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Misti
- Easiest route
- 7.3 km+1,858 m · about 5 h · T4
- Prominence
- 1,794 m5,886 ft
- Isolation
- 15 km
- Tonight
- -6°CLight snow showers · Wind 6 km/h S
Misti is a 5,825 m (19,111 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Volcanic, Arequipa Department, Peru.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,825 m · 19,111 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Chachani (6,057 m)
- Range
- Cordillera Volcanic
- Region
- Arequipa Department, Peru
- Protected area
- Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation
- Coordinates
- 16.2965° S, 71.4107° W
How to get to the top of Misti
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 5.1 km NE of Misti
- Distance
- 7.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,858 m(6,096 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Misti 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.2 × 11.2 km
Misti 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
Misti weather
Tonight · Light snow showers · -6°C (21°F) · 2.3 mm · Wind 6 km/h S
Misti forecast for the summit, about 5,825 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,477 m.
- Tonight-6°2.3 mm6 km/h SBase 8°
- Sat-9°1°1.3 mm18 km/h SWBase 5 / 15°
- Sun-8°1°0.8 mm17 km/h SWBase 6 / 15°
- Mon-8°0°–15 km/h SWBase 6 / 14°
- Tue-9°0°0.2 mm15 km/h SWBase 5 / 14°
- Wed-9°-3°4.5 mm12 km/h SWBase 5 / 11°
- Thu-10°-1°–15 km/h SWBase 4 / 13°
- Fri-10°0°–14 km/h SWBase 5 / 14°
- Sat-10°1°–14 km/h SWBase 4 / 16°
- Sun-9°2°–14 km/h SWBase 5 / 16°
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 Misti
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Misti, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Campamento
Nearest parking
4.1 km NE
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| CampamentoCampsite | 1.7 km SSW |
| Campsite | 2.0 km SSW |
| Campo PyramdeCampsite | 2.4 km SSW |
| Parking | 4.1 km NE |
| Parking | 5.6 km S |
How steep is the route to Misti?
The easiest mapped route, 7.3 km from 3,954 m to 5,825 m. Steepest stretch: 30°.
- 0–15°3.6 km
- 15–30°3.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 80 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 5.6 km; 52 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Polylepis rugulosa5
- Mitred Parakeet2
- Ligaria cuneifolia2
- Dunalia spinosa2
- Tarasa operculata2
- Adesmia verrucosa2
Where Misti sits
- Region
- Arequipa Department8Peru57South America235
- Protected area
- Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation4
Nearby places
Misti downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
How accurate is this?
10 m low This 3D map reads 5,815 m at the summit; the official height is 5,825 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,825 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,815 m | -10 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 5,805 m | -20 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 2026-07-19)
- 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