Day Six Locations

Workshop participants visited one of three Cordillera Blanca field sites on day six of the workshop. These field sites demonstrated many of the glacier, water, and community issues being discussed during the previous days’ working sessions. The following field sites were visited:

• Llaca Lake: Llaca was one of Peru’s first glacial lakes where engineering measures were taken for flood control. Workshop participants joined Nelson Santillan (Peru National Water Authority) and Wayne Lamphiere (Protected areas consultant and eco-lodge owner) to visit the lake and the retreating glacier.

• Pastoruri Glacier: One of Peru’s most visited glacier’s, Pastoruri is rapidly retreating and was recently closed to the public. Jan Savink (University of Amsterdam) and Marco Zapata (Peru National Water Authority) lead participants on a tour of the site.

• Yungay and Llanganuco Lakes: The site of the 1970 earthquake and resulting avalanche that devastated the Yungay community. Workshop participants joined Benjamin Morales (Andean Institute of Glaciology and Geo-ecology) and Mark Carey (Historian, Washington & Lee University) for a visit to the site and discussion with local community leaders.