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I thought I would take this one last chance to see whether I could have a better view of the surrounding mountains when I ...(more)
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Immediately after Arapa Pass the trail becomes very sandy and skirts around the western edge of Ausangate. A huge verdant gully opens up below the trail contrasts sharply with the semi-arid sandy slope above.
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A short side trip to this small bluff above the gully allows me an opportunity to have a commanding view of the highly rugged landscape further and beyond the confines of the valley.
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There are two more lakes further down along the way to Pacchanta. I did this side trip to take a better look at this larg...(more)
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The plain below this bluff is seriously boggy and one should tread with care. The clouds had by now all came together as one great blanket and soon another snow storm would follow.
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Taken a good few hundred meters from the actual Apachata Pass I managed to squeezed in the entire...(more)
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Skirting along the sandy slope of the western face of Ausangate after Paso Arapa, one finally reaches the first tarn of many along the way with the view of the towering Nevado Sorimana in the distance.
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With the snow storm subsiding the twin lakes of Pumacocha and the lagunas and tarns at the foot of Nevado Sorimana could be seen clearly. A large herd of llamas and alpacas had just left this spot by the time I arrived.
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On the way to the village of Pacchanta one could not but be gobsmacked by the sight of three beautiful lakes lying at the foot o...(more)
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Just before the small settlement in Pacchanta, I took another shot of the mounatins before they were all smothered by the thickening clouds later on.
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Despite the cloudy weather the twin lakes of Comacocha (or Qomacocha) still shone with a dazzling turquoise colour at the foot of the 5,950m high Pacchanta, a minor peak of the Massif Callangate.
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Just another view of the massif Ausangate on the way to Arapa Pass.
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Rio Upis follows a northwestern course from here and with a open hot bath nearby camping along the banks of this river is very popular with hikers.
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At 6,384m high Ausangate is the highest mountain in the Cusco region. I was contemplating with the idea of doing the cir...(more)
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The house on the left where I had spent the night before belongs to my guide, Alejendro Gonsalo (alejandrogonsalo@hotmail.com) whom I ...(more)
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The rolling plain ahead is part of the upper reach of mapacho basin at the foot of Ausangate. From this ponit onwards the trail is almost all the way downhill to the next settlement at Pacchanta.
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Qampa Pass at last with the stormy weatherfront just about to pass over the mighty Callangate Massif (6,110m) to my left here.
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There was a sudden break in the thickening clouds and for a split second the landscape was lit up by the azure sky above before the storm finally arrived with vengeance.
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The following day saw another storm coming our way and with the terrain all cover with snow our guide was also lost and...(more)
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It is a leisurely stroll to the small hamlet at Pampacancha down the valley from Palomani Pass. The weather had taken for a worst turn and just before the last rays of the sun disappeared I quickly snapped this panorama.
