Huayhuash Alpine Circuit
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 42.58 mi
- Elevation gain
- 17,277 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 17,277 ft
- Max elevation
- 16,815 ft
- TrailRank
- 14
- Min elevation
- 13,177 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Coordinates
- 17167
- Uploaded
- October 21, 2019
- Recorded
- October 2019
near Rondoy, Ancash (Peru)
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Itinerary description
Huayhuash Alpine Circuit
Waypoints
Panorama
16,715 ft
35 degree snow/ice for 50m
Panorama
16,623 ft
sidewalk into the sky
Panorama
14,689 ft
Garagocha Lake Camp
Panorama
13,319 ft
Jauacocha Camp
Panorama
15,683 ft
slab descent
Panorama
16,762 ft
8m of 5.0 dirt. exposed.
Panorama
15,385 ft
Traverse left on bench. Cairns
Panorama
15,718 ft
Notch (4780m)
Panorama
16,007 ft
25m 5.0 rock climbing
Panorama
15,658 ft
Siula Pass (4834m)
Panorama
15,536 ft
Rondoy Pass (4735m)
Panorama
14,892 ft
wide cliff band (N end)
Panorama
13,178 ft
Rondoy (4020m). Start and finish of Alpine Circuit. 4-5h drive to/from Huaraz. 1.5h from Rondoy to Camp 1
Panorama
16,460 ft
Trapecio Pass (4910m). At the pass, leave the main trail, turn right, and walk up the ridge on a faint trail.
Panorama
14,470 ft
Simpson and Yates reunited in Touching the Void
Panorama
13,925 ft
Mitucocha Camp
Panorama
15,227 ft
exposed sandy traverse
Panorama
16,741 ft
weave sometimes left and right of spires
Panorama
16,045 ft
Garagocha Col (4910m)
Panorama
13,654 ft
Quartelhuain
Panorama
13,927 ft
join Valley Circuit crowd
Panorama
16,430 ft
switch back to the east
Panorama
14,401 ft
Rasacocha Camp
Panorama
16,051 ft
Rappel/down climb into gully on R (south). 8m of 5.0 on ramp/groove. Another 10m 3rd class below.
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