Yerupaja

Yerupajá
East Face, Yerupajá, May 2006
Highest point
Elevation	6,635 m (21,768 ft)
Prominence	2,028 m (6,654 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	10°16′S 76°54′W / 10.267°S 76.900°W / -10.267; -76.900Coordinates: 10°16′S 76°54′W / 10.267°S 76.900°W / -10.267; -76.900
Geography
Yerupajá Peru
Location	Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range	Andes, Huayhuash mountain range
Climbing
First ascent	1950
Easiest route	glacier/snow/ice climb

Yerupajá is a mountain of the Huayhuash mountain range in west central Peru, part of the Andes. At 6,635 metres (21,768 ft) (other sources: 6,617 m (21,709 ft)) it is the second-highest in Peru and the highest in the Waywash mountain range. The summit is the highest point in the Amazon River watershed, and was first reached in 1950 by Jim Maxwell and Dave Harrah, and its northern peak (Yerupajá Norte) in 1968 by the Wellingtonian Roger Bates and Graeme Dingle.

Many visitors consider Yerupajá to be the most spectacular peak in South America.

There have been only a few successful ascents of the peak because it is one of the hardest Andean high peaks to climb. The most popular route is the southwest face. The approach is normally made from Huaraz southwards via Chiquián and Jahuacocha.