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Skiing in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Urus, Ishinca and Tocllaraju | Photo Tour

This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This report is from the first part of our trip: the journey from Switzerland to Huaraz Peru, and our adventure into the Quebrada Ishinca.   I entered this trip with some hesitation, for a couple of reasons. […]

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Lee Lyon | June 18, 2013
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Skiing Peru’s Cordillera Blanca: Video Reports from Urus, Ishinca, and Artesonraju

This May and June I had the opportunity to join a trip to try and ski some high peaks in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. This post gives a little taste of what we got up to. It features two videos: one from our acclimatization climbs on Urus Este and Ishinca, and one POV video from Artesonraju’s SE face.     Stay […]

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Lee Lyon | June 17, 2013
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