Laguna de los Tres

First day of our (hopefully) 6 days long adventure in the beautiful National Park of Los Glaciares.
We start our hike at 07:00 from El Chaltén, partially because we like early starts and partially because it allows to avoid paying a 45000 pesos fee if we start later.
The weather is already hot and after a few minutes we can hike in T-shirts.
The way to the Laguna Los Tres is full of Miradors and, to the contrary to Las Torres in Torres del Paine we can admire the main attraction (aka the Mount Fitzroy) for a large part of the way there.
We are looking to camp at Campo Rio Blanco (indicated on the map) but once we arrive there we see a sign forbidding camping, as the area is regenerating. We decide to hike back the short distance to the official camp Poincenot and set up our tent there. We take over a nice spot from Americans leaving and they give us some tips/ warnings for the Huemul trek (navigation is hard, the descent on day 3!!!).
After a lunch with a view of the Mount Fitzroy in perfect weather) we go up to the Laguna de Los Tres and again, need to « dépasser franchement » (T.,Martinson, 2010) some “walking poles” tourists. We are one more time extremely lucky with the weather and spend almost 3 hours there enjoying the view from several viewpoints, my personal favourite being the place from where we could see the Laguna Sucia and Los Tres at the same time, the whole capped with the Fitzroy. On the way back I learn somewhat agressively that, according to the « rules of the mountain » the person going up as priority in ANY circumstance.
We wash in a cristal clear creek and eat dinner with view of the Fitzroy at camp Poincenot. The day was a 20.4 km long track with 1124 meters of elevation gain.Read more