First Glimpse of the Southwestern Face of Massif Ausangate
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As the trail lead steadily up towards the 4,850m high Apachata (Ausangate) Pass I was greeted with the first glimpse of the awesome southwestern face of Massif Ausanagte.
Leaving Pumacocha behind I bid farewell to the coldest night I had had so far on the trek.
I was alresdy soaked to the skin having caught in one of the heaviest snow storm on the way down the ...
Nestled at the foot of the southwestern face of massif Ausangate, Pumacocha Lake, also known as the J...
With the snow storm subsiding the twin lakes of Pumacocha and the lagunas and tarns at the foot of Ne...
The enormous glacier covering the backside or southwestern face of Massif Ausangate is beautifully fl...
The first snow storm had just subsided by the time I set foot on the shore of Pumacocha and the lands...
The 4,850m high Apachata Pass is just moment away from here and in the distance are the three Lagunas...
The 4850m high Arapa Pass was like a breeze to me but I was soon caught in a snow storm that soon eng...
Taken a good few hundred meters from the actual Apachata Pass I managed to squeezed in the entire sou...
The view from the Apachata Pass really has nothing to write home about but on descent from it the vie...
As one descends from Arapa Pass the first real lake that one skirts past is the dark coloured Yanacoc...
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