Ampato

The Ampato is in the background. In the foreground the active Sabancaya can be seen.

The Ampato is a dormant 6288 -meter-high stratovolcano in the Andes in southern Peru and is located about 100 km northwest of Arequipa. He is part of a 20 km long north -suede chain of three large stratovolcanoes. At the northern end is the extinct 6025 m high Nevado Hualca Hualca, in the middle of the 5976 m high active Sabancaya and at the southern end of the Ampato. He became known as the site where the mummy Juanita.

History

In September 1995, the American archaeologist and mountaineer Dr. Johan Reinhard and a native of Arequipa mountain guide Miguel Zárate discovered a pre-Columbian burial ground on the Ampato. Through the ashes of the volcano erupted near Sabancaya the glacier was heavily melted and had exposed the archaeological remains. Below the summit of Ampatos they found the frozen and mummified body of a 12-14 year-old Inca girl who had offered there as a human sacrifice 1440-1450. Probably it was first stunned and then killed by a blow on the head. In October 1995 and in December 1997 found expeditions, led by Johan Reinhard and Peruvian archaeologist Jose Antonio Chavez, three other mummies. Since 1998, the mummy, which is called Juanita, be seen in the Museum of Andean Sanctuaries.

Climbing opportunities

Mostly Ampato is climbed from the east side, you need to depending on acclimatization and conditioning 2-4 days. After that, the time information is directed. The base camp, which can be achieved with an SUV, is located at 4600 m. The normal route after 4-5 hours for the first high camp (5400 m), from where you first northeast and then to the south abbiegend on the north summit ( 6050 m) after about six hours to the southwest main peak arrives.

As a variant of the Ampato from the east can be climbed by a kind of valley between the two from east highest elevations visible. This route is more direct, thus rockfall compromised somewhat steeper and easily. Here, at 5600 m, even on the back, right of the Taleinstieg a tent platform. The rise times are 3-4 hours from base camp / car depot to camp 1 and then have 4-6 hours on a 400 -meter-wide level to the main summit.

For the very rare committed western route, you should allow up to seven days. It starts from the Colca Canyon from the village Cabana Conde and performs on the lagoon Mucurca ( 4300 m). Probably the Incas have used this route.