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Glorious Glaciers of Argentina

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After our outstanding experience in Chilean Patagonia (told in TRAIL 15), we thought that nothing could compare to the vast uninhabited wilderness, lakes, glaciers, and mountains of Torres del Paine. Boy, were we wrong! The magnificent Los Glaciares National Park in Argentinian Patagonia quietly inhabits the landscape with slowly shifting ice fields, towering peaks, and wind-swept flora.

Patagonia is a region in the southern reaches of South America known for its captivating mountains, lakes, glaciers, and untouched landscape. Patagonia extends into both Chile and Argentina.

We explored two areas of this breathtaking area: first, in and around the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile and second, near the hiking mecca of El Chalten within the Los Glaciares National Park in

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