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...
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Note – 2025-11-28 13:28
@drdirtbag in the past the air and cliffs around the town have been full of condor activity. Now much less so. The rock climbing activity on the crags has expanded greatly in the past 10 years. Many m...
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...
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 23:26
@[email protected] one problem is that campsites have to be reserved in advance I think. People under pressure to get to next destination. Here in El Chalten most come for just a few days. If the w...
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...
Feathered Findings November 19th, 20th & 21st
Some of my favourite finds, and log, from a 3 day camping trip. Magellanic Woodpecker Crested Caracara Ashy-headed Goose Patagonian Sierra Finch Austral Negrito White-browed Ground Tyrant Dark-fa...
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 – 2025-11-23 09:18
@Paws2Trail @saarmuller @khusky we are based at El Chalten on the Argentine side. We got the rough weather but everyone knew it was coming in. Bitterly cold. Had to stay in drinking coffee and malbec...
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...
Note – 2025-11-19 10:21
@[email protected] "The Patagonian wind so scours the landscape that in some regions the people call it La Escoba de Dios - the broom of God. The Tower by Kelly Cordes