'''Yerupaja''' ([[Kastilla simi]]pi: ''El Carnicero'') nisqaqa lliw [[Piruw]]pi iskay kaq aswan hatun [[urqu]]m, [[Waywash urqukuna]]pi. Pikchunqa [[mama qucha]]manta 6,635 mitrum aswan hanaq.
'''''Yerupaja''' or '''Nevado Yerupaja''' is a [[mountain]] of the [[Cordillera Huayhuash]] in north central [[Peru]], part of the [[Andes]]. At 6,635 m (other sources: 6,617 m) it is the second highest in Peru and the highest in the Cordillera Huayhuash. The summit was first reached in [[1950]] by [[Jim Maxwell]] and [[Dave Harrah]], and its northern peak (Yerupaja Norte) [[1965]] by the [[Wellington]]ian [[Roger Bates]] and [[Graeme Dingle]]''.
''The mountain's local name is ''El Carnicero''. This name refers to the knife-sharpness of its summit ridge. Many visitors consider Yerupaja to be the most spectacular peak in South America.''
