusco Department, Peru.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,693 m · 8,835 ft
- Range
- Cordillera Oriental
- Region
- Cusco Department, Peru
- Protected area
- Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
- Coordinates
- 13.1685° S, 72.5446° W
How to get to the top of Huayna Picchu
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.3 km NNE of Huayna Picchu
- Distance
- 0.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +158 m−6 m (518 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Huayna Picchu 3D map
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Huayna Picchu 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
Huayna Picchu weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 8°C (46°F) · Wind 7 km/h SE
Huayna Picchu forecast for the summit, about 2,693 m.
- Tonight8°–7 km/h SE
- Sat10°22°1.4 mm12 km/h NW
- Sun10°21°4.1 mm13 km/h NW
- Mon9°16°2.9 mm4 km/h E
- Tue10°17°2.6 mm6 km/h NW
- Wed11°16°4.0 mm3 km/h SE
- Thu13°20°27.4 mm8 km/h NW
- Fri12°18°1.1 mm6 km/h NW
- Sat13°17°2.6 mm5 km/h NW
- Sun11°18°4.3 mm6 km/h NW
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 Huayna Picchu
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Huayna Picchu, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.3 km NNE
Nearest campsite
Cabaña de Gabriel
Nearest hut
Llactapata Lodge
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.3 km NNE |
| Cabaña de GabrielCampsite | 1.0 km W |
| Wayna PicchuCampsite | 1.2 km NE |
| Camping MunicipalCampsite | 1.3 km NE |
| Parking | 1.9 km WSW |
| Parking | 2.3 km WSW |
| Llactapata LodgeHut | 4.5 km WSW |
How steep is the route to Huayna Picchu?
The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 2,429 m to 2,693 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.
- 0–15°0.4 km
- 15–30°0.2 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 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 3 km, measured from the Huayna Picchu summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Montaña Machu Picchu3,061 m 0.8 km SSE
- 2Huchuy Picchu2,479 m 0.9 km NNW
- 3Putucusi2,560 m 1.6 km NE
- 4Cerro San Miguel2,900 m 2.4 km WNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,261 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Viscacha544
- Begonia bracteosa340
- Rufous-collared Sparrow310
- Begonia veitchii256
- Blue-and-white Swallow214
- Blue-gray Tanager212
Where Huayna Picchu sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467Andes163Cordillera Oriental3
- Region
- Cusco Department11Peru57South America235
- Protected area
- Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu3
Nearby places
PutucusiPeak · 2,560 m↑1.6 km NE
WarmiwañusqaPass↑11 km SE
SalcantayPeak · 6,271 m↑18 km S
Veronica MountainPeak · 5,893 m↑24 km E
ChiconPeak · 5,530 m↑53 km E
More 1
More in the Cordillera Oriental 2
Huayna Picchu downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
67 m low This 3D map reads 2,626 m at the summit; the official height is 2,693 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 74 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,693 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,626 m | -67 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,619 m | -74 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 2026-07-05)
- 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 · Wikipedia