Note – 2025-11-09 14:58
@[email protected] El Chalten is a little crazy. This is the first time I'm back here since 2016. More restaurants, hotels and bars. The trails don't change much though. Still beautiful hiking...
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Note – 2025-11-09 11:36
Many thanks to the person who, unknowingly entered into the frame of this sunrise shot and whose silhouette showed the vast scale of the Cerro Torre mountain behind them. Sometimes you need a bit of l...
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Laguna Torre
Just back from a stunning two-day backpacking trip to Laguna Torre, at the foot of the mighty Cerro Torre. We're committed to honest travel tales—the sublime, the frustrating, and the downright ridicu...
Note – 2025-11-08 21:13
@StriderLongshanks very good. Trail is well maintained and there is lots of visitors. No bogs like the old days 🤣
Note – 2025-11-08 18:48
So glad I managed to leave the comfort of my sleeping bag this morning. 6am Cerro Torre sunrise
Patagonian Patience and Dive-Bombing Birds
Sometimes, the most challenging part of an adventure isn't a gruelling hike or a blizzard on a pass—it's the patience required when your plans are put on hold. Today was a lesson in exactly that. A fa...
Note – 2025-11-06 09:31
The Chalten range from near Mirador de los Condores. Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy prominent. Red firebush in the foreground
Note – 2025-11-06 09:23
Lots of bars do "happy hour" here. Most do 16:00 to 20:00 but found one that did 13:00 to 21:00. Also, $5000 for a pint of fine draft beer seems a lot doesn't it? In fact $5000 Argentine pesos is abou...
Feathered Findings November 4th
Some of my favourite finds today from a circular walk just by town. American Kestrel White-browed Ground Tyrant Andean Condor Spectacled Duck Chilean Flicker
Note – 2025-11-04 23:18
The summits of Cerros Torre, Egger and Standhardt. If you zoom in you can just see a very small patch of snow on the upper headwall that still contains the infamous compressor used by Maestri in 1970
Peaks, Condors, Ducks and Clear Skies
Another day, another slow pace: just 8km in 5 hours. But today, we have some pretty good excuses. Our first detour was to the Mirador de Cóndores. After an hour of watching a playful group of Kestrels...
Note – 2025-11-04 19:37
Another cracking day. Cerro Torre and Fitzroy prominent in the image. This perfect weather has made us realize we need to go higher while we can. We have to take advantage of this window before the in...
Note – 2025-11-03 10:09
Mt Fitzroy appearing above the Patagonian forest yesterday. More images and information about this hike on our TravelLog at https://scribbles.page/patagonia-diaries/posts/an-inadequate-description-of-...
An Inadequate Description of a Perfect Patagonian Hike
Let me start with a confession: I am utterly unequipped to do today’s hike justice. My vocabulary fails me, and while I’m a perfectly acceptable photographer, my images are but pale echoes of the real...
Feathered Findings November 2nd
A few of my favourite finds today from a circular walk taking in three mountain lakes and Cerro Paredon above the town of El Chalten. A new bird for me, if I'm correct in my id, is the White-browed Gr...
Note – 2025-11-01 19:29
Today we set out on a hike close to town to acclimatise to the wind & cold after our Spanish summer. Followed the banks of the Rio de las Vueltas, the scenery was nothing short of stunning. @khusky wa...