Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela, at 4,978 metres. Located in Mérida State. It can be reached only by walking; the Mérida cable car, which was the highest and longest cable car in the world when it was built, only reaches Pico Espejo. From there it is possible to climb to Pico Bolívar. The peak is named after the Venezuelan independenc…
Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela, at 4,978 metres. Located in Mérida State. It can be reached only by walking; the Mérida cable car, which was the highest and longest cable car in the world when it was built, only reaches Pico Espejo. From there it is possible to climb to Pico Bolívar. The peak is named after the Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar.
Elevation: 4,978 m (16,332 ft)
Location: Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela
Prominence: 3,957 m (12,982 ft)
Isolation: 261.74 km (162.64 mi)
Listing: Country high point · Ultra
Parent range: Sierra Nevada, Andes
First ascent: 1935 by Enrique Bourgoin, H. Márquez Molina and Domingo Peña
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