Grand Circuito, Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile

24th Jan. to 1st Feb., 2001

Arriving at Torres del Paine.

On the first day, we were traveling to the park. The Grand Circuito, or the version we did, almost circles the park and covers a distance of approximately 80 km.
We did the whole trail in eight days, giving you a not-too-hard walk every day. Still, one should not underestimate the terrain found in the Torres: Mile-long mud fields follow primeval, trail-less forests, snowfields and moraines garnished with high-speed winds, cold and mostly rainy weather, but sometimes sunshine.
I will lead you through our travel, show you some sights, but will not talk too much because nobody ever reads the text on a web-page.
Already at the day of our arrival some pretty sights revealed:

 

At Laguna Amarga, looking at the Torres.
A close-up of the Torres from the same place.
At the base camp, campamento Las Torres, looking up at the Torres.
 

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