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The Cordillera Raura, also part of the Cordillera Occidental, lies between lat 10°21' and 10°31'S. and long 76°41' and 76°50'W. It trends northwesterly and is about 20 km long (fig. 2, table 1). The glacierized area is 57.03 km2, and the glaciers are classified chiefly as mountain glaciers. The highest peak, Cerro Santa Rosa, rises to 5,727 m asl. The area drains into the Pacific Ocean by Río Pativilca and Río Huaura and into the Atlantic Ocean by Río Marañón and Río Huallaga.

 
 
  Day 1. Lima 203m.s.n.m. – Churin 2.080m.  
  Day 2. Churin – Aguascocha 3.300m  
  Day 3. Aguascocha – Raura 4,600m. -  Patarcocha  lake 4,150m.
  Day 4. Patarcocha  lake -  Gaico lake 4,200m.  
  Day 5. Gaico lake - Huascacocha lake 4,200m.  
  Day 6. Huascacocha lake –   pass  4,650m.  - luychos 4,150m.
  Day 7-8 Luychos – huayhuash  4,200m.  
  Day 9. Huayhuash – Portachuelo pass 4,650m.- viconga ( hot spring ) 4,300m
  Day 10. Viconga – Cuyoc pass 5,000m. – pumarinri  4,100m.
  Day 11. Pumarinri – Cajatambo pass 4,450m. – cajatambo 3,380m.
  Day 12. Cajatambo – Pativilca – Lima  
       
 
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