Alpamayo
Trip Guide & 3D Map
Cordillera Blanca · Difficulty, season, and access — then explore the 3D terrain
Planning snapshot
Alpamayo is a 19,511 ft summit in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru). PeakAtlas rates it alpine technical (Technical alpine); best season is Jun–Aug. Permit required. Typical staging is Caraz (25 mi). PeakAtlas lists 3 OpenStreetMap lodging pins near the summit — coverage is often thinner outside well-mapped regions. Use the 3D map and trip checklist before you go.
- Elevation
- 19,511 ft
- Prominence
- 2,654 ft
- Difficulty tier
- Alpine technical
- Best season
- Jun–Aug
- Permits
- Permit required
- Staging
- Caraz · 25 mi
- Mapped lodging
- 3 OSM places
- Listed trails
- 2
As of 2026-07-31 · Figures come from the PeakAtlas3D catalog: surveyed elevations and prominence, curated difficulty tiers, best-season windows, permit notes, staging-town distances, trail lists, and OpenStreetMap lodging near each summit. Not live weather, quotas, or prices.
How hard is Alpamayo, and what do you need before you go?
Alpamayo is listed as Technical alpine with a best season of Jun–Aug. Use the difficulty, permit, and staging details below before you commit to a date.
- Difficulty
- Technical alpine
- Best season
- Jun–Aug
- Access / staging
- Caraz, Ancash
How tall is Alpamayo, and where is it?
- Location
- Ancash, Peru
- Elevation
- 19,511 ft
- Prominence
- 2,654 ft
- Mountain range
- Cordillera Blanca
- Difficulty
- Technical alpine
What makes Alpamayo notable?
Often called the world’s most beautiful mountain.
Often called the world’s most beautiful mountain, a fluted Cordillera Blanca pyramid of steep snow and ice.
After you check trip readiness for Alpamayo, explore the summit on PeakAtlas3D’s interactive 3D topographic map in the Cordillera Blanca, Ancash, Peru.
Closest places
- Caraz — Ancash via PE-3N
Notable trails & routes
- Ferrari Route
- Southwest Face