Global InformationVinicunca information
| Vinicunca | |
|---|---|
 Vinicunca or Rainbow Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 5,200 m (17,100 ft) |
| Coordinates | 13°52′13″S 71°18′11″W / 13.870227°S 71.302951°W |
| Geography | |
  Vinicunca Peru | |
| Parent range | Andes |
Vinicunca, or Winikunka, also called Montaña de Siete Colores (literally: Mountain of seven colors), Montaña de Colores (Mountain of colors) or Montaña Arcoíris (Rainbow Mountain), is a mountain in the Andes of Peru with an altitude of 5,200 metres (17,100 ft) above sea level.[1][2] It is located on the road to the Ausangate mountain, in the Cusco region, between Cusipata District, province of Quispicanchi, and Pitumarca District, province of Canchis.[3]
Tourist access requires a two-hour drive from Cusco and a walk of about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi), or a three-and-a-half-hour drive through Pitumarca and a one-half-kilometre (0.31 mi) steep walk (1–1.5 hours) to the hill. As of 2019, no robust methods of transportation to Vinicunca have been developed to accommodate travelers, as it requires passage through a valley.[4]
In mid-2010, mass tourism came, attracted by the mountain's series of stripes of various colors[5] due to its mineralogical composition on the slopes and summits.[6] The mountain used to be covered by glacier caps, but these melted.
- ^ "Montaña de siete colores | Montaña Arco Iris | Rainbow Mountain en Vinicunca, Quispicanchis, Cusco – Arqueología del Perú | Historia, Turismo, Arte , Inca, Prehispánico, Pre-Inca" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Fotos: Montaña de Colores de Vinicunca es víctima de su popularidad". RPP (in Spanish). 12 September 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Conoce la belleza de Winikunka, la montaña de 7 colores de Cusco". publimetro.pe. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Cusco: denuncian que han dañado la Montaña de Siete Colores". América Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Salvemos La Montaña de Colores: Está Corriendo Grave Peligro". ACCESOPERU.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "En el Día Internacional de las Montañas conoce las 7 cumbres más altas del Perú". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-03-19.