Pucaranra
Palcaraju (on the left) and Pucaranra (on the right) behind Lake Palcacocha
Highest point
Elevation6,147 m (20,167 ft)
Prominence2,903 m (9,524 ft)[1]
Parent peakChinchey
Coordinates9°23′30″S 77°21′03″W / 9.39167°S 77.35083°W / -9.39167; -77.35083
Geography
Pucaranra is located in Peru
Pucaranra
Pucaranra
Peru
LocationPeru, Ancash Region
Parent rangeAndes, Cordillera Blanca
Climbing
First ascent07/04/1948 - B. Lauterburg, Federico Marmillod, R. Schmid and F. Sigrist (Switzerland)[2][3] 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[4]
Easiest routesoutheast ridge, AD

Pucaranra[5][6][7][8] (possibly from Quechua puka red, ranra stony; stony ground,[9][10]) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru, about 6,147 metres (20,167 ft) high[5] (although other sources cite an elevation of 6,156 metres (20,197 ft).[6][7][8] It is located in Ancash, southwest of mount Chinchey.[5][6] Its territory is within the Peruvian protection area of Huascarán National Park, at the border of two provinces: Carhuaz and Huaraz (Districts of San Miguel De Aco and Independencia).[11]

First Ascent

Pucaranra was first climbed by B. Lauterburg, Federico Marmillod, R. Schmid and F. Sigrist (Switzerland) April 07th 1948 via Southwest spur of the south ridge.[2][3]

Elevation

Other data from available digital elevation models: SRTM 6138 metres[12] and TanDEM-X 5961 metres.[13] The height of the nearest key col is 3253 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 2903 meters.[14] Pucaranra is considered a Mountain Sub-System according to the Dominance System [15] and its dominance is 47.16%. Its parent peak is Chinchey and the Topographic isolation is 2.4 kilometers.[14]

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.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Pucaranra". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  2. 1 2 Ostrowski. Mas Alto que los Condores.
  3. 1 2 "AAJ (American Alpine Journal)". AAJ (American Alpine Journal): 113. 1958.
  4. ↑ Jill Neate, Mountaineering in the Andes, 1994
  5. 1 2 3 Díaz, Felipe (2008–2009). Carta Turística. Cordilleras Blanca, Negra, Huayhuash y Callejón de Huaylas.
  6. 1 2 3 Alpenvereinskarte 0/3b. Cordillera Blanca Süd (Peru). 1:100 000. Oesterreichischer Alpenverein. 2005. ISBN 3-937530-05-3.
  7. 1 2 Biggar, John (2020). The Andes: A Guide for Climbers and Skiers. Andes. p. 100. ISBN 9780953608768.
  8. 1 2 "Nevado Pucaranra - Peakbagger.com". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  9. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  10. ↑ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
  11. ↑ PERU, Autor: GEO GPS. "Base de datos Perú - Shapefile - *.shp - MINAM - IGN - Límites Políticos". Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  12. ↑ NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission - Filled Data V2". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  13. ↑ TanDEM-X, TerraSAR-X. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Pucaranra". Andes Specialists. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  15. ↑ "Dominance - Page 2". www.8000ers.com. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  16. ↑ "AAC Publications - South America, Peru, Pucahirca Central and Pucaranra, Cordillera Blanca". publications.americanalpineclub.org. Retrieved 2021-08-17.


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