Alpamayo (possibly from Quechua allpa earth, mayu river, "earth river") or Shuyturaju (possibly from Ancash Quechua huytu, shuytu oblong, slim and long, Quechua rahu snow, ice, mountain covered in snow) is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes . Alpamayo Creek originates northwest of it.
5-675: The Alpamayo lies next to the slightly higher Quitaraju . In July 1966, the German magazine "Alpinismus" , published a photo of Alpamayo taken by American photographer Leigh Ortenburger accompanied by an article on a survey among mountaineering experts, who chose Alpamayo as "The Most Beautiful Mountain in the World". Most popular routes start from the village of Caraz, on the north of the Cordillera Blanca. A French-Belgian expedition including George and Claude Kogan claimed to have made
10-525: The first ascent in 1951. After studying the photos in George Kogan's book The Ascent of Alpamayo , the German team of G. Hauser, F. Knauss, B. Huhn & H. Wiedmann came to the conclusion that the 1951 team did not reach the actual summit, thereby making their ascent via the north ridge in 1957 the first. The most common climbing route, known as the Ferrari route, is situated on the southwest face of
15-504: The lakes named Ichiccocha , Jatuncocha and Quitacocha, between Santa Cruz in the west and Alpamayo in the northeast. Its slopes are within the Huascarán National Park . Other data from available digital elevation models : SRTM 6010 metres, ASTER filled 6010 metres and TanDEM-X 5961 metres. The height of the nearest key col is 3253 meters , leading to a topographic prominence of 2783 meters . Quitaraju
20-517: The mountain. It was opened in 1975 by a group of Italian alpinists led by Casimiro Ferrari . It is considered a difficult climb, demanding good crampon and ice climbing technique. There are incomparable views of steep ice faces, penitentes , gigantic white walls and ridges like those of Huandoy Norte, Artesonraju and Huascaran Norte, similar to the finest of the Himalayan scenery. There are also at least six other alternative climbing routes,
25-733: The second most popular being the Vasque-French route. Quitaraju Quitaraju or Kitaraju (possibly from Ancash Quechua kita dam , Quechua rahu snow, ice) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru , about 6,036 metres (19,803 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region , Huaylas Province , Santa Cruz District . Quitaraju lies north of the Santa Cruz Creek and
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