Mountaineering guide Roger Sánchez pauses during a trek through the Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, July 7, 2017. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Griffin Bohm HUARAZ, Peru, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories by Tahoe Daily Tribune sportswriter Jeremy Evans, who spent more than three weeks this summer climbing, hiking and traveling in Peru. Next week is his ...

Peru's "White Mountain Range" may soon have to change its name. The ice atop Cordillera Blanca, the largest glacier chain in the tropics, is melting fast because of rising temperatures, and peaks are ...

In the past 20 years, Peru's glaciers have lost a third of their surface area due to climate change. The phenomenon is particularly noticeable in the Cordillera Blanca, a majestic mountain range ...

Authorities of the Huascaran National Park, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, are attempting to impose rules that oblige trekkers and climbers to hire local guides. News has come in about the fact that the ...

The topo of Cruz del Sur first ascended by Mauro Bubu Bole and Silvo Karo up the East Face of La Esfinge 5325m, Paron Valley, Cordillera Blanca - Perù Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, ...

The snow-capped mountains running through the centre of this satellite image are part of the Cordillera Blanca – or ‘white range’ – in South America’s Andes. Even though they are part of the typically ...

Searchers have found the bodies of two U.S. mountaineers who perished on their way down from a 20,000 foot glacier-capped Peruvian peak in mid-July. A three-man search team found the bodies of Gil ...