Lares Trek - Day Four
I woke up the next morning at about five. I opened up the tent door a saw that it snowed during the night. The ground was so wet that only about an inch had stuck so far, but the snow was still coming down. The guide wanted to eat quickly and get through the pass before the snow got worse. When I strted this I never thought I woud be hiking through a 4600m mountain pass in the snow. We made it through the pass in about an hour. The downhill side was harder because the rain and melting snow made the path very muddy and slippery. The horses going in front of us compounded the mud problems.
We were able to hike out of the snow after an hour. The rest of the hike was much more pleasant. The day got much warmer and we hiked down and along ridgelines for about 4 hours. We reached a small town at the bottom of the mountain and had a big lunch.
After lunch we boarded a bus and head back to Ollaytatambo to retrieve our other trekkers.
Everyone that had to be taken down form the mountain had recovered after a nights sleep a shower.
From Ollyatambo we took a train to the town of Agua Calientes. This is a beautiful little town with no cars or roads. It lies at the base of the mountains containing Machu Piccu. The name comes from the hot springs above the town.
The hot springs were not very impressive. They were only lukewarm and they were filled with what I think was sulfur. It was nice though to be able to clean ourselves after several days of hiking.
I woke up the next morning at about five. I opened up the tent door a saw that it snowed during the night. The ground was so wet that only about an inch had stuck so far, but the snow was still coming down. The guide wanted to eat quickly and get through the pass before the snow got worse. When I strted this I never thought I woud be hiking through a 4600m mountain pass in the snow. We made it through the pass in about an hour. The downhill side was harder because the rain and melting snow made the path very muddy and slippery. The horses going in front of us compounded the mud problems.
We were able to hike out of the snow after an hour. The rest of the hike was much more pleasant. The day got much warmer and we hiked down and along ridgelines for about 4 hours. We reached a small town at the bottom of the mountain and had a big lunch.
After lunch we boarded a bus and head back to Ollaytatambo to retrieve our other trekkers.
Everyone that had to be taken down form the mountain had recovered after a nights sleep a shower.
From Ollyatambo we took a train to the town of Agua Calientes. This is a beautiful little town with no cars or roads. It lies at the base of the mountains containing Machu Piccu. The name comes from the hot springs above the town.
The hot springs were not very impressive. They were only lukewarm and they were filled with what I think was sulfur. It was nice though to be able to clean ourselves after several days of hiking.
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