Llaca Valley & Ranrapalca Glacier

Few places in the Cordillera Blanca put you this close to the ice. From the end of the road we walk up about an hour and a half through a narrow valley of impressive rock walls — popular with climbers — to a glacial lake at 4460m, with the glacier of Ranrapalca (6162m) spilling down to its head. After a picnic lunch we drop back down past Llaca Lake and return to Huaraz through the Cojup valley, a different way out through the villages of Llupa and Unchus.