Hike Hualcayan - Lagoon Cullicocha

If you slept in Hualcayan, then awaits you already in the morning proper trekking warm-up in the form of an altitude kilometer meandering up. If you have a little "time ", you are in a while at a nice outlook point of the opposite Cordillera Negra.
 

You can also enjoy beautiful view of the cultivated rocky promontory of Hualcayan.
 

Just a bit further is very pleasant camping place. 

On the horizon will peek at you the westernmost glaciated peak (5 195 m asl) of massif of Milluacocha.
 

Just a short walk at the crossroads at approx. 4 428 m asl is a nice view of the wild canyon. From there you can continue directly to the destination of you journey to the camp at the lagoon Cullicocha or undertake a very nice side trip to the lagoon Yuraccocha directly below the massif of Nevado Santa Cruz.
 

The way from the crossroads continue rising through the slopes of the mountains and after a while appear almost three hundred meters high wall falling from lagoon to lagoon Cullicocha to the lagoon Azulcocha. There must have been a beautiful icefall once.
 

Gradually opens also the view to another top of large massif of Milluacocha.
 

The final ascent leads directly above the former icefall. All around are the rocks smoothed by the ice.
 

Finally, you are at the destination of this difficult stage (especially if you've set out for a side trip to the lagoon Yuraccocha). The surroundings of lagoon Cullicocha (4 620m asl) is charming, especially at sunset when the surrounding glacier-covered mountains turn red. But only in good weather. Otherwise, there is very harsh, windy and it quite often not only rains, but also snows and hail fall.
 

Beautiful views are also of the opposite ridge of Cordillera Negra.