Laguna Churup

From Huaraz, centre of exit of trekkineros to the White Mountain range, one of the most common exits of a day, to acclimate , is to do the rise to the Laguna of Churup, to 4.485m. Altitude, that comes from of the glacier of the beak Churup to 5.400m.

Huaraz This to 3.100m. Of altitude. That is to say, that the ascensión is considerable, and is a good acclimatisation for afterwards do the trekking of Santa Cruz.

A piece do it in taxi, or private transport, since you have to arrive by a track until the entrance a species of natural park, where there is a Miss, that earns you the entrance to the park. The taxi carries you to some 3.800m. Of altitude, and from there begins the trek, that goes up of a form decided, and in 6 km. Of ascensión situates you to the almost 4.500m.

The way is very agreste, with seen on the broken. At the end, just before seeing on of your head to the beak Churup and arrive to the laguna, of a blue intense, presents a very rocky mountain and empinada that it is necessary to save. Can go up so much by the right as by the left of the mima. The true is that there is not way by any of the two slopes. We go up by the left, and really was like doing climbing by the lateral slope of a brook, by some escarpadas rocks, of quite a lot of height. To the descent, find us with other trekkineros and explained us that the rise by the another side was quite complicated, without way, and some immense stones.

The rise well, the worst was the descent. Anyway, when arriving up, compensate, because the place is very beautiful, the laguna Churup to the feet of the Glacier that generates it, and some metres further up the beak, to some 5.400m., that is to say, almost you could it touch with the hands.

That is one of the beauties of Andes, almost can touch the peaks, and seems that this approach you more to the sky.

To the return go through the Ruins of Wilkawin, a magic place, worthy to be visited.