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Cajas National Park

Ridges and páramo

Rock towers, open grasslands and cloud-filled valleys in the Cajas highlands.

24 photographs

A rocky crown above the páramo
A rocky crown above the páramo
A steep wall above golden grass
A steep wall above golden grass
Distant pinnacles beyond the shrubs
Distant pinnacles beyond the shrubs
A jagged ridge above the valley
A jagged ridge above the valley
A deep green mountain valley
A deep green mountain valley
An open valley between green slopes
An open valley between green slopes
Dark rock rising from the grassland
Dark rock rising from the grassland
Twin rock towers in the mist
Twin rock towers in the mist
A close view of the mountain wall
A close view of the mountain wall
A sunlit hill with scattered shrubs
A sunlit hill with scattered shrubs
Clouds around a rugged mountain
Clouds around a rugged mountain
A rounded summit under grey skies
A rounded summit under grey skies
Spiky Puya rosettes stand among tussock grasses across the rolling páramo slopes at Llulluchas, below exposed rocky hills.
Puya rosettes across páramo slopes
Rolling ridges in afternoon light
Rolling ridges in afternoon light
A dark crag above rocky grassland
A dark crag above rocky grassland
A winding valley between steep slopes
A winding valley between steep slopes
A steep, isolated rock tower rises above golden páramo grass and disappears into low cloud.
A rock tower fading into cloud
Low cloud curls around two rocky summits above open páramo slopes. The peaks are left unnamed.
Cloud touching a double rocky summit
A band of sunlit golden grass runs below a dark, fractured rock wall in the Cajas highlands.
Sunlit grass below a dark rock wall
A jagged rock crown emerges from morning fog above shrubs in the Dos Chorreras area. The summit name is unconfirmed.
A jagged rock crown above morning fog
Smooth rock slabs form a winding corridor that disappears into highland fog.
A smoothed rock corridor in fog
A narrow rock pinnacle rises beside fractured slabs and vanishes into the mist.
A rock pinnacle disappearing into cloud
Several highland lakes and winding wetland margins spread across the basin below a rocky overlook. Individual lake names are unresolved.
Several lakes below a rocky overlook
Low fog drifts across a highland basin dotted with lakes during the Chuzalongo outing. Individual lakes are left unnamed.
Fog drifting over a chain of lakes

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