Alma Negra is a mountain in the

Cordillera de la Ramada The Cordillera de la Ramada (Spanish language, Spanish for "Range of the Shelter", also called Cordón de la Ramada, in which ''cordón'' means 'ribbon' or 'rope', is a mountain range in the San Juan Province (Argentina), San Juan province of Arge ...

range of the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

Mountains, in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. It has a height of . The

first ascent In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...

of the mountain was by a Polish expedition in 1934, when a

cairn A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...

was erected on the summit. In 2022, Austrian climber

Christian Stangl Christian Stangl (; born July 10, 1966 in Landl, Austria) is an Austrian alpine style mountaineer and mountain guide. He has become known as ''Skyrunner'' by numerous exceptionally fast ascents of high mountains. His major success was in 2013, when ...

reached the summit of Alma Negra on a new route from the south side in a solo ascend.

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