Mount Illampu

Mount Illampu is the fourth highest mountain in Bolivia with an elevation of 6,368 m (20,892 ft) and is located near Sorata, the town where climbers and hikers begin exploring the nearby trails and mountains.

Mount Illampu lies in the northern section of the Cordillera Real Mountain range (part of the Andes), just east of Lake Titicaca. Also, Laguna Glaciar is located in the Illampu-Ancohuma massif and is the 17th highest lake in the world.

Mount Illampu is a great mountain climbing destination for climbers with experience and despite being lower than the neighboring Mount Ancohuma, Illampú has a steeper peak, with more local relief, and is a somewhat harder climb. In fact it has "the hardest normal route on any of the 6,000 meter peaks in Bolivia.

The easiest route, by the Southwest Ridge, is rated AD (Fairly Difficult), with snow slopes up to 65 degrees. It is accessed from a high camp on the north side of the massif.

The peak was first climbed on June 7, 1928 via this route, by Hans Pfann, Alfred Horeschowsky, Hugo Hörtnagel (Germans) and Erwin Hein (Austrian). Other routes include the "German Route" on the southwest face and the South Face route, both approached from the west side of the massif.