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Hiking in the Cordillera Blanca
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The dramatic peaks of the Cordillera Blanca (
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stand sentinel over Huaraz
and the surrounding region like an outrageously imposing granite Republican Guard. The
range is the highest outside of the Himalayas, and 16 of its ostentatious summits breech
6000m, making it the continent's most challenging collection of summits-in-waiting. Gla-
cial lakes, massive
Puya raimondii
plants and shards of sky-pointed rock all culminate in
Parque Nacional Huascarán, where the Santa Cruz trek rewards the ambitious with a living
museum of razor-sharp peaks.
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