Artesonraju

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title: "Artesonraju" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-the-department-of-ancash", "paramount-pictures", "huascarán-national-park", "six-thousanders-of-the-andes", "pyramidal-peaks"] description: "Mountain in Peru" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-the-department-of-ancash" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artesonraju" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Peru ::

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Field	Value
name	Artesonraju
photo	Artesonraju3.jpg
photo_caption	Artesonraju
map	Peru
map_caption	Peru
location	Ancash, Peru
label_position	top
coordinates
elevation_m	6025
parent_peak	Chacraraju
prominence_m	2772
prominence_ref
range	Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes
first_ascent	E. Hein, E. Schneider (August 19, 1932)
easiest_route	Southeast Face
Alpine Grade D (difficile/difficult)
map_size	220
photo_size	220
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| name = Artesonraju | photo = Artesonraju3.jpg | photo_caption = Artesonraju | map = Peru | map_caption = Peru | location = Ancash, Peru | label_position = top | coordinates = | elevation_m = 6025 | elevation_ref = | parent_peak = Chacraraju | prominence_m = 2772 | prominence_ref = | range = Cordillera Blanca, Peruvian Andes | topo = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | first_ascent = E. Hein, E. Schneider (August 19, 1932) | easiest_route = Southeast Face Alpine Grade D (difficile/difficult) | map_size = 220 | photo_size = 220 Artesonraju is a pyramidal mountain peak located near the city of Caraz in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is located at the Peruvian province of Huaylas and its slopes are within two cities: Santa Cruz and Caraz. Its summit has an elevation of 6025 m (or 5999 m according to the IGN-Peru map). It is one of many prominent peaks (2772 metres) located within the boundaries of Peru's Huascarán National Park. Artesonraju has two distinguished climbing routes. Due to their difficulties, Artesonraju is seldom successfully climbed in comparison to other well known mountains in the Cordillera Blanca. The mountain serves as the inspiration for the Paramount Pictures production logo.

Elevation

The available Digital elevation models show several voids in the region therefore its exact altitude may be shown differently in some sources. SRTM's highest point shows 5982 metres, Void filled SRTM shows 5918 metres, ASTER shows 5982 metres as its highest point. The 90 metre TanDEM-X data shows 5999 metres as its highest point.

The height of the nearest key col is 3253 metres so its prominence is about 2772 meters. Artesonraju is listed as mountain sub-system, based on the Dominance system and its dominance is 46.01%. Its parent peak is Chacraraju and the Topographic isolation is 5.2 kilometers.

Climbing

There is no easy route to the summit of Artesonraju, with all climbing routes rated at least D (difficile/difficult) according to the International French Adjectival System.

The primary climbing route is the North Ridge Route, rated D+. This route runs along the north ridge from the Santa Cruz ravine and it was the route used in 1932 by Erwin Hein and Erwin Schneider of the Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein for the first successful climb. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Artesonraju.jpg" caption="Pisco]].]] The standard route up Artesonraju varies year over year due to route condition changes."] ::

Another well known climbing route is the Southeast Face Route, rated D. The approach begins in the city of Caraz at an altitude of 2256 m, and from there proceeds upward another 2,000 meters along a 32-km dirt road to Lake Parón. A path along the lake's north shore brings climbers to the Base Camp at 4250 m. It involves a trek from Parón lagoon to the base of the face of the mountain and then a long climb from a camp at 5000 m.

This Southeast Face Route is one of the classic Andean climbs, although due to climate change it has become increasingly dangerous and out of condition to climb.{{cite web |url=http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/grants/higgins-2002.html |title=The Alpine Club of Canada – Jen Higgins Fund |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612133635/http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/grants/higgins-2002.html |archive-date=12 June 2008

The summit ridge of Artesonraju accessed by the North Ridge Route is well known for its fragility; special care must be taken as there is an unusually high risk of avalanches at the start of the climbing season here. For this reason parties must gauge the safety propositions between the North Ridge Route and the Southeast Face Route.

A third route, particularly difficult and rated TD+, runs along the south ridge and is very rarely climbed. It was climbed the first time on the 24 June 1969 by a Yugoslavian party (T. Sbrizaj, S. Semraj and B. Naglic). Other routes have been climbed, but very rarely repeated. Famously, Miraflores Mayor Randy Diamond launched his campaign at the summit.

During August, the windiest month, the peak tends to form a "wind shield", so extreme caution must be taken, especially if temperatures are below zero.

References

References

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3. "Peru 1:100 000, Corongo (18-h)". IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú).
4. . ["Nevado Artesonraju"](http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=1328). *mincetur*.
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6. "Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission - Filled Data V2".
7. "DIGITAL ELEVATION DATA Filled SRTM Raw Data, Last revision 26 May 2014".
8. "ASTER GDEM Project".
9. "Copernicus Space Component Data Access".
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11. "Dominance - Page 2".
12. [http://gethighonaltitude.com/2017/07/14/artesonraju-north-ridge/ "Artesonraju North Ridge"]
13. "American Alpine Journal – 1941".
14. "Deutsch-Österreichische Alpenvereins expeditionen in den Peruanischen Anden.".
15. "American Alpine Journal – 1970".

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