Chacaltaya, Bolivia

Chacaltaya

Chacaltaya (Aymara for "cold road") is a mountain in the Cordillera Real, one of the mountain ranges of the Cordillera Oriental, itself a range of the Bolivian Andes. Its elevation is 5,421 meters (17,785 ft). Chacaltaya's glacier — which was as old as 18,000 years — had an area of 0.22 km2 (0.085 sq mi) in 1940, which had been reduced to 0.01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi) in 2007 and was completely gone by 2009. Half of the meltdown, as measured by volume, took place before 1980. The final meltdown after 1980, due to missing precipitation and the warm phase of El Niño, resulted in the glacier's disappearance in 2009. The glacier was formerly one of the highest in South America, located about 30 kilometers (19 mi) from La Paz, near Huayna Potosí mountain.

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[alejandramejia]

Bolivia Mágica siempre te llevo en mi 💖💖💖

[estanishoo]

Antes allí existían impresionantes pistas de esquiar.Era un glaciar hermoso. RIP.

[tessdaniels]

When I lived in La Paz as a high school student this expanse of barren rock was slick ice that only the most crazy skiiers would attempt...also the 'tow' was a serious threat to the jugular should you all under it.

[annalizan]

I wanna see the inside of the highest reastaurant there