Pico Cristóbal Colón
| Pico Cristóbal Colón | |
|---|---|
Cogui) | |
| Geography | |
  Pico Cristóbal Colón Location in Colombia | |
| Location | Magdalena Department, Colombia |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1939 by Wood, Bakerwell and Praolini |
| Easiest route | basic snow/ice climb, Alpine PD |
Pico Cristóbal Colón is possibly the highest
list of peaks by prominence). The nearest peak that is higher is Cayambe, some 1,288 kilometres (800 mi) away. There is a permanent snowcap on this peak and on the nearby mountains. It is part of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta range, along with Pico Simón Bolívar, and was named after Christopher Columbus. This mountain is the highest point in South America outside the Andes
.
Climbing history
Colón was first climbed in 1939 by Walter Wood, Anderson Bakerwell and E. Praolini.[3]
Access to these mountains became very difficult after the early 1990s due to hostile locals, drug traffickers, and
FARC guerillas. An expedition in 2015 led by John Biggar was one of the first to climb in the range for many years, and reached the summit of Pico Colón on 13 December.[4]
See also
- List of mountains by elevation
- List of Ultras of South America
References
- SRTMdata. Colombian topographic maps show 5650m contours but no 5700m contours. A handheld GPS reading obtained in 2015 indicated a height of c.5730m may be correct. A figure of 5775m is frequently quoted.
- ^ Andes site
- ^ "Pico Cristobal Colon Overview - Peakware.com". www.peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-02.
- ^ Bjorstad, Petter. "Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Trip Report".
 | This Magdalena Department location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |