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 ...

Climbing teams are busy in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca despite dry conditions, which have turned some mixed routes into straight rock climbs. “I may never be able to complete such a difficult and ...

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) ...

The report by Tomas Franchini, currently in the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, where he has climbed Nevado Ulta and Nevado Huandoy Norte. The Cordillera Blanca… what can I say? This is already the third ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...