Ausangate (Quechua: Awsanqati) is a mountain of the Willkanuta mountain range in the Andes of Peru. With an altitude of 6,384 metres it is situated around 100 kilometres southeast of Cusco. The mountain has significance in Incan mythology. Every year on the north side of Ausangate the feast of Quyllur Rit'i (Quechua for "star snow") is celebrated before the feast of the Corpus Christi, during which thousands of Quechua pilgrims attend.The region is inhabited by llama and alpaca herding communities, and constitutes one of the few remaining pastoralist societies in the world. High mountain trails are used by these herders to trade with agricultural communities at lower elevations. Currently, one of these trails, "the road of the Apu Ausangate", is one of the most renowned treks in Peru.
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