The Salcantay or Salkantay is a snow-capped mountain in Peru, located in the Cordillera Vilcabamba, in the district of Santa Teresa, province of La Convención, Department of Cusco. It rises to 6264 meters above sea level.

SALKANTAY MOUNTAIN

The snowy Salcantay is one of the highest mountains in the Cusco region, along with the snowy Ausangate in the Cordillera Vilcanota which is located further south.

However, it is undoubtedly the most grandiose in its splendid isolation and the grandeur of its two-headed mass, with the addition of being one of the mountains of this magnificent Andean region that present greater technical problems for all its slopes. This is attested by the six itineraries opened to date by the different slopes of this white giant.

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