Jun 05 2025
Sarapo Sarapo, also known as Nevado Sarapo, is one of the great high peaks of Peru’s Cordillera Huayhuash, a compact but exceptionally rugged mountain range in the central Andes. Rising to approximately 6,131 meters (20,114 feet) according to Peakbagger, Sarapo is the third-highest major summit in the Huayhuash after Yerupajá and Siula Grande. Despite standing …
Jun 03 2025
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is an extraordinary isolated mountain massif rising abruptly above Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Separate from the main chain of the Andes, it contains Colombia’s highest mountains, extensive tropical alpine ecosystems, important remnants of glaciers, exceptional biodiversity, and landscapes that are culturally sacred to the Indigenous peoples who have lived in …
Jun 03 2025
Pico Simón Bolívar Pico Simón Bolívar rises above northern Colombia in the extraordinary Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain massif that climbs abruptly from the Caribbean region to permanent ice and some of the highest elevations in the country. Long overshadowed in geographic references by neighboring Pico Cristóbal Colón, modern surveying now provides …
Jun 02 2025
Siula Grande 🏔️ Overview Siula Grande is one of the highest and most formidable mountains in Peru’s Cordillera Huayhuash, a compact but exceptionally rugged range in the central Peruvian Andes. The mountain rises to a commonly cited elevation of 6,344 meters (20,814 feet) and is generally considered the second-highest summit in the Huayhuash after nearby …
Jun 02 2025
Yerupajá Yerupajá is the highest mountain in Peru’s spectacular Cordillera Huayhuash and one of the great high-altitude summits of the Andes. Rising more than 6,600 meters above sea level, this enormous glaciated peak dominates the northern part of the range with steep ice faces, knife-edge ridges, hanging glaciers, and formidable summit cornices. Peruvian conservation authorities …
Jun 02 2025
The Cordillera Huayhuash is a compact but extraordinary mountain range in the central Peruvian Andes, known for steep glaciated summits, turquoise alpine lakes, high mountain passes, and some of the most technically challenging peaks in South America. Although the main range extends for only about 30 kilometers (19 miles), it contains an exceptional concentration of …
Apr 07 2025
Monte San Valentín | Cerro San Valentín Monte San Valentín, also known as Cerro San Valentín and historically as Monte San Clemente, rises above one of the wildest landscapes in South America. Located in Chile’s Aysén Region at the northern edge of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, the mountain is a vast, glacier-covered massif surrounded …
Apr 07 2025
The Cordillera Occidental of Bolivia, or Western Cordillera, forms the dramatic volcanic western edge of the Bolivian Andes. Rising above the Altiplano near the border with Chile, this high, dry mountain region contains enormous stratovolcanoes, lava fields, salt basins, geothermal features, wetlands, and some of the most remote landscapes in South America. Its greatest summit …
Apr 06 2025
Nevado del Ruiz 🏔️ Overview Nevado del Ruiz is one of the most famous—and closely monitored—volcanoes in South America. Rising above Colombia’s central Andes, the glacier-covered stratovolcano stands on the boundary between the departments of Caldas and Tolima within Los Nevados National Natural Park. The mountain belongs to Colombia’s Cordillera Central, one of the three …
Apr 06 2025
Nevado de Santa Isabel Nevado de Santa Isabel is one of the most distinctive high mountains of Colombia’s Cordillera Central. Rather than rising as a single steep volcanic cone, the mountain consists of an elongated complex of volcanic domes crowned by several high summits. Located within Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados, Santa Isabel rises between …
