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Hike · Hualcayán

Alpamayo Circuit

Distance
84.7 mi
Vertical
22,165 ft
Summit
15,846 ft
Difficulty
Very strenuous

The Alpamayo Circuit is one of the great expedition treks of the Andes — a remote, high, week-plus loop through the northern Cordillera Blanca, wrapping around the massif that holds Alpamayo, the near-perfect fluted snow pyramid once voted "the most beautiful mountain in the…

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The fluted snow pyramid of Alpamayo (5,947 m) against a deep blue Andean sky
Frank R 1981 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Golden alpenglow on Alpamayo's fluted summit face above the glacier
Portsoupe 0101 · CC0
The north face of Nevado Quitaraju, Alpamayo's neighbor on the circuit, at dusk
Varios · CC BY-SA 4.0
A turquoise glacial lake in a broad alpine valley below snow peaks near Punta Union
TMbux · CC BY-SA 3.0

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