Qualla: Raura Mountain Range https://qualla.com/raura-mountain-range en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/q/1/k/raura-mountain-range-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Raura Mountain Range https://qualla.com/raura-mountain-range Raura Mountain Range: Introduction https://qualla.com/raura-mountain-range/ Photo credit YusmarBlanco, CC BY 4.0. Twenty kilometers. That is the full length of the Cordillera Raura - a tight, sharp ridge of the Andes just southeast of the more famous Huayhuash range, straddling the borders of Peru's Huanuco, Lima, and Pasco regions. In that short span you'll find 245 lakes, eighteen glaciers, a mountain at 5,685 meters, and one of the highest mines in the world, all of it draining in two directions at once. Water leaving the southern slope runs to the Pacific. Water leaving the northern slope flows to the Amazon and, eventually, the Atlantic. Few places make continental divides so visible.

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/q/1/k/raura-mountain-range-wp/6q1k-raura-mountain-range-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Raura Mountain Range: Chains of Deep Blue Lakes https://qualla.com/raura-mountain-range/ Photo credit YusmarBlanco, CC BY 4.0. The mountaineer John Ricker, who knew the range as well as any outsider, described the Raura as 'chains of deep blue lakes, open swampy green valleys, rock and glacier-mantled peaks.' The lakes are the most striking feature from the air. Patarcocha, Tinquicocha, and Huascacocha a...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/q/1/k/raura-mountain-range-wp/6q1k-raura-mountain-range-chains-of-deep-blue-lakes.mp3 0:06 2 full Raura Mountain Range: Two Oceans, One Ridge https://qualla.com/raura-mountain-range/ Photo credit YusmarBlanco, CC BY 4.0. The range functions as a continental divide in miniature. The Huaura River, born on the south side, runs west through dry Andean valleys toward the Pacific coast near Huacho. Water from the north side drains into the Lauricocha River, which eventually joins the Maranon, which in ...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/q/1/k/raura-mountain-range-wp/6q1k-raura-mountain-range-two-oceans-one-ridge.mp3 0:06 3 full Raura Mountain Range: The Mine at the Top https://qualla.com/raura-mountain-range/ Photo credit YusmarBlanco, CC BY 4.0. On the eastern slope, Peruvian Highway 110 - still unpaved in 2024 - climbs to about 4,800 meters and enters the Raura mining district, one of the highest polymetallic operations in the world. The mine produces copper, lead, zinc, and silver. Open pits scar parts of the range; pe...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/q/1/k/raura-mountain-range-wp/6q1k-raura-mountain-range-the-mine-at-the-top.mp3 0:06 4 full Raura Mountain Range: Ice in Retreat https://qualla.com/raura-mountain-range/ Photo credit YusmarBlanco, CC BY 4.0. Peru holds most of the world's tropical glaciers, and tropical glaciers are disappearing fast. Between 2000 and 2016, Peruvian glaciers lost an estimated thirty percent of their water - a measurable, catastrophic shrinkage in less than two decades. The Raura is not spared. The av...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/q/1/k/raura-mountain-range-wp/6q1k-raura-mountain-range-ice-in-retreat.mp3 0:06 5 full Raura Mountain Range: Small Range, Serious Mountains https://qualla.com/raura-mountain-range/ Photo credit YusmarBlanco, CC BY 4.0. The Raura has never been a destination for most travelers. It sits in the shadow - literally, in some cases, at sunset - of the Huayhuash, which has the famous ice faces and the trekking circuit that made its reputation. But for climbers looking for less-traveled walls, and for h...

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