This blog starts with a lesson. If the time on your iPhone and iPad has not changed due to the end of daylight saving, then the time has not changed. We turned up to our 230pm bus to Torres del Paine, only to be told it left an hour ago at 230pm. $200 later and we had our own vehicle for the 2 hour drive our hotel Hotel Las Torres. The hotel room was a free upgrade from the shared Refugio we were meant to be staying in. It was luxurious.
Early breakfast next morning and away on our trek by 8am. It was barely light and cold. The weather gods were on our side however and it wasn’t long before we were peeling off layers under the warmth of a stunning day. It was was great watching the colours of the mountain change with the light.
We made pretty good time to the first stop at the Chileno Montain Refuge, a really cool campground the heart of a beautiful beech forest. It was basically a climb from there for the next 2 hours, at times quite challenging through a very rocky trail. We arrived at the Las Torres Base Lookout Point just before midday. The view of the lake and Los Torres de Granite was spectacular. Mind blowing to think people climb the towers. Torre Sur is the highest at 2850m.
We spent a leisurely hour enjoying the view and having some lunch before heading back to our hotel. We were both buggered by the time we crawled onto our beds for a well earned rest. 20km and 7.35 hours of waking does that.
Looks awesome, guys. Really giving me the travel bug.
I didn’t get down to Patagonia on my trip there, it was something I really wanted to do. Your photos are giving me the itch to get back over there. Sounds like you got lucky with the weather too apparently it can be really cold there even in summer.
Looks amazing by the way.