Huascaran Norte 6655m
The smaller of the two Huascaran peaks and the second highest summit in Peru. It certainly qualifies as an independent summit with over 600m of re-asscent (or prominence) from the col, known as La Garganta, which separates it from the higher Huascaran Sur. Normally climbed from Huaraz via the wee village of Musho.
Huascaran Norte from the high camp on the first Andes expedition to the peak in 1993
The two Huascaran peaks from above Yungay. Norte is on the left
For details of how to climb Huascaran Norte, Huascran Sur and the neighbouring peaks of the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, please see our guidebooks, which are available in English, Spanish, Polish and French editions, direct from us or from all good bookshops and mountaineering shops.
