Although I was trying to not overdo it, I did have several days in El Chaltén before starting the Southern Patagonian Icefield Expedition with Serac Expeditions and Swoop Patagonia. So, in addition to my “active rest” afternoon at the Mirador de los Cóndores and the Mirador de las Águilas, I decided to join fellow-Aussie, Brock, on the …
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The Mirador de los Cóndores and the Mirador de las Águilas (the Condor and Eagle viewpoints) are two of the three relatively short hikes around El Chaltén in Argentina (the 3rd one is out to the Chorillo del Salto). Most travelers to the region only stay a couple of days and so tend to do …
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If you’ve done a few long-distance treks and are looking for a new challenge, the Southern Patagonian Icefield Expedition with Serac Expeditions will certainly deliver! Only about 100 people a year take on this remote trek, but it is an incredible experience in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Was it difficult? It’s the …
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Despite low cloud hiding the tops of the mountains, dawn over the Bahía de los Témpanos was a celebration of this beautiful area. Unfortunately, we couldn’t linger to watch it fully unfold, as we had to be at our pick-up point by 2:30pm, and we still had a 15km trail in front of us. So …
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We awoke to what we had been dreading the whole trek … rain! As we huddled in the Refugio Paso del Viento for breakfast, Juan tried to cheer us with the comment that “now you’ve experienced the full gamut of Summer weather in Patagonia“. But we were less than enthusiastic when we had to leave …
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After 5 days of strenuous effort, today was our “rest” day. That’s not to say that we stayed put and did nothing. Not at all! But the distance to the next campsite was not far, the wind was less (though still quite strong), and the promise of a food re-supply sustained us. Our route today …
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Juan woke us at 7am to discover that the clouds had not disappeared and the winds had not abated overnight. If anything, the wind was stronger than the day before! This meant that we really had to focus as we trekked across the ankle-turning surface of the Icefield. I mentioned before that glacier hiking requires …
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