Illampu

Illampu, Bolivia's fourth tallest mountain, rises to a height of 20,892 feet. The Cordillera Real, a sub-range of the Andes Mountains, is the mountain's parent range, which is located in the La Paz Department. To the north of the Ancohuma Mountain and to the east of Lake Titicaca, the mountain can be found. The Laguna Glaciar, the world's 17th highest lake, is located in the massif between Illampu and Ancohuma. In 1928, Austrians Erwin Hein and Alfred Horeschowsky, as well as Germans Hans Pfann and Hugo Hörtnagel, made the first climb of the peak.

Illampu, despite being lower than Janq'u Uma, has a higher peak, greater local relief, and is a slightly more difficult climb. In fact, it boasts "the most difficult regular route on any of Bolivia's 6,000-meter summits." With snow slopes up to 65 degrees, the simplest approach, through the Southwest Ridge, is graded AD (Fairly Difficult). It can be reached through a high camp on the massif's north flank. Hans Pfann, Alfred Horeschowsky, Hugo Hörtnagel (Germans), and Erwin Hein (Austria) were the first to climb the peak through this route on June 7, 1928. (Austrian). The "German Route" on the southwest face and the "South Face Route," both approached from the west side of the massif, are two further options.

Location: Bolivia
Range: Cordillera Real
Elevation: 6383 m | 20942 ft