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Summit Mount Huandoy, Huascarán National Park, Peru
Huandoyis the second-tallest peak of the Cordillera Blanca section of the Andes, after Nevado Huascarán. These two peaks are rather nearby, separated only by the Llanganuco ravine with its Lagunas Llanganuco (3,846 m) (Lake Chinancocha and Lake Orcon Cocha).
It is a snow capped mountain with four peaks, the tallest of which is 6,395 m arranged in the form of a fireplace. The four peaks are each over 6,000 m, and are:
Huandoy Peak (6,395 m)
Huandoy-West (6,356 m)
Huandoy-South (6,160 m)
Huandoy-East (6,070 m)
It was first climbed in 1932 by a German party. The ascent from the Lagunas Llanganuco was first climbed in 1976.
The original name of the mountain was Tullparaju, which came from the Quechuatullpa("stone fireplace") andraju("ice"), so Tullparaja means "snowcapped mountain in shape of a fireplace."
It is part of Huascarán National Park.
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