Part 1: Puerto Natales and Torres del PainePart 2: El Calafate and El ChaltenPart 3: Buenos Aires After months of planning and years of dreaming about it, it was finally time for Patagonia! The trip had a rough start. We arrived at our gate to find that our first flight was going to be delayed. …
After our backpacking in Torres del Paine and the days in Puerto Natales, we headed out of Chile and into Argentina. We spent a day and a night in El Calafate, Argentina just to break up the traveling and found a lovely town. We spent the afternoon at La Zorra Taproom drinking reasonably priced, delicious …
The final leg of our trip was short and sweet, an evening, night and full day in Buenos Aires before the long flight home. The flight into Buenos Aires was uneventful, and we had already arranged a car beforehand to take us from the airport to the Recoleta neighborhood of BA. The driver was an …
We snagged two open spots at the Eiseman Hut for a Thursday and Friday night in mid-January. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, we headed out around 6:30am, so we could hopefully be at the trailhead and skinning by 9am. With blue skies and clear roads, we made it to Vail in no time. Unfortunately, the parking situation …
A wonderful break from the winter work-week monotony! We set off for 2 nights at the Fowler-Hilliard hut (Wed-Thurs-Fri) at a fairly early 7am. Since it was mid-February, I70 into the mountains was a typical snow-covered delight. Fowler-Hilliard hut is located east of Camp Hale, south of Vail/Copper Mountain and north of Leadville. Coming off …
