Hiking El Chalten adds a new wrinkle: the wind. The wind in Patagonia is fierce. Some of the cross-winds in town nearly blew me from the sidewalk into oncoming traffic and absolutely terrified ...

At the foot of the gargantuan Mount Fitz Roy, trekking trails sprout from the small town of El Chaltén, which is the most popular base for visitors to Los Glaciares National Park. Exemplifying ...

Dusty arteries veining from El Chalten into the park lead to the extraordinary ... You won’t be alone. The town is open year-round; however roads may become impassable during inclement weather.

owner of Don Julio steakhouse in Argentina (No. 13 on the 2021 list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants), can book one of 20 rooms at the new Explora El Chaltén lodge. The first Explora luxury ...

In the town of El Chalten, Chile, a massive crowd fills the local high school gymnasium. The small village serves as a base for the many climbers who flock to Patagonia’s challenging peaks.

On 15 February Thiago Veloso from Brazil repeated one of the hardest problems in Latin America, Wazabi V13 close to El Chalten, Patagonia. We usually associate El Chalten with Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy ...

February 12, 2006: Two days ago we travelled by bus from El Calafate to El Chalten, which sits at the foot of the mountain of the same name. The mountain has been renamed “Mount Fitzroy” after the ...