Sahuasiray Mountains

Sahuasiray rises above the Urubamba range north of the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Its snow-covered summit and neighboring peaks overlook deep valleys descending toward the Urubamba River. In Andean tradition the mountains are more than landmarks: sacred peaks, or apus, form part of a landscape of ritual and memory. The steep changes in altitude around Sahuasiray join cold high pastures to the cultivated valley floor below.