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 ...

LIMA, Peru – Searchers on Saturday found the bodies of two U.S. mountaineers who apparently plunged to their deaths off a ridge after ascending a glacier-capped 20,000-foot (6,100-meter) Peruvian peak ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) LIMA, Peru ...