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Ojos del Salado

6,893 m22,615 ft

Prominence: 3,688 m12,100 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -25°CCloudy · Wind 29 km/h NW

Ojos del Salado is a 6,893 m (22,615 ft) mountain in the Andes, Catamarca Province, Argentina.

All facts

Elevation: 6,893 m · 22,615 ft
Range: Andes
Region: Catamarca Province, Argentina
Coordinates: 27.1099° S, 68.5412° W

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3D map

Ojos del Salado 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ojos del Salado topographic map

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

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

Ojos del Salado downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGOjos del Salado satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-18.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXOjos del Salado GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Route

How to get to the top of Ojos del Salado

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

From Road end, 2.2 km N of Ojos del Salado

Distance: 3.0 kmone way
Climb: +958 m(3,143 ft up)
Time up: about 2.5 h
Difficulty: T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places

Ojos del Salado elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

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

Weather

Ojos del Salado weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -25°C (-13°F) · Wind 29 km/h NW

Ojos del Salado forecast for the summit, about 6,893 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 5,884 m.

Tonight-25°–29 km/h NWBase -18°
Sat-28°-18°–34 km/h NWBase -22 / -12°
Sun-25°-15°–24 km/h NWBase -19 / -9°
Mon-24°-17°2.8 mm21 km/h NWBase -18 / -10°
Tue-26°-18°0.5 mm23 km/h NWBase -20 / -12°
Wed-23°-18°4.1 mm19 km/h NWBase -16 / -12°
Thu-26°-19°2.8 mm21 km/h NWBase -20 / -13°
Fri-27°-19°0.1 mm15 km/h NWBase -21 / -12°
Sat-26°-19°0.5 mm22 km/h NWBase -20 / -12°
Sun-25°-17°–17 km/h NWBase -19 / -11°

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 Ojos del Salado

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

Nearest hut
Refugio Tejos
2.5 km N · +2 more within 5.7 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
5.6 km N
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Refugio TejosHut	2.5 km N
Atacama RefugeHut	5.6 km N
Campsite	5.6 km N
Hut	5.7 km N

Slope

How steep is the route to Ojos del Salado?

The easiest mapped route, 3.0 km from 5,884 m to 6,893 m. Steepest stretch: 32°.

0 km · 5,884 m3.0 km · 6,893 m

0–15°0.7 km
15–30°2.2 km
30–45°0.1 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 73.8%Snow & ice 26.2%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 9.4 km, measured from the Ojos del Salado summit.

Summit list 3

1Volcán Medusa6,120 m 6.0 km ESE
2Cerro El Muerto6,488 m 8.1 km NE
3Ata volcano6,501 m 8.3 km SSW

Where it sits

Where Ojos del Salado sits

Ranked in 3

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Monte PissisPeak · 6,795 m76 km SSW

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 6,887 m at the summit; the official height is 6,893 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	6,893 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	6,887 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	6,869 m	-24 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 2026-03-18)
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

Ojos del Salado

West → east through the summit

From Road end, 2.2 km N of Ojos del Salado

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

Data sources