Cumbre - Hampaturi
Trail photos
Author
Trail stats
- Distance
- 22.28 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,234 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 5,456 ft
- Max elevation
- 15,916 ft
- TrailRank
- 38
- Min elevation
- 11,036 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- 3 hours
- Time
- 3 hours 29 minutes
- Coordinates
- 5073
- Uploaded
- January 26, 2020
- Recorded
- January 2020
near Rinconada, La Paz (Bolivia)
Viewed 1053 times, downloaded 12 times
Trail photos
Itinerary description
Half-day 35 kilometer mountain bike ride. I did it in three hours, finishing up right back in La Paz. You can take public transport from "Terminal Minasa" in Villa Fatima (Puma Katari bus or teleferico to get there). A bus to Coroico is only 20bs from this terminal and they are happy to throw your bike on top. You can request to get off the bus right before "La Cumbre". Ride east towards the pass that will take you into the valley of Hampaturi. The trail disappears a bit and you will mostly follow llama tracks. I got off my bike several times to walk. When you get to the top of the pass, you will behold commanding views of the highest peaks of the hampaturi range. At this point, don't let yourself get funneled down the main valley. You'll run into cliffs. Instead, stay to your left heading east north-east. It's still pretty hairy in the downhill there, so don't be ashamed to walk your bike down some of it. As the valley begins to flatten, you will intersect with an unkept dirt road. Follow this road into the valley to Aiuan Reservoir. Here, the dirt road joins the principal dirt road of the valley. Take this dirt road straight down the valley passing the Hampaturi reservoir. It's pretty obvious where to go until you get to the bridge to Irpavi. Don't miss this bridge, or else you'll be doing a lot of extra pedaling. You will arrive in Irpavi, a neighborhood in La Paz's "Zona Sur". You can take a Puma Katari bus or the Teleferico to wherever you need to be.
Waypoints
Summit
15,898 ft
Entrada: Valle Jamp'aturi
Awesome views of Sirq'i Qullu and other mountains of the Hampaturi Range. From here, you want to aim to the left side of the image.
Photo
15,787 ft
Nubes de los Yungas
A classic phenomenon in these mountains. The clouds from the tropical Yungas creeping up from the northeast.
Photo
15,095 ft
Encontrando Camino
After struggling down some steep rocks, you are rewarded by a flattened path.
Lake
Comments (5)
You can add a comment or review this trail
Fui. Y me perdí.. porque ya no había camino.. y había una quebrada que ufff quizá hubiera subido a pie.. pero ya era las 4 de la tarde..
No hay camino para cruzar de un valle hacía al otro. Hay que subir a pie. Y hay que tener cuidando bajando al valle de Hampaturi pq hay precipicios.
Hi Matthew. I would love to rife this route. I'm fairly new to the bike scene in LPZ, much less in Bolivia. Would you be interested in riding this route again with me?
Ride*
Hi Hernan. I won't be able to join you on this route. I don't have as much time as I used to. But if you want more information or if you would like to talk about different bike routes around La Paz, I would be happy to meet with you virtually and help you plan some adventures. My number is 76541866.