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Huascaran Peak, Peru Clad in Ice and Granite the highest mountain in Peru is Nevado Huascaran. The summit is a strange juxtaposition of extreme environments. To the east is the Amazon rain forest. Westward you look on one of the driest deserts in the world stretching right to the Pacific Ocean. On top, you're standing on a storm battered 22,200' foot ice-covered summit.