Huaraz
Good to know
- Best time to go
- May to September
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A highland city at 3,052 meters in the Callejón de Huaylas valley between the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra, Huaraz serves as the primary base for trekking and mountaineering in the Huascarán National Park. The surrounding range contains more than 35 peaks above 6,000 meters, including Alpamayo, widely photographed for its near-symmetrical ice face. The Laguna 69 day hike begins at Cebollapampa and terminates at a glacially fed turquoise lake beneath the Chacraraju massif.
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