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Nevado del Tolima

5,200 m17,060 ft

Easiest route: 8.7 km+3,043 m · about 7 h · T4
Prominence: 1,222 m4,009 ft
Isolation: 24 km
Tonight: -3°CCloudy · Wind 5 km/h W

Nevado del Tolima is a 5,200 m (17,060 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central, Tolima Department, Colombia.

All facts

Elevation: 5,200 m · 17,060 ft
Nearest higher peak: Nevado del Ruiz (5,389 m)
Range: Cordillera Central
Region: Tolima Department, Colombia
Coordinates: 4.6590° N, 75.3296° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Nevado del Tolima

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

From Parking, 6.5 km S of Nevado del Tolima

Distance: 8.7 kmone way
Climb: +3,043 m−406 m (9,984 ft up)
Time up: about 7 h
Difficulty: T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places

Nevado del Tolima elevation profile

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Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Nevado del Tolima 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Nevado del Tolima 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

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Weather

Nevado del Tolima weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 5 km/h W

Nevado del Tolima forecast for the summit, about 5,200 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,579 m.

Tonight-3°–5 km/h WBase 12°
Sat-4°2°16.4 mm12 km/h SEBase 11 / 17°
Sun-4°3°4.4 mm11 km/h SEBase 12 / 18°
Mon-3°2°5.3 mm10 km/h SBase 12 / 18°
Tue-3°0°20.2 mm5 km/h SBase 12 / 15°
Wed-4°1°17.2 mm4 km/h SEBase 12 / 16°
Thu-3°1°27.6 mm5 km/h SEBase 13 / 15°
Fri-4°0°12.9 mm5 km/h SEBase 12 / 14°
Sat-4°2°1.1 mm9 km/h SBase 11 / 18°
Sun-3°3°2.4 mm11 km/h SBase 12 / 19°

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 Tolima

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

Nearest campsite
Campamento Laberintos (aprox)
1.0 km NNW · +2 more within 1.1 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Termales del Cañon
3.4 km NE · +2 more within 6.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
6.5 km S
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Campsite	0.8 km W
Campamento Laberintos (aprox)Campsite	1.0 km NNW
El HelipuertoCampsite	1.1 km WNW
Termales del CañonHut	3.4 km NE
El RanchoHut	4.9 km S
Parking	6.5 km S
Albergue Julio PulidoHut	6.9 km N

Slope

How steep is the route to Nevado del Tolima?

The easiest mapped route, 8.7 km from 2,579 m to 5,200 m. Steepest stretch: 43°.

0 km · 2,579 m8.7 km · 5,200 m

0–15°2.9 km
15–30°4.4 km
30–45°1.4 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 66.6%Trees 17.3%Bare rock / sparse 14.3%Snow & ice 1.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.4 km, measured from the Nevado del Tolima summit.

Summit list 8

1Espolón El Gusano5,002 m 0.5 km NW
2Cerro Negro4,980 m 0.6 km S
3Espolón del Placer4,934 m 0.7 km NE
4Espolón Mesetas5,000 m 0.7 km E
5El Calvito4,318 m 2.6 km WNW
6Alto de Boquerón4,033 m 3.6 km E
7Cerro La Torre4,252 m 3.8 km W
8Cuchilla Las Glorias4,033 m 4.2 km E

Where it sits

Where Nevado del Tolima sits

Ranked in 1

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Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cerro BravoPeak · 3,985 m48 km N

Nevado del Tolima downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGNevado del Tolima satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-10.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

19 m high This 3D map reads 5,219 m at the summit; the official height is 5,200 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,200 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,219 m	+19 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,215 m	+15 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 2026-08-10)
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

Nevado del Tolima

From Parking, 6.5 km S of Nevado del Tolima

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

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