Ausangate
Trip Guide & 3D Map
Cordillera Vilcanota · Difficulty, season, and access — then explore the 3D terrain
Planning snapshot
Ausangate is a 20,945 ft summit in the Cordillera Vilcanota (Peru). PeakAtlas rates it alpine technical (Alpine climb); best season is May–Sep. Permit required. Typical staging is Cusco (60 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
- 20,945 ft
- Prominence
- 6,857 ft
- Difficulty tier
- Alpine technical
- Best season
- May–Sep
- Permits
- Permit required
- Staging
- Cusco · 60 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 Ausangate, and what do you need before you go?
Ausangate is listed as Alpine climb with a best season of May–Sep. Use the difficulty, permit, and staging details below before you commit to a date.
- Difficulty
- Alpine climb
- Best season
- May–Sep
- Access / staging
- Cusco, Cusco
How tall is Ausangate, and where is it?
- Location
- Cusco, Peru
- Elevation
- 20,945 ft
- Prominence
- 6,857 ft
- Mountain range
- Cordillera Vilcanota
- Difficulty
- Alpine climb
What makes Ausangate notable?
Sacred Andean apu and the heart of Peru’s high circuit treks.
A sacred Apu of the Cordillera Vilcanota, ringed by the classic Ausangate circuit near Cusco.
After you check trip readiness for Ausangate, explore the summit on PeakAtlas3D’s interactive 3D topographic map in the Cordillera Vilcanota, Cusco, Peru.
Closest places
- Cusco — Cusco via PE-28G
- Chillca — Peru
- Upis — Peru
Notable trails & routes
- Ausangate Circuit
- Rainbow Mountain approach