Quebrada de Humahuaca

Name: Quebrada de Humahuaca
Address: AR

Schematic Humahuaca town to Mirador del Hornocal. Not a GPS track. DEM high 4,301 m at the 14-colores viewpoint. Serranía de Hornocal 4,761 m is a landmark.

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Distance 15.39 km provisional (pin-to-pin derivation) · Ascent provisional (DEM sample) · High point provisional (DEM sample) · T2 · pin

Itinerary not published

Last checked 2026-10-07

Cite this record

The Hiking World, Quebrada de Humahuaca, read 2026-10-07, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/quebrada-de-humahuaca

How we verify · last checked 2026-10-07

Byline

The Hiking World editorial team · author

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

Forecast at page generation, 2026-11-07T13:06:44.077Z

Representative point on Quebrada de Humahuaca: -23.210°, -65.198°, about 4301 m. A forecast, not a trail-surface reading.

At generation: 11°C, Clear.

2026-11-07 4–18°C, 0 mm
2026-11-08 Overcast, 2–17°C
2026-11-09 3–17°C, 3 mm

Source Open-Meteo. Mountain weather changes with elevation and aspect.

Life-safety notices on this page come from the issuer.

Sourced record

Verified and reported stay in separate blocks. A section with no source is left out. How we verify.

Permits and fees are shown once, from the permit record.

Altitude weather delta

High 4,301 m minus low 2,947 m is 1,354 m of relief on this record. A standard tropospheric lapse of 6.5 °C per 1,000 m implies about 8.8 °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 · read 2026-09-10 · provisional

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

Stored line for Quebrada de Humahuaca, from -23.204°, -65.349° to -23.210°, -65.198°. The drawing is the simplified record, not a surveyed GPS track.

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GeoJSON

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

Facts-23.204, -65.349

Distance15.39 km*

resolved-pin haversine; not a published trek length; not walking distance · read 2026-09-23 · editorial · provisional

Ascentnot published

Cumulative ascent not published — stored line geometry is too coarse for a reliable DEM figure.

Descentnot published

High point4,301 m

copernicus-dem:glo-30 · read 2026-09-24 · provisional

Low point2,947 m

copernicus-dem:glo-30 · read 2026-09-24 · provisional

Routepoint-to-point

Daysnot published

Seasonunverified

GradeUngraded (schematic ingest)

Catalog entry

DifficultyUngraded (schematic ingest)

SAC T2: Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
YDS Class 1: Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.

Elevation

Viewpoint pin from held_pins_geometry_records.json. Town pin kept. Pin spacing is not a walking kilometre.

typicalDays 1 is a placeholder.

Water

No water sources recorded.

Permits & fees

Conditions, fees and rules change. Confirm with the issuer and local authorities before you go. This is a reference, not a substitute for local advice. Terms

No permit required.

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Hazards

DEM figures are samples at the resolved pins, not a walking profile.

Getting there

No sourced gateway chain yet.

Getting there car-free

Humahuaca: car-free flag unknown.
Mirador del Hornocal: car-free flag unknown.

Trailheads

Humahuaca car-free: unknown
Mirador del Hornocal car-free: unknown

Questions

Do I need a permit for Quebrada de Humahuaca?

No government walking permit is reported for Quebrada de Humahuaca. That report is secondary — confirm before travel.