Yerupajá

View of Carhuacocha

The Yerupaja or Nevado Yerupaja is a mountain in the Cordillera Huayhuash in northern central Peru and part of the high mountain range of the Andes.

With 6,635 m (according to other sources: 6,617 m) it is the second highest peak in Peru and the highest elevation of the Cordillera Huayhuash. The summit was climbed for the first time in 1950 by Jim Maxwell and Dave Harrah and the North Summit " Yerupaja Norte " in 1965 by the Wellington Roger Bates and Graeme Dingle.

1969 traveled the anniversary expedition of PES Innsbruck in the Andes, was the target unclimbed east face of Yerupaja. Their ascent succeeded Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler, but they had to turn back at the summit because of the summit area of rubble and the cornice consisted of soft snow, besides, it was too late in the afternoon. While Messner and Habeler few days later the Yerupaja Chico ( 6121 m), first ascents, Sepp Mayerl and Egon worm reached the top of Yerupaja Grande crossing the south pillar. You exceeded the pre-peak, bivouacked near the summit ( where Messner and Habeler got out of the wall) and crossed below the summit ridge to the right, from where they could ascend to the main summit.

There have been only a few successful ascents of Yerupaja summit because he is considered one of the most difficult -to-climb Andean peaks. The most widely used access goes from Huaraz via Chiquian and Jahuacocha.