South face of Ausangate, a photo from Cusco, South

Photographer's Note

3rd day of our trek in the cordillera de Vilcanota. This was an acclimatation day, we had a walk up to a pass in front of South face of the Ausangate. Altitude from this point of view was, I guess, over 4800 meters.

The Nevado Ausangate with its 6374 meters is the highest mountain of Vilcanota. It was also a sacred mountain ("Apu") for the Incas.

If you have some good eyes you can see the white mess tent of our camp just under the small laguna on the left.

Panorama made with Panorama Maker 3.0

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JMcDowell (655) 2006-11-24 7:53

beautiful! makes me want to visit peru. it is amazing the contrast between the brown and the white. great clouds also.
jamie

ceky (2592) 2006-11-24 16:31

Bonjour Nicolas
Merci d'avoir publié ce panorama de l'Ausangate que j'ai eu la chance de cotoyer il y a 3 ans... en fait ses facades Nord et Est, splendides elles aussi. Du coup j'ai fais une petite balade sur Google Earth pour repérer l'emplacement de ces 3 lacs...
Georges

tospi (883) 2007-05-31 16:31