Yerupajá is a

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of the Huayhuash mountain range in west central

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, part of the

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. It is located at Áncash, Bolognesi Province, Lauricocha Province. At (other sources: ) it is the second-highest in Peru and the highest in the Huayhuash mountain range. The summit is the highest point in the Amazon River watershed, and was first reached in 1950 by Jim Maxwell and Dave Harrah, and its northern peak (Yerupajá Norte) in 1968 by the

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ian Roger Bates and Graeme Dingle. Many visitors consider Yerupajá to be the most spectacular peak in South America. There have been only a few successful ascents of the peak because it is one of the hardest Andean high peaks to climb. The most popular route is the southwest face. The approach is normally made from Huaraz southwards via Chiquián and Jahuacocha.

Notable ascents

* 1950 ''Southern flank of West Face'' First ascent of peak by David Harrah and James Maxwell. * 1966 ''Direct West Face'' 2nd ascent of peak, FA of route over 13 days by Leif Patterson and Jorge Peterek. * 1968 ''Northeast Face'' FA of route by Chris Jones and Paul Dix (summit, July 30), supported by Dean Caldwell and Roger Hart (all US). * 1969 ''East Face'' by

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and Peter Habeler. *2002 Main summit solo by Santiago Quintero (July 15)

Elevation

Based on the

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provided by the available Digital elevation models, SRTM2 (6558m with voids), SRTM filled with ASTER (6551m with voids),

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(6110m with voids), Yerupaja is about 6635 meters above sea level. This altitude was considered due to the lack of topographic data or even handheld GPS data. The height of the nearest key col is 4592

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s, so its prominence is 2025 meters. Yerupaja is listed as range or area, based on the Dominance system and its dominance is 30.6%. Its parent peak is Huascaran Sur and the

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is 148.8 kilometers. This information was obtained during a research by Suzanne Imber in 2014. Yerupaja South Face

External links

Yerupajá on Summitpost

Complete guide to the Huayhuash Andean Circuit (in spanish)

Elevation information about Yerupaja

Weather Forecast at Yerupaja

References

Mountains of the Department of Ancash Mountains of the Department of Lima Mountains of the Department of Huánuco Six-thousanders of the Andes {{Ancash-geo-stub

Notable ascents

Elevation

See also

External links

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