El Chaltén II - Argentina
10/24/06
The second day in El Chalten! was shorter but not less interesting. We did another hike during the morning. This time we took the trail that leads to the base of Cerro Torre peak.
From one point in the trail you can see the two most visited mounts in the area, Fitzroy on the right and Cerro Torre on the left.
This trail is very short. From the hostel it took us around one hour to be at the base of Cerro Torre, where we arrive around 08:00 a.m.
Just like most of the snowed picks, at the base of Cerro Torre there is a lake, that forms from the melted snow. We sat across the lake to have breakfast watching the mount and hearing the icebergs cracking.
We were somewhat lucky here, because just a few minutes after we arrived a cloud covered the peak, meaning that, if we had arrived just a few minutes later we would not be able to see Cerro Torre all the way to the top.
Well, we took our time and enjoyed a bit before heading back to the hostel. This trail is very short but well worth, just make sure you go early to get to Cerro Torre before the clouds :)
Back in the hostel we prepared our bags to leave. We took a bust back to El Calafate that left El Chaltén around 4 p.m. Some 10 minutes after driving the bus stopped on the road for everybody to take pictures.
We spent the night in El Calafate
The second day in El Chalten! was shorter but not less interesting. We did another hike during the morning. This time we took the trail that leads to the base of Cerro Torre peak.
From one point in the trail you can see the two most visited mounts in the area, Fitzroy on the right and Cerro Torre on the left.
This trail is very short. From the hostel it took us around one hour to be at the base of Cerro Torre, where we arrive around 08:00 a.m.
Just like most of the snowed picks, at the base of Cerro Torre there is a lake, that forms from the melted snow. We sat across the lake to have breakfast watching the mount and hearing the icebergs cracking.
We were somewhat lucky here, because just a few minutes after we arrived a cloud covered the peak, meaning that, if we had arrived just a few minutes later we would not be able to see Cerro Torre all the way to the top.
Well, we took our time and enjoyed a bit before heading back to the hostel. This trail is very short but well worth, just make sure you go early to get to Cerro Torre before the clouds :)
Back in the hostel we prepared our bags to leave. We took a bust back to El Calafate that left El Chaltén around 4 p.m. Some 10 minutes after driving the bus stopped on the road for everybody to take pictures.
We spent the night in El Calafate
posted by Adriano and Angie | 10:05 AM
3 Comments:
Hey, an update! :) The place looks really cool. I really oughta take some time to read absolutely everything written up to this point.
Thanks for sharing all this stuff.
Olá Angelique,
Meus parabéns pelo Blog, está muito bom mesmo, as fotos são muito show!
Abraços.
Hello, is there another trip comming up?
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