El Cocuy National Park, Colombia

This was our trip to El Cocuy National Park, the park has many glacier covered peaks that are above 17,000 ft. and some amazing hiking. We got a little mixed up on our buses getting there but we made it in one piece (2 days later after 4 buses and 2 lecheros).

Here I am during our bus mix up trying to hitchhike from a small town to El Cocuy, we tried to catch a ride for over an hour without any luck. Eventually we ended up catching a bus.

Here Colleen is in the Lechero(milk truck) during our ride to the trail head from the town. This was the only public transportation out to the trail head. The truck would stop for the local farmers and buy their fresh milk. We ended up having to catch two Lecheros to make it to the trail. We loved the authentic cowboys in their hats and ponchos.

The view from the Lechero.

On the trail! We were litterally the only ones on the trail.

Not really sure what to think about this sign..... glad we didnt run into any pumas.

Passing a glacial lake on the trail. There were also these crazy cacti that looked like people in my peripheral vision, kinda trippy.

Our campsite in the Cueva De Los Hombres, you can see our tent on the left behind a small rock wall. This campsite was great protection from the wind, rain and snow in the valley. Plus it had amazing views!

This is Concavo Peak covered by clouds and an enormous glacier.

Colleen and I in front of Concavo Peak. We climbed up the plateau to the left of the glacier as high as we could go.

A chilly morning in the sleeping bags. We got these sleeping bags from a store called Exito, similar to target, so we were skeptical of the quality. As it turned out these sleeping bags saved our asses! So warm! 

Here I am looking at the view of Pulpito Del Daiblo.

Fuck ya El Cocuy!

A crazy plant that we found, looks very similar to some coral we have seen in the Caribbean. We named it high alpine coral.

Finally the clouds lifted and we got a clear view of the beautiful valley above us!!

Enjoying the view and the sunshine!!

We were lucky to catch this sunshine. Later on this evening the weather change and it snowed with lightning bursts. We woke up the next morning to a few inches of snow and were very happy to have our tent in a cave.