Walk to Laguna Torre
It was time for another walk! This one to Laguna Torre, a walk of around 10km each way, plus a bonus 2km return walk to view a glacier – but only if it wasn’t too windy…. the wind can be VERY ferocious up there, and you can get blown off a cliff…not something that we would like… π
The weather was not quite so clear for this one, and during the whole walk we never saw the famous Cerro Torre which was under a cloud the whole time π
This walk was not as spectacular as the Laguna de los Tres walk – but we did see some cool wildlife π
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The walk was very easy compared to Lagos de los Tres and went through a fairly flat valley.
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The destination of this walk was another glacial lake with a view of Cerro Torre – a peak with a very sharp point which famously has a hat of snow on the top of it the whole time. Even though it was a clear day, there was always a cloud in front of the peak – we were CONFOUNDED at every turn… it turns out that this is fairly common and that often the only clouds in the sky are in front of this peak – because it’s further back than Cerro Fitzroy and the clouds get stuck between them. ANYWAY, the lake was still nice, although it was cold and windy up there!
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What happened next though was a bit of a surprise! Suddenly an Andean Fox, also know as a CulpeoΒ appeared! They look a bit like the red foxes of the UK, but are bigger and have a bit of grey on them. They are a truly beautiful creature. This one was a bit tame – as it was used to walkers being by the lake all the time, and it wandered around looking for scraps of food left by picnickers.
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After the excitement of the fox (and eating lunch), we were inspired to do the extra walk towards the glacier. It was a bit windy in places but we battled on.
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After congratulating ourselves on conquering the mighty glacier π we made our way back down.
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This is also the walk where we saw the AMAZING torrent duck π π π
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All in all, a good walk – but the walking committee decided that it wasn’t as good as Laguna de los Tres – but did award it a special ‘Amazing wildlife’ award…