Huchuy Qosqo
Curated schematic — not walking distance. Pin-to-pin OSM named-waypoint line Tauca → Huchuy Qosqo site → Lamay. Cited itinerary ~17 km (provisional, secondary). No formal government permit (reported secondary). High 4,200 m is the Pumamarca Pass landmark, omitted from the line.
Last verified 2026-09-21 · no issuer named on the permit
Byline
- The Hiking World editorial · author
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Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.
Permits and fees
| Permit | Cost | Quota / restriction | Issuer | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal government permit (reported secondary)Reported (secondary) — confirm before travel | Not recorded | — | Not recorded | Not recorded | Unverified |
Altitude weather delta
High 4,200 m minus low 2,944 m is 1,256 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 8.2 °C cooler at the high point than the valley, all else equal.
That is a model (International Standard Atmosphere environmental lapse), not a forecast and not a trail-closure. Wind, snow, and storms stay in Hazards.
derived:lapse-rate · 2026-09-10 · provisionalISA 6.5 °C / 1,000 m · wikipedia.org · 2026-09-10
This line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON
Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog
- SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade)
- Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
- YDS Class 1
- Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
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Curated schematic from named OpenStreetMap nodes (ODbL). The line is pin-to-pin, not a surveyed walking path. Pin-to-pin 2-D length 10.36 km is schematic — not walking distance and is not this DataPoint. The published distance is the cited ~17 km (operator itinerary, secondary, provisional). Ascent and descent are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at those three pins only, not a walking profile, and remain provisional. The elevation-profile km axis follows the schematic pins, not the cited itinerary.
No Huchuy Qosqo hiking relation resolved on 2026-09-21; only the archaeological site node is in OSM. Pins: Tauca → Huchuy Qosqo site → Lamay. Pumamarca Pass did not resolve to a named OSM node and was not invented. osmRelationId is unset. Never graduate to verified without a connected OSM hiking relation.
typicalDays 2 is the cited itinerary window (secondary), not a DataPoint.
High 4,200 m is the cited Pumamarca Pass landmark (Wave P evidence, lastVerified 2026-09-21) — the pass is not a vertex on this line. GLO-30 at the three pins tops at 3,846 m (Tauca). Low 2,944 m is Copernicus GLO-30 at the Lamay pin (lastVerified 2026-09-21), still provisional. Ascent 0 m / descent 902 m are pin-sample DEM and miss walking over the omitted pass; not a walking profile.
No formal government walking permit is reported (Wikipedia / Wave P evidence, reported secondary, 2026-09-21). Confirm locally.
Water
No water sources recorded.
Surface
Surface is not recorded. This field is filled only from an OSM surface tag, not from the grade.
Permits & fees
No permit required.
Getting there
No sourced gateway chain yet.
Trailheads
- Tauca (schematic start) car-free: unknown
- Lamay (schematic end) car-free: unknown
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Hazards
- Altitude: cited Pumamarca Pass landmark 4,200 m is omitted from this pin line (GLO-30 pin max 3,846 m at Tauca).
Questions
Do I need a permit for Huchuy Qosqo?
No government walking permit is reported for Huchuy Qosqo. That report is secondary — confirm before travel.
When is the best time to hike Huchuy Qosqo?
On this record the best season is: Dry season May–Sep (Wikipedia / Wave P evidence, reported secondary, 2026-09-21).
How difficult is Huchuy Qosqo?
Huchuy Qosqo is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1. A sourced hazard on this record: Altitude: cited Pumamarca Pass landmark 4,200 m is omitted from this pin line (GLO-30 pin max 3,846 m at Tauca).
How long is Huchuy Qosqo?
This figure is 17 km (provisional): a schematic straight-line estimate between waypoints — not a measured walking distance; published figures are the better guide. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail
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