Note – 2025-12-02 11:13
@Ali what's the Sobo route length, ascent etc for just the north island? Couldn't find that, just the total including south island
Tag: hiking
Note – 2025-11-30 22:15
@andrewbriscoe lovely images. Were you able to do this hike in a day or did it involve a cold night out?
Note – 2025-11-29 21:10
Our final week here in El Chaltén, Can't believe 4 weeks already. Comfortable here, surrounded by warm, friendly people & a great selection of bars & restaurants. We've been doing lots of stunning tre...
Note – 2025-11-28 19:38
Close up images of the summits of Cerro Torrre, Egger and Standhardt. from the Torre valley.
Note – 2025-11-28 19:35
After our failure with photographing the Andean Condor yesterday today we opted for a more static subject. Yes, the magnificent Cerro Torre. I might be biased, but to me this is the finest looking mou...
Note – 2025-11-28 13:16
The day was perfect, sun-drenched, warm, with only a gentle breeze. Below us, El Chalten lay like a miniature model village. Across the horizon, the entire Fitzroy and Torre massifs stood stark agains...
Note – 2025-11-28 13:08
Yesterday was to be our "Day of the Condor". Weather perfect. A chance to photograph Condors up close. Guess what? You've guessed it, 6 hours and just two small specks in the sky in the distance. We h...
Note – 2025-11-27 14:51
@DaleTrexel interesting. Yes, as you say, I guess you have much more problems with Bear and Moose. Puma scat was quite evident during a few of our hikes around here although they are rarely seen. Some...
Note – 2025-11-27 13:51
The guardians at the refuge showed us a recent video of the resident Puma at the campsite. It was on a trunk of a fallen tree close to where we had just camped. The Puma didn't seem at all disturbed b...
A Hidden Loop - Discovering the Eastern Side of the Río de las Vueltas Valley
A short walk from the edge of El Chaltén, a metal bridge offers a gateway to the quieter, eastern side of the Río de las Vueltas valley. Our destination was vague, but the promise of exploration led u...
Note – 2025-11-25 19:05
From the pass it was an easy ascent to Laguna Pollone. This is a special place. We sat down, ate some energy bars and just gazed at that awesome, dramatic scene. The reflections of the mountains echoe...
Note – 2025-11-25 16:17
We emerged onto the flat plain of the Rio Electrico valley, through some old terminal moraines, continuing over a hillside to emerge at a small pass overlooking the Rio Pollone. What a view! Ahead was...
Note – 2025-11-25 11:45
I looked wistfully at the grassy strip outside the refuge. It was there I had laid, battered, bruised, beaten and snow blind after retreating from Paso Marconi in 2010 (photo). Utterly exhausted we ha...
Note – 2025-11-25 11:40
Refugio del Fraile is a old fashioned, and at first sight, a somewhat run down mountain refuge that screams "Old Patagonia". It hasn't changed that much in 19 years. The campsite is in a sheltered woo...
Note – 2025-11-24 14:14
Beauty of the Patagonian Forest to Refugio Piedra del Fraile. The forest is a tangled mass of broken, twisted & torn trees. There are natural open glades though that let the sunlight through. It's bea...
Down Memory Lane to the Refugio del Fraile
A return to a classic Patagonian refuge reveals how the landscape, and the experience of trekking through it, has transformed over nearly two decades. The Rio Electrico Valley felt familiar, but the s...
Note – 2025-11-22 16:20
Just back from probably the finest 3 day backpacking trip you could possibly imagine. Mostly just @khusky and I with no others on the trails. Absolutely whacked. Need some time to recover and process...
Note – 2025-11-19 11:28
Another image of Mt Fitzroy and Cerro Poincenot from yesterday's hike. I don't often do portrait aspects but given the scale of the mountain I think this works. Heading off now for a 3 night backpacki...