# Champara

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{{short description|Mountain in Peru}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Champara
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| map = Peru
| map_caption = Peru
| location = [Peru](/source/Peru), [Ancash Region](/source/Ancash_Region)
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| coordinates = {{coord|8|41|14|S|77|46|52|W|type:mountain_region:PE_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m = 5735
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| listing = 
| range = [Andes](/source/Andes), [Cordillera Blanca](/source/Cordillera_Blanca)
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| 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](/source/Cordillera_Blanca) in the [Andes](/source/Andes) of [Peru](/source/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](/source/Yuracmarca_District), [Huaylas Province](/source/Huaylas_Province), within the region of [Ancash](/source/Ancash_Region).<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region) showing "Nevado Champara"</ref> Champara lies southeast of the lake [Quyllurqucha](/source/Quyllurqucha_(Ancash)).

In 1932 Erwin Hein, {{Interlanguage link multi|Hermann Hoerlin|de}}, and [Erwin Schneider](/source/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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Category:Five-thousanders of the Andes
Category:Mountains of the Department of Ancash

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