The Santa Cruz Trek. Located near the town of Huaraz, the Santa Cruz Trek is a must for mountain hiking. Over 3 or 4 days, trekkers can discover the spectacular panoramas of the Cordillera Blanca ...

HUARAZ, Peru - In its heyday, the Pastoruri glacier in central Peru, drew daily throngs of tourists packed into dozens of double-decker buses 16,000-feet (5,0000-meters) high into the Andes to ski ...

A screenshot from a TikTok video of a hiker who came across a dog at 15,000 feet above sea level on a hike through the mountains in western Peru. The man trusted the dog's local ...

Saul Luciano Lliuya, 45, lives in Huaraz, a city in Peru's central Ancash region, in the heart of the Peruvian Andes. It lies more than a mile below Palcacocha, ...

Peru hikes minimum wage 10%, to around $300 a month. By Reuters. December 27, 2024 5:30 PM UTC Updated December 27, 2024. People hang out at a paraglider park on a cliff overlooking ...

In 2019 I caught a ride to one of the most dangerous lakes in the world with employees from INAIGEM, a division of Peru’s government charged with studying glaciers and mountain ecosystems.

Above: An Andes mountain range and a cross headstone are seen from Cementerio Municipal De Huaraz in Huaraz, in the Ancash region of Peru, on July 13. “It wasn’t a big avalanche,” Morales said.

This photo distributed by the Peruvian National Police shows police carrying a body that they identify as U.S. mountain climber William Stampfl, on Huascaran mountain in Huaraz, Peru, July 5, 2024.

22-Year-Old Jesse Galganov Disappears During Hiking Trip in South America 22-year-old Jesse Galganov was last seen in Huaraz, Peru, on Sept. 28. Oct. 24, 2017, 5:26 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 24, 2017 ...