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Tungurahua volcano
- Mapped trail
- 5.9 km+2,086 m · about 5 h · T5Ends 140 m below the summit.
- Prominence
- 1,553 m5,095 ft
- Isolation
- 21 km
- Tonight
- -7°CFog · Wind 4 km/h SW
Tungurahua volcano is a 5,016 m (16,457 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera Real, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,016 m · 16,457 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- El Altar volcano (5,319 m)
- Range
- Cordillera Real
- Region
- Tungurahua Province, Ecuador
- Spanish name
- Volcán Tungurahua
- Coordinates
- 1.4704° S, 78.4446° W
How to get to the top of Tungurahua volcano
The shortest mapped route from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
From Road end, 5.2 km N of Tungurahua volcano
- Distance
- 5.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +2,086 m(6,844 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
The mapped trail ends 140 m below the summit. Above that there is no mapped path: expect glacier, scrambling or open ground, and go with a guide if you have no route-finding experience.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Tungurahua volcano 3D map
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Tungurahua volcano 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.
West → east through the summit
Tungurahua volcano weather
Tonight · Fog · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 4 km/h SW
Tungurahua volcano forecast for the summit, about 5,016 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,789 m.
- Tonight-7°–4 km/h SWBase 7°
- Sat-7°4°6.5 mm13 km/h EBase 7 / 17°
- Sun-7°4°3.5 mm11 km/h EBase 7 / 18°
- Mon-7°3°7.1 mm10 km/h EBase 8 / 17°
- Tue-4°5°1.9 mm8 km/h EBase 9 / 18°
- Wed-2°5°1.8 mm9 km/h NEBase 10 / 19°
- Thu-1°2°14.0 mm7 km/h EBase 10 / 16°
- Fri-2°2°9.5 mm8 km/h NEBase 11 / 15°
- Sat-2°1°42.5 mm9 km/h NEBase 11 / 16°
- Sun-5°1°13.2 mm9 km/h NEBase 9 / 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 near Tungurahua volcano
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Tungurahua volcano, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Tungurahua Refugio
Nearest parking
6.1 km NNE
Nearest campsite
7.7 km W
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Tungurahua RefugioHut | 2.3 km N |
| Parking | 6.1 km NNE |
| Parking | 6.2 km NNE |
| Parking | 6.3 km NNE |
| Campsite | 7.7 km W |
How steep is the route to Tungurahua volcano?
The easiest mapped route, 5.9 km from 2,789 m to 4,874 m. Steepest stretch: 34°.
- 0–15°1.9 km
- 15–30°3.5 km
- 30–45°0.6 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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 5.1 km; 205 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- White clover20
- Leopard-flowered Orchid19
- Aetanthus nodosus16
- Columnea strigosa15
- Swamp plantain12
- Coriaria ruscifolia12
Where Tungurahua volcano sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467Andes163Cordillera Real4
- Region
- Ecuador20South America235
Nearby places
ChimborazoPeak · 6,264 m↑41 km W
QuilotoaPeak · 3,800 m↑85 km NW
Cotopaxi volcanoPeak · 5,897 m↑88 km N
RumiñahuiPeak · 4,721 m↑99 km N
PasochoaPeak · 4,200 m↑112 km N
More in the Cordillera Real 3
Tungurahua volcano downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 5,012 m at the summit; the official height is 5,016 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,016 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,012 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,991 m | -25 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