EPIC Trekking in PATAGONIA ???? | Mount FITZ ROY + Laguna de los Tres in El Chaltén, Argentina

It was an epic day of trekking to Mount Fitz Roy and Laguna de Los Tres in Patagonia! ✨
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Today we're doing some epic trekking in Patagonia and tackling two of the most popular and most scenic trails in the north end of Los Glaciares National Park. In this episode, we'll be hiking to Laguna Capri for some amazing views of Mount Fitz Roy and then we'll continue towards Laguna de Los Tres.

One thing I liked about trekking in El Chaltén is that you have markers every kilometre, so that kind of gives you an idea of the kind of progress you’re making along the hike. If you see you’re making good time and it’s still early in the day, you can combine your hike with an additional side trail, and if you see you’re struggling, well, at least you know how long it’ll take you to get back to town.

Also, just so you know, most hotels and guesthouses in El Chaltén offer some kind of lunchbox. This is super convenient for hikers who plan on spending most of the day trekking in the mountains. You typically have to place your order the night before and then your food is ready the following morning. We paid the equivalent of $10 US dollars per lunchbox. A bit pricey for Argentina, but it was convenient seeing as there was no mini-fridge or communal kitchen where we were staying.

But back to the trekking. Once we reached Laguna Capri we had 2 options: head back to town via the Mirador loop, or continue towards Laguna de los Tres. We knew the latter would be a long trek and we had also been warned that the final kilometre is pretty brutal, but we had come all the way here and it was too early to turn around, so we decided to go for it! We had Mount Fitz Roy right in front of us, calling our name - how could we say no?!

The trek from Laguna Capri to Laguna de Los Tres was super scenic and fairly flat...that is until we reached Kilometre 9. Here began the longest and toughest kilometre of the whole trek. Up until this point, we really hadn’t found the trail to be difficult, but this is where we encountered the bottleneck. Everyone was tired by this point and well, this is the part of the trail where you need to be the most alert because it gets rocky, a bit gravely at times, and it’s just really steep. Trekking poles would have been a good idea. Really, what kept us going was the encouragement from everyone hiking back down telling us how amazing the views were at the top, and they were not wrong! Reaching Laguna de Los Tres was incredible - hands down the most impressive views of our whole week of trekking in El Chaltén.

#patagonia #trekking #elchalten

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EPIC Trekking in PATAGONIA ???? | Mount FITZ ROY + Laguna de los Tres in El Chaltén, Argentina

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