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Nevado del Huila

5,364 m17,598 ft

Prominence: 2,650 m8,694 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -8°CCloudy · Wind 5 km/h N

Nevado del Huila is a 5,364 m (17,598 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central, Cauca Department, Colombia.

All facts

Elevation: 5,364 m · 17,598 ft
Nearest higher peak: Nevado del Ruiz (5,389 m)
Range: Cordillera Central
Region: Cauca Department, Colombia
Coordinates: 2.9232° N, 76.0282° W

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3D map

Nevado del Huila 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Nevado del Huila topographic map

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

Nevado del Huila elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGNevado del Huila satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-08-30.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Nevado del Huila weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -8°C (18°F) · Wind 5 km/h N

Nevado del Huila forecast for the summit, about 5,364 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,277 m.

Tonight-8°–5 km/h NBase 11°
Sat-7°-2°14.8 mm12 km/h SEBase 11 / 17°
Sun-7°-1°6.9 mm13 km/h SEBase 12 / 18°
Mon-7°-4°13.0 mm5 km/h SBase 12 / 15°
Tue-7°-2°8.7 mm5 km/h SBase 12 / 16°
Wed-7°-3°10.5 mm4 km/h NBase 11 / 16°
Thu-6°-3°13.8 mm4 km/h SEBase 13 / 15°
Fri-6°-4°17.5 mm2 km/h SWBase 13 / 15°
Sat-7°-4°10.8 mm4 km/h SBase 11 / 15°
Sun-7°-4°11.9 mm4 km/h SBase 12 / 15°

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

Camping & parking near Nevado del Huila

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

Nearest campsite
Campamento Colombiano
2.9 km NW · +2 more within 3.1 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Campsite	2.9 km NW
Campamento ColombianoCampsite	2.9 km NW
Campamento MarteCampsite	3.1 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 14.6 × 14.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

17.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

41.4%

Steep, 30–45°

33.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

7.6%

Steeper than 30°: 40.9% of the 213 km² view
Relief in view: 3,101 m low point 2,277 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 54.8%Grassland 20.3%Bare rock / sparse 17.1%Snow & ice 5.3%Shrubland 2.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 7.3 km, measured from the Nevado del Huila summit.

Summit list 4

1Pico La Cresta5,284 m 1.3 km N
2Pico Sur5,085 m 1.6 km S
3Pico Norte5,354 m 2.0 km N
4Pico4,550 m 4.7 km N

Where it sits

Where Nevado del Huila sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Nevado del TolimaPeak · 5,200 m208 km NNE

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,372 m at the summit; the official height is 5,364 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,364 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,372 m	+8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,368 m	+4 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 2024 (scene 2024-08-30)
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

Nevado del Huila

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Data sources