Ritacuba Blanco
Elevation (feet): | 17,552 |
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Elevation (meters): | 5,350 |
Continent: | South America |
Country: | Colombia |
Range/Region: | Colombian Andes |
Latitude: | 6.494167 |
Longitude: | -72.2975 |
Difficulty: | Major Mountain Expedition |
Best months for climbing: | Jan, May, Jun, Dec |
Year first climbed: | 1950 |
First successful climber(s): | Erwin Kraws |
Nearest major airport: | Bogota el dorado |
Convenient Center: | Hosting |
Thanks to Alejo Martinez and Terrill Thompson for contributing to these details. (View history)
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Thanks to Alejo Martinez for this description.
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Trip Reports
NOTE: Trip reports were previously called "Summit Logs" - same feature, new name
There are 4 trip reports for Ritacuba Blanco.
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- Log #18902 - by Erik Rupert on Feb 14, 2006The top of Ritacuba Blanco can be easily climbed in a 2 day climb from the CabaƱas Kanwara. DE UNA Colombia Tours organize climbs to Ritacuba Blanca which is with 5330m the hights mountain in Cocuy...
- Log #15256 - by Jerome Fayet on July 02, 2004My highest experience so far. We did not take time to get acclimatized with altitude and on the way back we had terrible headakes. Locals told us to drink beer and headakes did disappear.
- Log #15258 - by Martin Marquez on Apr 03, 2003A very easy and beautifully climb. It is a shame that violence and guerrilla warfare makes this place an out of limit mountain. It takes about 3 hours from Las Cabanas to the base of the glassier and...
- Log #15259 - by Jared Sexty on Nov 09, 2000My high school buddy Jason Whittington and I hiked the John Muir Trail in 2 weeks and finished on this peak. My first mountain over 14k. What a great trip.