HUARAZ.-  Called  the Suiza  of  America, it is located at 3091 masl / 10.138 fasl, it has a dry and moderate weather with an average maximum temperature of 24ºC (75ºF) and minimum of 7ºC (44ºF). The rainy season starts in October and ends in March.

from Lima just at 400 km (249 miles)  by car in asphalt road

*Mount Pastoruri, located at 70 km / 43 miles south of Huaraz. This snowy mountain reaches 5240 masl (17.187 fasl), but its glacier base is easy to get to and the lower ice patch is found at 5025 masl (16.482 fasl). The peak is part of the main high mountain tourist circuits of the Callejon de Huaylas. You can practice snowboard, ski and ice climbing there. Along the route to the snowcapped peak, you can see PatocochaLake, some specimens of the Puyas Raimondi, and the Pumapashimi Spring.

*Huayhuash Cordillera,It is also considered one of the most spectacular mountain ranges of the Andes.  The cordillera is approximately 30 km / 19 miles long and constitutes the border of the Departments of Huanuco, Ancash, and Lima.
Six of its many peaks reach heights of more than six thousand meters (19.680 feet). Mountain climbing is a popular activity in its many snowcapped mountains.

*Chavin de Huantar Archeological Complex, located   at 109 km / 68 miles south of Huaraz. It was built around 1200 B.C. UNESCO placed it on the World Cultural Heritage List in 1985. The complex includes ceremonial rooms and pyramidal structures built of massive stone blocks. The OldTemple has a group of subterranean galleries that open an access way to the Room of the Lanzon, an impressive stone knife-like sculpture. This sculpture is 4.5-meter high (15 feet) and has been carefully carved with feline, bird and snake patterns, characteristic of the Chavin iconography.