Phil and Andrea - Fitz Roy!

From El Calafate we took a 5 hour bus trip to the cool little mountain town of El Chalten. For those Canadians, El Chalten is like a small, way less developed Argentinian Canmore 20 years ago. From El Chalten you can take a bunch of nice walks to get views of the mountain range out there, namely the Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. The walks are great because they are right from the edge of town, are fairly level (no crazy elevation gain like the Inca Trail) and can afford some wicked views. Sadly, our main hike sounds a bit like Barb´s trip in Torre del Paine - cold and wet. We did a nice short hike to a waterfall on the first day which was fantastic (1 1/2 hours). The next day we did a longer 6 hour hike but got rained out and arrived at our lovely B & B with soaking feet and looking forward to a shower. That hike was supposed to have the best views of the Fitz Roy but we saw nothing but clouds. The last day had clear blue skies and Phil did the full hike to see the glacier. Sadly my knee was hurting so I only did the first third of it, still I saw more that day than I had on the previous one and the whole trip was more than worthwhile!