Pico del Norte

Pico del Norte
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height	6070  m
location	La Paz Department , Bolivia
Mountains	Cordillera Real , Andes
Coordinates	15 ° 48 ′ 8 ″  S , 68 ° 31 ′ 44 ″  W Coordinates: 15 ° 48 ′ 8 ″  S , 68 ° 31 ′ 44 ″  W

The Pico del Norte is a mountain in the Illampú massif in Bolivia .

location

The Pico del Norte is located in the Andes in Bolivia east of Lake Titicaca and in the north of the Bolivian seat of government La Paz , north of the summit of Illampú. At 6,070 meters, it is the eleventh highest mountain in Bolivia and the eighth highest peak of the Cordillera Real .

construction

The Cordillera Real consists of deep rocks from the Paleozoic Era , into which further plutonites penetrated during the Mesozoic Era up to the Tertiary period . These were exposed by erosion in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods and today form the peaks of Illampú and Illimani .

The Pico del Norte is covered with snow all year round, the snow line is around 5,200 m.

Mountain routes

The Pico del Norte can essentially be reached via five different routes:

• 1. Buttress Bettembourg Route (difference in altitude 1080 m. Slope 60 ° -70 °. First ascent in 1982 by G. Bettambourg, A. Mesili, B. Chaud)
• 2. Gully Route (height difference 980 m. Slope 65 ° -75 °. First ascent 1972 by Ricardo Arias, Juan Barthelemy, Alain Mesili, Pierre Grange, Ronald Khern)
• 3. Pico del Norte - Normal Route (difference in altitude 800 m. Slope 50 ° -60 °. First ascent 1974 by Alain Mesili)
• 4. Aguas Calientes (difference in altitude 680 m. Slope 60 ° -80 °. First ascent 1975 by Alain Mesili, Jean Wolf, Sebastian Hoskhy)
• 5. Laramcota West (height difference 1100 m. Slope 60 ° -70 °. First ascent 1984 by Roger Ganoy, Alain Mesili)

See also

• List of mountains or elevations in Bolivia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Principal First Ascents by Alain Mesili in Bolivia ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( english )