Salkantay Trek vs Inca Trail

Salcantay, Salkantay or Sallqantay is the highest peak in the Vilcabamba mountain range, part of the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Cusco Region, about 60 km west-northwest of the city of Cusco. It is the 38th-highest peak in the Andes and the twelfth-highest in Peru. However, as a range highpoint in deeply incised terrain, it is the second most topogr…
Salcantay, Salkantay or Sallqantay is the highest peak in the Vilcabamba mountain range, part of the Peruvian Andes. It is located in the Cusco Region, about 60 km west-northwest of the city of Cusco. It is the 38th-highest peak in the Andes and the twelfth-highest in Peru. However, as a range highpoint in deeply incised terrain, it is the second most topographically prominent peak in the country, after Huascarán.
  • Elevation: 6,271 m (20,574 ft) or 6,264 m (20,551 ft)
  • Location: Cusco Region, Peru
  • Prominence: 2,540 metres (8,330 ft)
  • Listing: Ultra
  • Parent range: Vilcabamba, Andes
  • First ascent: August 4, 1952, by Fred D. Ayres, David Michael Jr., W. V. Graham Matthews, George Irving Bell, Claude Kogan, M. Bernard Pierre
  • Easiest route: Northeast ridge: technical glacier/snow/ice climb (French grade AD)

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org