Cotacachi
ViewpointEcuador
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Cotacachi
Viewpoint · Ecuador
Description
A 4,944 m volcano rising above the Cuicocha crater lake in the northern Andes, snow-dusted and often cloud-wrapped. A steep climb popular with acclimatizing mountaineers.
Key facts
Cotacachi is in Imbabura Province.
- Region
- Imbabura Province
- Elevation
- 4,935m
- Huts nearby
- Laguna Cuicocha (7.6km), Comuna Perafan (11km), The Refugio Could Forest (14km)
- Lakes nearby
- Laguna de Cristococha (3.8km)
- Nearest village
- Santa Rosa · 6.3km