TREKS IN PERU- PROGRAMS OF OUR PARTNER

Start: daily, best time of the year May - September
Duration: 3 days/ 2 nights
Grade: easy/medium
Min. participants: 1 person

A great short trek. Ideal for acclimitisation or for people not wanting a demanding trek and suitable for families. Features visits to the beautiful lake Laguna Churup (4485m) and the glacier fed lake Laguna Tullacocha (4400m).

Day 1: 1½ hours drive from Huaraz to Pitec and set up camp (3750m). You then hike up with a steady climb on a good path up a ridge to beautiful Laguna Churup, towered over by the peak Nevada Churup (5495m). The final 50m to the lake is a steep but safe climb up a rock gully. Return to Pitec to camp after 5 hours.

Day 2: An easy walk up the valley Quebrada Quilcayhuanca to camp at the top of the valley at Olivos at the base of Andavite mountain (4250m) for 4 hours. In the afternoon you can hike into the valley Quebrada Cayesh, where you are very close to the glacier covered mountains San Juan, Cayesh and Chopiraju.

Day 3: An gradual climb to visit the glacial lake of Laguna Tullpacocha (4350m). At the head of the lake is the peak massive Tullpacocha (5787m) with it's glacier tumbling into the lake. Return down the valley to Pitec where the car will be waiting to take us to Huaraz. Hiking time of today is about 7 to 8 hours.

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