Alpamayo (19,511 feet / 5947 meters) is for many people the most beautiful mountain in the world and it remains as one of the most coveted summits in mountaineering.
Alpamayo is a steep (sixty degrees), almost perfect pyramid of ice, one of a number of peaks that compose the Santa Cruz massif, the northernmost massif of the Cordillera Blanca, 250 miles (400 kilometers) north of Lima. Although smaller than many of its neighboring peaks, it is distinguished by its unusual formation and overwhelming beauty. It actually has two sharp summits, North and South, separated by a narrow corniced ridge.
In 1966, the Alpamayo mountain was declared "the most beautiful mountain in the world" by UNESCO.
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