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People walk on a glacier in the Cordillera Real of the Andes mountains on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday June 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Felipe Kittelson remembered playing in Bolivia s snow for hours on end. He d play until his eyes and ears ached from the cold and the altitude, he told the BBC in 2016. He recalled the treats he and others would shape from the snow in Chacaltaya a cup of ice topped with sticky syrup.
For seven or eight months in a year, folks would glide on the icy mountains with sleds or skis, Kittelson told the BBC.
The world s highest ski resort was once in Bolivia Now, it s a ghost town with abandoned buildings and a gloomy past
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Inside the Ghost Town That Was Once the World s Highest Ski Resort
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