Cotopaxi National Park is home to one of the world’s highest active volcanoes, standing proudly above Ecuador’s Andean plains ...

Experience Cotopaxi Volcano, one of the world’s highest active volcanoes and a defining landmark of Ecuador’s Andean landscape. Rising to 5,897 meters (19,347 feet), Cotopaxi features a perfectly ...

Ecuador has several dormant volcanoes not only challenging in themselves, but great practice for bigger peaks. Here’s a first-person account of one man’s Ecuadorian climbs. Cotopaxi volcano spewing ...

Nearly 325,000 people could be affected by an eruption of Cotopaxi, the volcano looming beyond the Ecuadoran capital of Quito, officials said Monday. The biggest risk is from an eruption melting the 5 ...

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