Chacaltaya Glacier

There are a few locations that come to mind when the majority of us think about skiing. maybe Colorado and British Columbia. France and Switzerland are included. What about Bolivia, though? On Chacaltaya mountain, there was a well-known ski resort in the nation. It was the highest ski resort in the entire globe at more than 17,000 feet above sea level, making it something a genuine ski enthusiast would undoubtedly want to visit at least once. And if you felt that yearning prior to 2009, you could have had the opportunity.

The resort is now a deserted structure perched atop a steep mountain. And by 2009, the 18,000-year-old Chacaltaya glacier had completely vanished from the landscape. The resort was constructed in the 1930s, and the disappearance of the glacier in the 1980s was fairly apparent as unfavorable weather patterns and precipitation eroded it away. Researchers estimated that the glacier will completely disappear by 2015 in the 1990s. Their prediction was wrong by a few years.