Laguna Torre Hike in the Sleet

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Flag of Argentina El Chalten, Patagonia, Argentina
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Hke in PN Los Glaciares to Laguna Torre from El Chalten in the rain and sleet. Mostly nice walk through forest in Rio Fitz Roy valley and then across glacier morrain to impressive lake with little icebergs. Big area of forest which burned years ago after somebody threw away a cigarette butt. Unsurprisingly no view of Cerro Torre (its only visible a small number of days a year thanks to the cloud)! Route back through sheltered upland valley with marsh of reeds, condors circling and flowers (little blue pansy things, red fire flows, more dandelions).Afternoon eating waffels and drinking hot chocolate watching the rain

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View of El Chalten, El Chalten	Start of Laguna Torre Trek, El Chalten	Rio Fitzroy, El Chalten	Waterfall into Rio Fitzroy, El Chalten
View of Mountains on Laguna Torre Trek, El Chalten	Burnt Tree near Laguna Torre, El Chalten	Mountain Peaks near Laguna Torre, El Chalten	Rio Fitzroy, El Chalten
Beech Forest in Rio Fitzroy Valley, El Chalten	Glacier Torre and Laguna Torre, El Chalten	Me at Laguna Torre, El Chalten	Glacier Torre & Cerro Torre in Cloud, El Chalten
Glacier Torre, El Chalten	Laguna Torre and Morrain Bank, El Chalten	Laguna and Glacier Torre, El Chalten	What an ideal view of Cerro Torre, El Chalten
View Down Rio Fitz Roy Valley, El Chalten	View along Rio de las Vueltes Valley, El Chalten	Small Bird near Laguna Torre, El Chalten	Memorial to Cigarette Fire, El Chalten
View along Rio de las Vueltes Valley, El Chalten