This trip will challenge your concept of adventure
travel. Join our experienced group of certified mountain guides
into the white expanses of a primal landscape, and rest assured
that every single aspect of your expedition is planned.
The Patagonia Icefield is a large continental ice mass (also called
"the third pole"). Its mountain ranges are so close
to the Pacific Ocean that the maritime influences produce an incredible
amount of snowfall, that in turn feeds icefield plateaus and Patagonia's
legendary glaciers.
Our trip takes us on a breathtaking circumnavigation of the Fitz
Roy and Cerro Torre Massifs, two world-renowned landmarks. We'll
begin in El Chalten, a small community gateway to the icefield.
There we'll review our gear and talk about safety measures during
our expedition. From there, we're bound to terra incognita.
First we'll travel through southern beech dwarf forests, continuing
on to the glacier terminal moraines and onto the icefield itself
via Marconi Pass. Our next days will be charged with intensity.
The subtle change from the green forest to the multicolor lichen
and moss on the moraines are a prelude to the majesty of a barren
land of ice, snow and granite that lay on the western side of
the massifs: a place most tourists don't see.
Once we're on the icefield we'll set up camp on the Cirque of
the Altars. Here the west faces of most of these mountains serve
as backdrop for one of the most beautiful mountain landscapes
in the world. The last leg of our circumnavigation takes us East
and South, up to Paso Huemul . This pass offers excellent
views of several mountain chains that pop out of the ice plateau,
and the incredibly crevassed Viedma Glacier. Our last camp before
civilization will be near the Viedma Lake, an incredibly beautiful
glacial lake, that we'll navigate on the last day on a boat transfer.
Since inclement weather is not uncommon, we've built three extra
days into the trip schedule. If the weather cooperates, these
extra days will be spent resting in El Chalten, taking day hikes
and meeting locals. And of course, we'll be eating an asado,
the famous Patagonian lamb BBQ as a final celebration.
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of this itinerary.
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