Cerro Fitz Roy El Calafate

El Chalten, 220km north of El Calafate

A small mountain village in the Santa Cruz provence of Argentina. The main attractions are Cerro Torre and Cerro Fitz Roy. This is still a part of the Los Glaciares National Park, the park is massive!!!!!!!!

GHOST TOWN...

Fruit and vegetables are delivered once a week, theres ONE …

Après 23 heures de bus, je ne vous fais plus l'article ;-) et une petit halte à El Calafate, nous partons pour El Chalten, la capitale du trek! Jusqu'à présent je n'avais jamais fait de trek de plusieurs jours, c'est donc une nouvelle expérience comme je les aime qui commence. J'avais tout prévu avant mon départ pour le matériel, je suis trop à …

We were advised against coming to this part of Argentina at this time of year due to extreme weather conditions. Other traveler's claimed that it "will be too cold" or "There will be too much snow" "you can`t do it, do not risk it". How wrong they were. Where is your sense of adventure? With that kind of attitude you might as well just stay at home …

We arrived in El Chalten at about 11.30am on Saturday after a 4 hour bus ride from El Calafate. Apparently we stopped enroute at a house where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hid out in…had no idea at the time! For those who haven't heard of El Chalten, it is a really small town established in 1985 for the purposes of securing the border …

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Die letzten 8 Tage verbrachten wir in den zwei argentinischen Dörfern in Südpatagonien. Im Umkreis von 200 Kilometern gibt's eigentlich nur Steppe, zwei riesige Seen, gefüllt mit Gletscherwasser und im Westen die südlichen Ausläufer der Anden mit den gewaltigen Eismassen. Das Klima ist hier sehr rau: permanenter, sehr starker …

Nach der super abenteurlichen Fahrt uber die Ruta 40 von Bariloche nach El Chalten waren wir zwar froh, schon ein Hostel zu haben, aber so toll wars dann doch wieder nicht. Darum haben wir am nachsten Morgen erst mal das ganze Dorf abgeklappert auf der Suche nach einem anderen Hostel fur die zweite Nacht. Schlussendlich wurden wir direkt gegenuber …

We began the Patagonian experience with heavy hearts, knowing that soon our golden tans would fade only to be replaced by our usual English pallor. Fortunately the weather in Puerto Madryn was cracking the flags and we hoped that the penguins had remembered to pack their bikinis.
Our first stop was Punta Tombo : a penguin colony situated on …

We arrived in El Chaltén around 10am. Throughout the trip, the scenery was beautiful. As we approached the town, the bus drove us into a valley surrounded by stunning snow capped mountains. On the way in we stopped off at the Visitor Center, where they provided a clear, concise overview of the park rules and guidance on the walks. If they had a …

Entry containing 13 photos titled: El Chalten Hike, More El Chalten Hike, El Chalten Trail, Fitz Roy Range, More Fitz Roy Mountain Range, Patty on the Way to El Chalten, El Chalten Hike Foliage, Patty Hiking near El Chalten, River Vally near El Chalten, Receding Glacier near El Chalten

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... Calafate, to the tiny village of El Chaltén. I am here to do a few day hikes and hopefully get a glimpse of Cerro Fitz Roy. From El Chaltén I hoped to continue north for a couple of days, on the adventurous gravel strip called Ruta 40, until I reach ...

... dropped our bags off at the hostel and ran off into the trekking capital of Argentina. This area is the home to the famous Cerro Fitz Roy and hundreds of breath taking views, lakes, and trails. So we planned our trek to walk out as far as possible and ...

... found us trekking and contemplating the marvels of this snow and ice-capped wonderland, and eventually confronting the jagged summit of Cerro Fitz Roy across the valley. The whole range is named in honour of the captain of the "Beagle" who navigated up ...

... ; And that's what's so cool to watch.  After a day trip to the glacier, Doug and I had to get out of this crap town.  We have just enough time to check out the famous Cerro Fitz Roy in Chalten, 4 hours from here.   We're ...

... and El Chalten, a very small town set up inside the Parque Nacional de Fitz Roy, the home of Cerro Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, an incredibly jagged peak slicing the thinning air at its zenith. Although not at very high altitude, it is one ...

... call it that) that Argentina established to halt Chilean border advances. Its also supposedly the trekking capital of Argentina because its right below Cerro Fitz Roy. Theres no paved roads here, no ATM´s, just a bunch of shacks that house drug stores ...

... made it down the mountain and back to the hostel where we played cards till our midnight bus. Highlights: The views of Cerro Fitz Roy, and watching the clouds role over the peak, twisting and turning like an active volcano. Pro: Interesting small town, ...

... with amazing blue ice chunks - pictures don't begin to convey enormity of this natural specimen. C) Cerro Fitz Roy (El Chalten, Argentina) - series of spires/towers jutting upward from ice fields amidst a back drop of ...

... for dinner. The next morning, after moving into our next hostel, we went for the trek to Laguna de los Tres, to see Cerro Fitz Roy.  After some heavy rain in the morning led us to sleep in an extra hour, we were pleasantly surprised when the weather ...

... van zijn status als uitvalsbasis voor excursies naar de beroemde gletsjer Perito Moreno en het noordelijker gelegen berggebied rond Cerro Fitz Roy. We komen meerdere autoverhuurkantoren tegen: Alamo, Hertz, Fiorasi, Budget, Avis,.... We informeren en ...