Pukaranra

This article is about the mountain in the Ancash Region, Peru. For other uses, see Puka Ranra.
Pukaranra

Pallqarahu (on the left) and Pukaranra (on the right) behind a lake named Pallqaqucha
Highest point
Elevation 6,147 m (20,167 ft)
Coordinates 9°23′30″S 77°21′03″W / 9.39167°S 77.35083°W / -9.39167; -77.35083Coordinates: 9°23′30″S 77°21′03″W / 9.39167°S 77.35083°W / -9.39167; -77.35083
Geography
Pukaranra

Peru

Location Peru, Ancash Region
Parent range Andes, Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent

1948 via S.W. spur of S. ridge?: Variant on S.W. side-1954: E. slopes-1957:

N.E. ridge-1959: S.W. ridge, S.W. face-1965: W. ridge-1977[1]
Easiest route southeast ridge, AD

Pukaranra (Quechua puka red, ranra stony; stony ground,[2][3] hispanicized spelling Pucaranra) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru,[4] about 6,147 m (20,167 ft) high. It is situated in the Ancash Region southwest of the mountain Rurichinchay.

Climbing

Several interesting lines on this mountain, none of them very serious but all requiring commitment. The east-northeast ridge is rated AD/D (depending on conditions), the southeast face AD+ and the southeast ridge AD.

References

  1. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ www.andix.com Map of the Cordillera Blanca


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