Ecuadorian Alpine Institute

Summit Ecuador's Andes

The volcanic mountain summits of Ecuador provide easy access to high-altitude climbing with their peaks reaching over 20,697 ft. (6310 m). Ecuador's glacier-covered mountains straddle the equatorial zone of the planet providing relatively warm mountaineering environments and a variety of technical climbing challenges.

The Andes is the world's second highest mountain range, spanning from Colombia to the tip of Patagonia in southern Chile.