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Quilotoa
- Easiest route
- 5.3 km+784 m · about 2.5 h · T2
- Isolation
- 2.0 km
- Tonight
- 5°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h SE
Quilotoa is a 3,800 m (12,467 ft) volcano in the Cordillera Occidental, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,800 m · 12,467 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Iliniza Sur (5,263 m)
- Range
- Cordillera Occidental
- Region
- Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador
- Coordinates
- 0.8679° S, 78.9285° W
How to get to the top of Quilotoa
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end near Guayama Grande
- Distance
- 5.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +784 m−240 m (2,572 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 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.
Quilotoa 3D map
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Quilotoa terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Guayama Grande. 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
Quilotoa weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 6 km/h SE
Quilotoa forecast for the summit, about 3,800 m.
- Tonight5°0.3 mm6 km/h SE
- Sat5°14°12.7 mm14 km/h E
- Sun6°12°16.5 mm10 km/h N
- Mon5°10°12.2 mm8 km/h W
- Tue6°11°11.5 mm7 km/h NW
- Wed7°10°39.2 mm7 km/h NW
- Thu7°9°26.0 mm10 km/h W
- Fri6°9°17.3 mm9 km/h NW
- Sat6°9°15.7 mm8 km/h NW
- Sun6°9°26.0 mm7 km/h W
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 Quilotoa
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Quilotoa, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest caravan site
Estación Camper Runa Wasi
Nearest parking
1.4 km E
Nearest campsite
Los llinisas
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Estación Camper Runa WasiCaravan site | 1.3 km E |
| Parking | 1.4 km E |
| Parking | 1.4 km E |
| Los llinisasCampsite | 1.9 km ENE |
| Mirador campingCampsite | 3.2 km NE |
| Parking | 3.2 km E |
| Campsite | 3.3 km E |
How steep is the route to Quilotoa?
The easiest mapped route, 5.3 km from 3,323 m to 3,800 m. Steepest stretch: 36°.
- 0–15°4.5 km
- 15–30°0.7 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 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 3 km; 153 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Chuquiragua74
- Lupinus pubescens52
- Calceolaria crenata45
- Siphocampylus giganteus34
- Lamourouxia virgata31
- Gentianella cerastioides29
Where Quilotoa sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467Andes163Cordillera Occidental6
- Region
- Ecuador20South America235
Nearby places
RumiñahuiPeak · 4,721 m↑56 km NE
Cotopaxi volcanoPeak · 5,897 m↑58 km ENE
PasochoaPeak · 4,200 m↑67 km NE
ChimborazoPeak · 6,264 m↑68 km S
El PanecilloPeak · 3,016 m↑85 km NNE
More in the Cordillera Occidental 3
Quilotoa downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,794 m at the summit; the official height is 3,800 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,800 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 3,794 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,822 m | +22 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.
- 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