65: time to hit the road

One of the premier trails from El Chalten is ‘Laguna de los Tres via Monte Fitz Roy’ in AllTrails:

It’s a bastard. The last km or so you’re scrambling up a 45deg loose scree slope. Then you have to go back down and then hike the remaining 9km back. Left @ 9:30AM, got back @ 8:30 - 11 hours.

Worth it.

The front 9:

The last 1:

The payoff:

The back 9:

Then there was this:

And up at 2:00 to drive out of town away from the lights to look @ stars:

A big walking day: 17.5 miles.