The steps...

The road to Patacancha passed through a valley, along a small river and into switchbacks which ascended to about 7000 feet (I think) and the Amawaki Coop. Along this road are many terraces that were built by cultures before the Incas arrived. This picture shows an amazing amount of terraces which created micro climates so that different vegetables could be grown. I estimated 60 - 70 terraces. This is the only place where we saw steps such as these. One could also see parts of the aqueduct which carried glacier water to the crops as well as to the villages in the Sacred Valley.