Sorry for the delay in blog enteries, internet has not been so readily available recently. So, after El Calafate, we went to El Chalten, a quiet little town which was only created in the last 10 years. Amazing treking around, and also close to the Fitz Roy range which all climbers should know about, meant to be an exceptionally hard climb due to...

Escaping from the posh and arogant El Calafate, we headed toward El Chalten, a little village that lies inside the National Park Glaciares and represents the northern gateway to the park. It is well known to trekkers and climbers for its trails to the notorious FItz Roy range, Cerro Tore and other great mountains. We took the purpose of the trip...

If we thought that yesterday was boring, today was like being frozen in time, but with your brain still working. The roads were dirt tracks, the landscape outside was non-existent, and I have never been so glad in my entire life to have had a novel and an iPod. We stopped more often than yesterday (as the bus had no toilet), and despite everythi...

Day 184: February 15, 2008 El Chaltén The sky was clear when we got up but the wind was really howling. FitzRoy was masked in clouds so we decided to postpone hiking until the clouds cleared and the wind died down. This gave me the opportunity to catch up on my journaling. Liz read for awhile and then went out to explore the town on her own. I s...

4th and 5th Feb - El Chalten Before leaving El Calafate we visited the most famous glacier in Argentina - namely, Perito Morena. Fortunately, we got there early in the morning before all the coach tours arrived! It is an active glacier in that it is always advancing and receding - there were lots of calvings while we were there - it is at times ...

After another couple of days on the bus and another night at the bus station, we got to the little town called El Chaltén where you can hike to see up-close views of the tower-like Mt Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. To get there we had to go all the way south along Patagonia's bleak plains to Rio Gallegos and up again several hundred kilometres by the...

The Andean hamlet of El Chaltean is dubbed the National Trekking capitol of Argentina and it lived up to its hype. The Fitz Roy range is truly amazing and known for its mountain beauty as well as its horrible weather. It was as if the town was built in a wind tunnel. Although I had a few good days, most were windswept and rain soaked. One day tr...

Thomas: After a short bus ride from El Calafate we arrived in the capital of trekking, ice and rock climbing. Rebecca: We had been looking for a friendly and quiet place to spend Christmas and were a bit disappointed that this 500 soul village was so packed with tourists that it was almost impossible to find accomodation. Anke and I searched for...

El Chalten has a population of about 700, and is at the edge of the National Park of the glaciers. It´s in the ******** of nowhere and has no paved roads. But, the walks from here are tough and as scenic as either of us have come across. We counted 2 places to stop as you travel through the desert to get to the town. Took over three hours from E...

We´ve just returned from spending three days in a ridiculously small mountain town, by the name of El Chalten (still in Patagonia). small, but situated in a beautiful valley surrounded by snowy mountains. i believe the only reason this town exists is for its trekking qualities, and seeing that its off season, the place is totally deserted. its m...