Peru
In June of 2022, Lane and I traveled to Peru where we took an expedition ski mountaineering course with guide Josh Beckner and SIET. Our team was rounded out with the homie Daniel from Lake Tahoe and support from Sirilo from the local village of Pashpa. We a spent a week getting acclimatized and prepared in the chaotic city of Huaraz, and then another week at our basecamp below Yanapaccha. I learned a ton and had the opportunity to climb and ski four 5000m peaks, two as a part of the guided course and two on our own. We got to experience what are surely some of the most beautiful mountains in the world and I am very grateful for my time in the Cordillera Blanca.
Pucarana, Chinchey, and a very persistent cow
Smiling at 18,871'. Behind me are the famous mountains Alpamayo and Artesonraju
Scenes from basecamp
Lane making some turns on the Yannapaccha glacier
Huandoy Sur
¡Cumbre! With Josh and Daniel
Yanapaccha seen from Nevado Pisco.
Chopicalqui
Lane and Tocllaraju
Huantsan
Horse accessed skiing
Catching some air over Huascaran, the 4th tallest mountain in the Americas
This might be the craziest place I'll ever go skiing and I'm okay with that.
Lane took a bunch of these photos and also made an awesome video from our trip: