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| Start of the walk in to Pisco Base Camp from the road at 3900m |
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| Approaching Pisco Base Camp |
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| Nevado Pisco (5752m) from base camp |
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| Chopicalqui (6354m) from base camp |
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| Huanhoy from base camp |
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| Looking over the morraine we had to cross to the Moraine Camp |
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| Early morning on the climb up to the saddle |
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| Looking across the Paron valley to Caraz (6025m) and the south side of Artesonraju (6025m). The Santa Cruz valley (see Alpamayo Circuit post) is just the other side of these peaks |
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| Piramide (5885m) from the saddle |
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| A clear view of the summit from the saddle before the cloud cap descended |
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| Cloud cap descending on the summit |
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| Summit shot, not a place to hang around |
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| Looking down over the glacier towards Base Camp |
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| Chopicalqui, Huascaran South (6768m) and Huascaran North (6655m) |
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| Chacaraju |
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| Laguna 69, one of the most popular day trekking trips from Huarez |
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| The south face of Chacraraju (6112m) from Laguna 69, incredibly foreshortened! |
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| Spending the night meant we had the place to ourselves (apart from a few cows) before the large trekking groups arrive in the middle of the day |
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| The outlet from the Laguna showing the current relatively low level of the lake |
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| Heading down the valley with Huascaran North ahead |
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| Chacraraju from further down the Quebrada Yanapaqcha (valley) |
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