{{short description|Mountain in Peru}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Champara | image = | image_caption = | map = Peru | map_caption = Peru | location = Peru, Ancash Region | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|8|41|14|S|77|46|52|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 5735 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | listing = | range = Andes, Cordillera Blanca | topo = | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | type = | age = | first_ascent = 1-1936 via W. ridge, N. face.<ref>Neate, Jill (1994). Mountaineering in the Andes, 2nd edition. RGS-IBG Expedition Advisory Centre. p. 37.</ref> | easiest_route = | other_name=Champará | map_size = 240 }} '''Champara'''<ref name=":0" /> or '''Champará'''<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Andes: A Guide for Climbers|last=Biggar|first=John|publisher=Andes|year=2005|isbn=9780953608720|pages=60}}</ref> is a mountain in the north of the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru and has an elevation of {{convert|5735|m|ft|0}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Peru 1:100 000, Corongo (18-h)|publisher=IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional - Perú)}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> It is located in Yuracmarca District, Huaylas Province, within the region of Ancash.<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region) showing "Nevado Champara"</ref> Champara lies southeast of the lake Quyllurqucha.

In 1932 Erwin Hein, {{Interlanguage link multi|Hermann Hoerlin|de}}, and Erwin Schneider made an attempt on the peak, they reached c.5000m but retreated in the face of fresh snow and heightened avalanche risk.<ref>{{cite journal | title = In the Cordillera Blanca ; the 1932 D .ce Oe. A.-V. Expedition | journal =Alpine Journal| date= 1933| first = Philip | last =Borchers | issn= 0065-6569 |volume =#45 | pages=34-44 | access-date =4 December 2025 |url = https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1933_files/AJ45%201933%2034-44%20Borchers%20Cordillera%20Blanca.pdf }}</ref> The first recorded ascent was made by Schneider and {{Interlanguage link multi|Arnold Awerzger|de}} in June 1936.<ref>{{cite book | title = Yuraq Janka: Guide to the Peruvian Andes Part I: Cordilleras Blanca and Rosko | date=1977| first = John F| last = Ricker| isbn= 9780920330043 |publisher =Alpine Club of Canada / American Alpine Club |pages= | access-date = 9 December 2025 | url = https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Yuraq_Janka/m3h7AAAAMAAJ | page= 56 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | title= The Cordillera Blanca Expedition 1936 | date=1937 | magazine=Die Alpen | url = https://www.sac-cas.ch/de/die-alpen/die-cordillera-blanca-expedition-1936-5119/ | access-date =9 December 2025 | first= Erwin |last= Schneider }} </ref>

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