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Vinicunca

5,036 m16,522 ft

Prominence: 45 m147 ft
Isolation: 0.7 km
Tonight: -4°CCloudy · Wind 7 km/h NE

Vinicunca is a 5,036 m (16,522 ft) mountain in the Andes, Cusco Department, Peru.

All facts

Elevation: 5,036 m · 16,522 ft
Nearest higher peak: Huasacocha (5,400 m)
Range: Andes
Region: Cusco Department, Peru
Coordinates: 13.8679° S, 71.3029° W

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3D map

Vinicunca 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Vinicunca topographic map

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGVinicunca satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-06-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Route

How to get to the top of Vinicunca

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.4 km SW of Vinicunca

Distance: 1.7 kmone way
Climb: +144 m−34 m (472 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Vinicunca elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Parking, 1.8 km E of Vinicunca2.1 km · +302 m · about 1 h
T2GPX KML
Road end, 3.1 km ESE of Vinicunca3.4 km · +467 m · about 1.5 h
T2GPX KML

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

Weather

Vinicunca weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 7 km/h NE

Vinicunca forecast for the summit, about 5,036 m.

Tonight-4°–7 km/h NE
Sat-3°9°4.4 mm19 km/h NW
Sun-3°9°1.2 mm25 km/h N
Mon-2°2°8.8 mm9 km/h NW
Tue-4°5°2.9 mm14 km/h NW
Wed-3°4°4.3 mm14 km/h NW
Thu-4°7°1.6 mm13 km/h W
Fri-2°4°2.2 mm13 km/h NW
Sat-1°8°2.8 mm13 km/h W
Sun-3°8°6.7 mm13 km/h NW

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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Vinicunca

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

Nearest campsite
1.2 km NNE
+2 more within 4.2 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
1.7 km E
+2 more within 1.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Quesoyuni
6.5 km SE
Directions Map

All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Campsite	1.2 km NNE
Parking	1.7 km E
Parking	1.8 km E
Parking	1.8 km E
Campamento AnantapataCampsite	4.0 km NE
Campsite	4.2 km SW
QuesoyuniHut	6.5 km SE

Slope

How steep is the route to Vinicunca?

The easiest mapped route, 1.7 km from 4,895 m to 5,036 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.

0 km · 4,895 m1.7 km · 5,036 m

0–15°1.6 km
15–30°0.1 km

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

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 57.7%Bare rock / sparse 35.7%Snow & ice 6.1%Water 0.5%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Vinicunca summit.

Summit list 3

1Jatunrritioc5,000 m 0.6 km SSE
2Hatun Rit'Iyop5,069 m 1.4 km SW
3Huasacocha5,435 m 2.7 km N

Where it sits

Where Vinicunca sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

AncasmarcaPeak · 5,198 m101 km NW

How accurate is this?

24 m low This 3D map reads 5,012 m at the summit; the official height is 5,036 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,036 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,012 m	-24 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,015 m	-21 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 2026-06-22)
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 · Wikipedia

Vinicunca

West → east through the summit

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.4 km SW of Vinicunca

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

Data sources