{"id":946,"date":"2010-02-16T14:01:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T19:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/?page_id=946"},"modified":"2020-07-31T12:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:01:02","slug":"el-pital","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/peaks\/el-pital\/","title":{"rendered":"El Pital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elevation: <strong>2730 m  (8957 ft)<\/strong><br \/>\nLocation: El Salvador, Chalatenango province, 14? 23&#8242; N; 89? 7&#8242; W<\/p>\n<p>Distinction: Highest point in El Salvador, easiest summit to reach (minutes from parking lot).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1331\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SummitElPital.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1331\" src=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SummitElPital-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Summit El Pital, El Salvador\" title=\"Summit El Pital\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SummitElPital-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/SummitElPital.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Summit El Pital, El Salvador<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Photos of <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/2cBZ1xfGgajysb659\">El Salvador and Cerro El Pital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/peaks\">Peaks<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong> This mountain doesn&#8217;t really qualify for being climbed, as you can drive up to within a few minutes of the top. There is a nice recreational area near the top where locals come up for camping or to enjoy the fresh mountain air and sweeping views. A radio antenna on the very top as well as a barbed wire marking the border between El Salvador and Honduras are not exactly giving the summit itself an idyllic feel. However, there is a nice concrete marker on the very top which makes for a unique photo op. I climbed both El Pital (El Salvador) and Las Minas (Honduras) on two consecutive days, helping to fit all Central American peaks into a tight schedule prior to Christmas 2009. <\/p>\n<p>The hike is described in the Blog post &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/summits-on-el-pital-and-las-minas\/\">Summits on El Pital and Las Minas<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elevation: 2730 m (8957 ft) Location: El Salvador, Chalatenango province, 14? 23&#8242; N; 89? 7&#8242; W Distinction: Highest point in El Salvador, easiest summit to reach (minutes from parking lot). Photos of El Salvador and Cerro El Pital. Back to Peaks page. Summary: This mountain doesn&#8217;t really qualify for being climbed, as you can drive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":865,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/946"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/946\/revisions\/2601"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tlausser.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}