Jirishanca

Jirishanca
Jirishanca, West Face, July 2010
Elevation	6,126 m (20,098 ft)
Listing	Ultra
Location
Jirishanca Ancash Region, Peru
Range	Andes, Waywash
Coordinates	10°19′47″S 76°25′55″W
Climbing
First ascent	July 1956

Jirishanca is a mountain of the Waywash mountain range in west central Peru, part of the Andes. At 6,126 metres (20,098 ft) (other sources: 6,094 m (19,993 ft))^{[citation needed]} it is the tenth highest in Peru and the third in the Waywash mountain range (after Yerupajá and Siula Grande). The mountain's local name means "Hummingbird Beak of Ice".

First climbed in July 1956 by Toni Egger and Siegfried Jungmeir, the mountain is notoriously difficult and has been very few successful ascents. It is on average climbed less than once per year.

The easier route to the summit is quoted TD but other difficult routes exist, many on them on vertical ice and with overhanging section of mixed terrain.

The southeast face of Jirishanca