Ipala

Photo of Ipala

Photo by Christian Rodriguez

Details

Elevation (feet): 5413
Elevation (meters): 1650
Continent: North America
Country: Guatemala
Range/Region: Mexican Ranges
Range/Region: Sierra Madre del Sur
Difficulty: Walk up
Best months for climbing: Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec
Nearest major airport: La Aurora, Guatemala City
Convenient Center: Ipala, Chiquimula

Thanks to Jonathan Boarini for adding this peak.

Description

Ipala is an excelent day hike, and very rewarding. Ascent of the small cone takes just one hour, to arrive at the crater, which is half a kilometer in diameter and is filled with water, making it a very interesting volcano. The top part is still covered in lush vegetation. Deforestation is very threatening to the voclano, and there have been initiatives to make it a pretected reserve. Email me for more info.

Thanks to Jonathan Boarini for this description.

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