El Chalten & El Calafate

This last week found us spending most of our time in the mountains. The Andes in Southern Patagonia are spectacular. The weather is more or less inhospitable, the vistas are out of this world, and the deep blues of the glacial lakes are mesmerizing. We spent four days backpacking in Los Glaciares National Park hiking from glacier to glacier and huge granite spire to huge granite spire. We had a great time!

Yesterday, for Valentine´s Day we went to Perito Moreno Glacier. It is one of the few advancing glaciers in the world. We watched huge house sized pieces of ice calve off the front of the glacier into Lago Argentino. (How romantic!) Beth was as giddy as a school girl. Here are some pictures of the last week or so. We are heading into Chile today to Puerto Natales to hike in Torres del Paine.

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