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Lares Trek

Curated schematic — not walking distance. Pin-to-pin OSM named-waypoint line Lares hot springs → Cuncani → Patacancha. Cited itinerary ~35 km (provisional, secondary). No formal government permit (reported secondary). High 4,450 m is the Sicllaccasa Pass landmark, omitted from the line.

Last verified 2026-09-21 · no issuer named on the permit

Byline

  • The Hiking World editorial · author

    Desk byline for seed records. Named surveying editors replace this once a trail is verified.

The Vilcanota / Urubamba near Urcos, on the Lares corridor, Cusco, Peru

Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.

Permits and fees

PermitCostQuota / restrictionIssuerSourceVerified
No formal government permit (reported secondary)Reported (secondary) — confirm before travelNot recorded—Not recordedNot recordedUnverified

Altitude weather delta

High 4,450 m minus low 3,241 m is 1,209 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 7.9 °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 · provisional

ISA 6.5 °C / 1,000 m · wikipedia.org · 2026-09-10

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This line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON

Facts-13.111, -72.057
Distance35 km*
operator itinerary (cited ~35 km; schematic — not walking distance) · 2026-09-21 · editorial · provisional
Ascent+567 m*
Copernicus GLO-30 (3 schematic pins, omitted pass; not a walking profile) · 2026-09-21 · dem · provisional
Descent0 m*
Copernicus GLO-30 (3 schematic pins, one-way; not a walking profile) · 2026-09-21 · dem · provisional
High point4,450 m*
cited Sicllaccasa Pass landmark ~4,450 m (Wave P evidence; pass omitted from line) · 2026-09-21 · editorial · provisional
Low point3,241 m*
Copernicus GLO-30 (Lares pin) · 2026-09-21 · dem · provisional
Routepoint-to-point
Days4
SeasonDry season May–Sep (Wikipedia / Wave P evidence, reported secondary, 2026-09-21)
GradeSAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1

Editorial v1 · Provisional catalog

DifficultyUngraded — schematic, no OSM sac_scale line
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 18.17 km is schematic — not walking distance and is not this DataPoint. The published distance is the cited ~35 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 Peru Lares hiking relation resolved on 2026-09-21. A same-named OSM route in Spain was not used. Pins: Lares hot springs → Cuncani → Patacancha. Ipsaycocha Lake and Sicllaccasa Pass did not resolve to named OSM nodes and were not invented. osmRelationId is unset. Never graduate to verified without a connected OSM hiking relation.

typicalDays 4 is the cited itinerary window (secondary), not a DataPoint.

High 4,450 m is the cited Sicllaccasa 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 3,808 m (Patacancha). Low 3,241 m is Copernicus GLO-30 at the Lares pin (lastVerified 2026-09-21), still provisional. Ascent 567 m / descent 0 m are pin-sample DEM and under-count 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

  • Lares hot springs (schematic start) car-free: unknown
  • Patacancha (schematic end) car-free: unknown

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Hazards

  • Altitude / AMS: cited Sicllaccasa Pass landmark 4,450 m is omitted from this pin line (GLO-30 pin max 3,808 m at Patacancha). This is a high-altitude trek, not a casual hike.

Questions

Do I need a permit for Lares Trek?

No government walking permit is reported for Lares Trek. That report is secondary — confirm before travel.

When is the best time to hike Lares Trek?

On this record the best season is: Dry season May–Sep (Wikipedia / Wave P evidence, reported secondary, 2026-09-21).

How difficult is Lares Trek?

Lares Trek is graded SAC T2 (mapped — no official SAC grade) · YDS 1. A sourced hazard on this record: Altitude / AMS: cited Sicllaccasa Pass landmark 4,450 m is omitted from this pin line (GLO-30 pin max 3,808 m at Patacancha). This is a high-altitude trek, not a casual hike.

How long is Lares Trek?

This figure is 35 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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