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Punta Tapush at 4800m is a relatively easy pass to do in comparison as the climb is mostly very gentle from the nearby village of Huayllapa.
Lying on the southern part of the Cordillera, the landscape here is characterized by many coloured rocks and mountain. Diablo Mundo, a 5223m high peak is just beyond the pass here.
Just before the village of Huayllpa, the trail turns north to follow upstream the river of the same n...
This is on the ridge a good half an hour's walk from Punta Yauche, the 4850m high mountain pass near ...
The two mountain passes of Tapush and Yauche, both roughly at about 4800m a.s.l. are normally tackled...
It would had been an easy hike had we taken the beaten path after Punta Yauche at 4800m, instead our ...
Here the view from San Antonio Pass is one of the best on this beautiful trek. From left to right are...
About 30 to 40 minutes or so the trail leaves the turquoise Laguna Carhuacocha behind to run alonside...
On the way to the 4830m high Siula Punta (Quesillococha Pass) one passes a series of three consecutiv...
The trail to the pass skirts around the edges of three succesive lagunas of Quesillococha, of which t...
This is just another take on the twin lakes of Quesillococha - at a slightly higher level and beyond ...
The Huayhuash Circuit is one of the most beautiful trek in the world, made famous by the film "Touchi...
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Text by Steve Smith.
