It is a suitable mountain for people with little experience or who are in preparation before trying to climb higher mountains. This is the peak that offers the most impressive 360 ° panoramic view of the Cordillera Blanca as it is surrounded by many six thousand meter high peaks, all of which stand out from the Huascaran with its 6,768 meters above sea level.
After the breakfast we leave Huaraz in bus very early heading in direction of the North to Cebollapampa where we will begin the ascent to the base camp, camp of closest approach to attack the summit the next day.
We will start climbing before sunrise, walking across the moraine until arriving at the start of the snow peak where we equip and begin the ascent to the summit. Reaching the summit before noon, the view from here is very beautiful, because the most important mountains of the Cordillera Blanca, as well as the Snow peak of Huascaran, our next goal. We will return to the base camp where we will eat a delicious dinner and take a well-deserved rest.
We will return by the same road where we came until we reached the city of Huaraz.
It is one of the best known trekking trails in the Cordillera Blanca and the Andes of Peru.
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Wilcacocha is located in the Cordillera Negra and its name in Quechua means “lagoon of the grandson.”
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