Huandoy

Huandoy South

The Hunadoy located in the Peruvian Andes and is Nevado Huascaran after the second highest mountain in the Cordillera Blanca. The two mountains are also geographically very close, the two mountain ranges are separated from each other only through the valley " Quebrada Llanganuco " with its Lagunas Llanganuco ( 3,846 m).

The mountain has four peaks, each over 6,000 m:

  • The main peak Huandoy ( 6,395 m),
  • Huandoy -West ( 6,356 m),
  • Huandoy -South ( 6,160 m) and
  • Huandoy -east ( 6,070 m).

1932 was the first ascent by a German expedition. The south wall of the Lagunas Llanganuco ago was first conquered in 1976.

The Huandoy is in the Huascaran National Park.

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