Ranrapalca (possibly from

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''ranra'' stony, ''pallqa'' bifurcation, division into two parts) is a mountain in the

Cordillera Blanca The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...

range in the

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. It has an elevation of 6,162 m (20,217 ft). It is located in the region of

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, east of Ocshapalca. Its territory is within

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, province of

Huaraz Huaraz () (from Quechua: ''Waraq'' or ''Waras'', "''dawn''"), founded as San Sebastián de Huaraz, is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the Ancash Region (State of Ancash) and the seat of government of Huaraz Province. The urban area's popula ...

, within the territory of the local communes Independencia and Tarica.

Climbing

The northeast ridge (normal route) is of intermediate difficulty (rated D range according to the

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). It consists in climbing a steep, rocky ridge from the Ranrapallqa-Ischinca col to the summit snowfields and 6,000 m and then traverse south of the knife edge summit. An easier variant of the normal route consists in avoiding the northeast ridge. From the Ranrapallqa-Ischinca col the summit snowfields can be reached climbing the easy snow slopes on the left of the ridge but this route, albeit slightly easier is more exposed to seracs and loose rocks. Many other routes exist, some of them quite difficult (such as the east ridge and south face, both rated TD+).

First Ascent

Ranrapalca was first climbed by Hans Schweizer, Karl Schmid, Siegfried Rohrer and Walter Brecht (Germany) 25 June 1939.

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM 6132 metres, ASTER 6108 metres and TanDEM-X 6067 metres. The height of the nearest

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is 3253

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, leading to a

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of 2909

. Ranrapalca is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 47.21%. Its

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Chinchey Chinchey, also known as Rurichinchay, is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the region of Ancash, most precisely between the districts of Aco (in Carhuaz Province), Independencia (in Huaraz Province), ...

and the

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is 10

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Images

File:Cordillera Blanca Glacier.jpg, Ocshapalca (on the left) and Ranrapalca (on the right), the Llaca Glacier and the Llaca Lake File:Huarazlasoledad.jpg,

Vallunaraju Vallunaraju or ''Wallunaraju'' (possibly from Ancash Quechua to cut, ''wallu'' earless, someone whose ears are amputated ''-na'' a nominalising suffix, Quechua ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow,Huaraz Huaraz () (from Quechua: ''Waraq'' or ''Waras'', "''dawn''"), founded as San Sebastián de Huaraz, is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the Ancash Region (State of Ancash) and the seat of government of Huaraz Province. The urban area's popula ...

External links

Elevation information about Ranrapalca

Weather Forecast at Ranrapalca

References

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