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Yerupajá · 6,635 m · 3.3 km NNW
Mountain · Cordillera Huayhuash · Huanuco Department

Siula Grande

6,344 m20,814 ft
Mapped trail
2.1 km+338 m · about 1 hEnds 1,910 m below the summit.
Prominence
698 m2,291 ft
Isolation
2.6 km
Tonight
-10°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h NE

Siula Grande is a 6,344 m (20,814 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Huanuco Department, Peru.

All facts
Elevation
6,344 m · 20,814 ft
Nearest higher peak
Yerupajá (6,635 m)
Range
Cordillera Huayhuash
Region
Huanuco Department, Peru
Protected area
Cordillera Huayhuash Reserved Zone
Coordinates
10.2938° S, 76.8921° W
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Route

Trails toward Siula Grande

Mapped trails from the road get to 1,910 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.

From Solteracocha (hamlet)

Distance
2.1 kmone way
Climb
+338 m−12 m (1,109 ft up)
Time up
about 1 h
Difficulty
Grade not mapped
Siula Grande elevation profile
4,1004,2004,3004,40002.1 kmEnd of mapped trail 4,408

Ends 1,910 m below the summit.

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.

3D map

Siula Grande 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.8 × 6.8 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Siula Grande terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Solteracocha. 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.
Weather

Siula Grande weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -10°C (14°F) · Wind 11 km/h NE

Siula Grande forecast for the summit, about 6,344 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 4,081 m.

  • Tonight-10°–11 km/h NEBase 3°
  • Sat-10°-3°3.2 mm13 km/h NEBase 3 / 13°
  • Sun-11°-4°17.6 mm13 km/h NEBase 2 / 12°
  • Mon-11°-4°0.6 mm10 km/h SWBase 2 / 12°
  • Tue-11°-2°–9 km/h WBase 2 / 15°
  • Wed-12°-3°–8 km/h WBase 1 / 14°
  • Thu-11°-2°–9 km/h WBase 2 / 15°
  • Fri-11°-2°1.3 mm4 km/h WBase 2 / 13°
  • Sat-10°-2°0.8 mm4 km/h WBase 4 / 14°
  • Sun-10°-3°8.5 mm5 km/h EBase 4 / 13°

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 Siula Grande

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

  • Nearest campsite

    Siula Grande base camp

    3.0 km SW · +2 more within 4.2 km

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Siula Grande base campCampsite3.0 km SW
Campsite4.2 km W
Campsite4.2 km W
Slope

How steep is the route to Siula Grande?

The easiest mapped route, 2.1 km from 4,081 m to 4,408 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.

0 km · 4,081 m2.1 km · 4,408 m
  • 0–15°1.7 km
  • 15–30°0.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 61.1%Bare rock / sparse 19.5%Grassland 16.4%Water 3.1%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3.4 km, measured from the Siula Grande summit.

NESW2 km5 km12345
Summit list 5
  1. 1Jurau5,727 m 1.2 km ENE
  2. 2Sarapo6,127 m 1.2 km SSW
  3. 3Carnicero5,960 m 2.0 km SE
  4. 4Yerupajá6,635 m 3.2 km NNW
  5. 5Seria Norte5,860 m 3.3 km WNW
Where it sits

Where Siula Grande sits

Range
American Cordillera467Andes163Cordillera Occidental24Cordillera Huayhuash4
Region
Peru57South America235
Protected area
Cordillera Huayhuash Reserved Zone4
Ranked in 2
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Nearby places

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Downloads

Siula Grande downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

29 m low This 3D map reads 6,315 m at the summit; the official height is 6,344 m.Official 6,344 m90 m model 6,300 mThis map 6,315 m

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 44 m.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)6,344 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)6,315 m-29 m
Copernicus GLO-906,300 m-44 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 2026-06-11)
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)
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