page_title: Chirripó National Park
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Chirripó National Park / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Overview of the Valle de los lagos
context_page_description: Chirripó National Park is a national park of Costa Rica, encompassing parts of three provinces: San José, Limón and Cartago. It was established in 1975.
  It is named for its most prominent feature, Cerro Chirripó, which at 3,820 metres is the highest mountain in Costa Rica.
context_section_description: Chirripó is the 38th most prominent peak in the world. In terms of Holdridge life zones, the park can be categorized into five ecosystems: lowland tropical wet forest, premontane tropical wet forest, lower montane wet forest, montane wet forest and subalpine wet forest (páramo). Most of the park consists of both primary rain forests and primary cloud forests. Around 9,000 ft (2,740 m) it changes to wet desert.
  Summiting the peak begins with a hike along a 16.5-kilometre (10.3 mi) uphill trail from the town of San Gerardo de Rivas to the park ranger's refuge in the Los Crestones sector; that is followed by a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) walk to the peak.
caption: The Valle de los Lagos in Chirripó National Park.
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