Peru Climbing

Lots of people have discovered Peru's climbing... and how about something a little more informative, like an overview of the types of climbing found there and a brief list of some of the classic destinations, at least. This is the home page of an entire country - it's worth more than a single sentence. Apr 7, 2008

I would welcome someone emailing me a better description of peru so I can put it up. At the time I was more concerned with getting peru in the directory structure so people could easily post specific locations under the country. Jul 18, 2008

In this blog you can fint almost every rock climbing area of Peru>
toposperu.wordpress.com/ Dec 19, 2008

Toposperu is now self hosted at:

www.toposperu.com Jun 12, 2009

lima has to be one of the gloomiest cities on the planet...at least the food is tasty Apr 22, 2013

Piura Outdoors

This link is to contact Marlon Neyra, who started Piura Outdoors a year ago, They do a lot of climbing in and around Piura, northern Peru. Anyone working with Mountain Project who fluently speaks Spanish should contact him and invite him to update areas in Northern Peru. I have spent a lot of time there and would love to see that part of the country rise in visits from the climbing community. Thanks Sep 6, 2013

Is there any climbing in Peru to be done in June? Dec 2, 2013

i'll be in peru in the near future and want to climb. anyone need a partner or want to climb? i only have shoes and harness but have a lot of experience Jan 13, 2015

I'm stationed in Arequipa for about 5 more month and want to explore climbing outdoors. I've met a couple of people who climb who said they are going to take me to a few places. I can update and take pictures when that happens and I also know of a great climbing gym here in Arequipa with a great bouldering section and a decent trad(?) wall. I've never climbed with ropes, so forgive my ignorance. Drop me a line if you're in my area! Feb 15, 2015

So I'm in Cusco for the rest of the month and I needed some rock under my fingers. I googled climbing in the area and some sites/blogs but unfortunately they aren't very informative on where these spots are. I tried emailing these people but of course no answers. So to all of you where is the bouldering in Cusco, Peru. Also if anyone knows where to score a crash pad here that would be great as well. Thanks. Apr 13, 2016

I recently visited Cusco and did some climbing. Since the Pachar crag at Ollantaytambo sounded cool I went there. Driving up the valley past Ollantaytambo, one can see a "cleaned line" about 200 meters long, and precisely in the spot the Mtn Pro guide says there are routes. Well, I hiked up a horribly loose talus slope with a full trad rack and found out that the line is cleaned from rock fall. Furthermore, I spent about 3 hours hiking the area trying to find routes. I didn't.

Later that PM, about 1 mile toward Urubamba from Ollantaytambo,I stopped on the left below the weird capsule type things. There are about 8 one or two pitch bolted sport routes. Furthermore, I immediately ran into Peruvian climbers who wanted to share. I've added the info under Cusco-Sacred Valley. Apr 2, 2017

I REALLY want to climb in Peru! Will be in Lima and Cusco April 29-May 12... anyone interested in hosting a Colorado girl? I follow and lead 5.9-10 sport and trad! I would be soooooo glad, ill buy lunch or something--- please?! Gracias! Apr 19, 2017

I live in Lima and climb a lot of the local crags and ones in Huaraz and Central. Hit me up if you're interested in coming down or if you are here! Cheers! Dec 6, 2017

logan,
what’s the weather apt to be like on into mid jan
rainy season ? Dec 17, 2017