Yerupaja Grande, Sambuya Pass, Lake Solterachocha, Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru.

Below the glaciers of Yerupaja Grande, a trekker ascends Sambuya Pass (4750 m or 15,580 feet) above Lake Solterachocha (4120 m or 13,500 feet), in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (west face, 6635 m or 21,768 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed (which is on the other side of the peak). Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 2014 and in 2009 on Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se.

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Below the glaciers of Yerupaja Grande, a trekker ascends Sambuya Pass (4750 m or 15,580 feet) above Lake Solterachocha (4120 m or 13,500 feet), in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (west face, 6635 m or 21,768 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed (which is on the other side of the peak). Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 2014 and in 2009 on Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se.